B.W. COOK--The Crowd

1. Some 300 guests in support of Planned Parenthood chapters for Orange

and San Bernardino counties came together at the Four Seasons Hotel,

Newport Beach, for the annual “Haute Wired Ball.” Coordinated by

Newport’s Darcy Lee, Teddie Ray and Katherine Sanderson, the event raised

funds for the organization’s health education efforts.

“The local agency assists some 20,000 young women in the community each

year with the goal of reducing teen pregnancy through responsible sex

education,” said Kimberly Custer of Planned Parenthood.

Custer added: “Funds from the ball will help support the Teens Ask Teens

Hotline, which gives teens access to free, accurate and anonymous

reproductive information.”

Assisting with party duties and fund-raising activities were Nancy Dahan,

Shannon De Grazier, Barbara Foster, Ellen Gordon, Jill Johnson-Tucker,

Barbie Knapp and Jene Witte. From left are Carly Brown, Rick Jack and

event chairwoman Teddie Ray.

2. The Sutton Place Hotel, Newport Beach, was the scene for the 15th

annual dinner and auction on behalf of the William Hall Master Chorale.

More than 200 guests and Hall supporters joined Chapman University

President Jim Doti and his wife Lynne, James and Sally Knapp, Tony and

Marion Montapert, Betty Belden Palmer, and Bill and Joan Simonoff for

dinner and an auction. Up for bids were more than 250 items, which helped

raise a record $85,000 for the chorale. From left are Sheri Shepard,

William Hall and Lynn Doti.

3. The social crowd turned out in force at The Center Club, Costa Mesa,

to hear the words of author Richard McKenzie and UC Irvine’s Walter

Gerken, professor of enterprise and society at the Graduate School of

Management. McKenzie -- who wrote the hot new book “Trust on Trial,”

concerning the antitrust breakup of Microsoft -- was the guest of PriVest

Bank of Costa Mesa. From left are PriVest Chairman Ben Crowell, President

David Brown and Walter B. Gerken.

4. The 39th annual Roy Emerson Adoption Guild Tennis Classic was a major

success for organizers, patrons, guests and the children served by the

guild. The Newport-Mesa-based event, which raised $75,000, attracted

hundreds of tennis lovers. And perfect weather provided the backdrop for

the tennis finals won by: Brett Hanson-Dent (men’s open singles), Peter

Smith and Kelly Gullet (open doubles), Kathy May Fritz and Marcin

Rozpedski (mixed doubles), and Donnie Visser and Peter Aldrich (men’s

open seniors, 35 and older). From left are guild President Denise

Cancellieri and Donna Davison, the incoming president.

5. From tennis on the courts to proper tennis attire, Denise Cancellieri

of Newport Beach represented the Adoption Guild at a recent in-store

reception celebrating the opening of Henry Cotton’s at South Coast Plaza,

Costa Mesa. The boutique offers a men’s lifestyle clothing collection

featuring casual attire. Tennis great Roy Emerson turned out for the

reception. Emerson, pictured far right with Cancellieri, joined Filippo

Arnaboldi, Kelly Lafosse and Arthur Cooke of the store’s management team.

6. Henry and Susan Samueli of Corona del Mar made major news this week

with the donation of $5 million to Opera Pacific. The philanthropic

family, whose wealth comes from the Broadcom empire co-founded by Henry

Samueli, earmarked $1 million of the grant for the new Opera Pacific

Fund, completing the $3.5-million campaign begun in August 1999. The

remaining gift will seed an upcoming endowment campaign. Opera Pacific

also has announced it will be headquartered in a new building in Santa

Ana. From left are Patrick Seaver, Susan Samueli and Opera Pacific

Executive Director Martin Hubbard.