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43rd Petroushka Ball
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The Tradition Continues
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<p>On February 8, 2008, the 43rd Petroushka Ball was held at the elegant grand ballroom of the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City for the third consecutive year. Attended by over 800 dinner and dancing guests, the Ball raised over $100,000 to benefit the charitable efforts of RCWS. We were delighted with the overwhelming response and happy to see a lot of new faces enjoying themselves while supporting our annual fundraiser.<br>
A lively cocktail hour preceded an elegant dinner with superb operatic performances, followed by fantastic balalaika music.<br>
<img src="images/e_garanca.jpg" alt="e_garanca" name="img" width="145" height="150" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" align="left">It was another unforgettable evening! Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca, lead soloist of the Metropolitan Opera, performed as the evening's special guest star, accompanied by pianist Brian Zeger. Elina was sensational and brought the house down with a beautiful rendition of Una voce poco fa from Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia," The Habanera from Bizet's "Carmen" and Carceleras "Al pensar" from Chapi's "Las hijas del Zebedeo."<br>
Barynya Balalaika Orchestra provided additional entertainment, performing the Russian folk dance "Kalinka-Malinka" and the Ukrainian folk dance "Gopak." The Lester Lanin Orchestra, under the baton of Spencer Bruno, continued the evening's musical program as guests moved to the dance floor.<br>
RCWS owes special thanks to Mr. Art Saguirian, President of BMC Imports Ltd., for his generous donation of "Jewel of Russia" Ultra-Premium Vodka and to Mr. Michael Jordan for covering a portion of the dinner wine expenses. We are likewise grateful to Mr. Peter Tcherepnine for underwriting the cost of the stunning flower arrangements, created by Inna Nagibina of The Soft Orchid.<br>
The winners of the silent auction and raffle took home the following prizes: "Florence" a designer python hand bag by Clara Kasavina; a diamond<img src="images/petroushka1.jpg" alt="" name="img" width="135" height="173" hspace="5" vspace="5" border="0" align="right"> cross donated by the Persian Shop; a mink coat by Louis Feraud; silver cufflinks by Alex Soldier; etchings by Ivan Valchev; an amber necklace by Valerio 888; champagne and French wine; dinner certificates to various NYC restaurants as well as many other beautiful items.<br>
We would like to thank the following companies that donated items for the gift bags: The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Mr. Gregory Tolston and the Grand Market International Corp., Valerio 888, Opera News, Ms. Natalya Orlova and the Saint-Petersburg Trade House, Dr. Eda Ellis and Denta Spa, "Zdo-rovie" Magazine, and Ms. Sophia Tovmassian with St. Petersburg Magazine. <br>
We would like to express our appreciation to all Petroushka Ball Patrons who brought a large number of dinner and dancing guests to the event this year. Among them are Mikhail and Natalia Filimonov, Paul Rodzianko, Cyril Geacintov, Andrew Foot, Natasha Fekula, Vladimir and Beatrice Fekula, Vladimir Kowalenko, Pavel and Natalie Zadorozhny, Dr. Igor Holodny, Olga and Eric Jorgensen, Natasha and Stephen Koll, Gregory Tolston, Nadia Lipsky, Tom McPartland, Rita Abarbanel, Douglas Paul, John Pouschine, Natan Shklyar and Tatiana Pouschine.
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