A Super Bowl party, society style

It’s one of the great Super Bowl traditions in the Newport-Mesa

community.

John and Donna Crean will open up their Back Bay estate once again

for Super Bowl XXXVII with all the trimmings to benefit the Orange

County Juvenile Connection Program, sponsored by Family Assessment

Counseling and Educational Services.

Tickets are $100 per person, with reserved tables of 10 available

for food, football and plenty of fun to raise money to help prevent

family violence through assessment and referrals coordinated with

local schools.

The event this year will take place on Jan. 26, with doors to the

estate to be opened at 2 p.m. Organizers are promising all kinds of

door prizes and auction items. For reservations and information,

please call (877) 422-3223.

JAZZED ABOUT THE OCEAN

Sally Coomb is busy inviting the Newport-Mesa crowd to support the

Ocean Institute at an upcoming evening of jazz and gourmet fare.

Jazz great Peter White will headline a spectacular evening at the

Ocean Institute’s Dana Point Harbor Headquarters on Jan. 31 with

support from local committee members, including event chairman Tim

McMahon of Grubb and Ellis, Bronnie Lee, Eileen Clifton, Dennis

Eversole and Lisa Metz.

Corporate sponsors of the evening were Costa Mesa’s Robert Mondavi

Wine and Food Center, Newport’s Northern Trust Bank, The Ritz Carlton

and the St. Regis Hotels. Additional support is coming from WASA

Sushi and Omega Events.

To support The Ocean Institute, please call (949) 496-2274, ext.

419.

FILM BUFFS HEAD TO DESERT

The local crowd will be in Palm Springs this weekend supporting

the 2003 Gala Awards Presentation at the Nortel Networks

International Film Festival.

Tonight, the Palm Springs Convention Center will come alive at a

party hosted by the very funny Lily Tomlin. The gala black-tie

evening will be attended by a large contingent of the celebrity

crowd.

Produced by Richard DeSantis and executive produced by Michael

Childers, the evening will welcome honorees Lynn Redgrave, Franco

Zeffirelli, Mace Neufeld, Michel Legrand, Conrad Hall and Stephen

Daldry.

The gala committee will be led by Denise DuBarry Hay and Earl

Greenburg. Additional support for the festival dinner will come from

Harold Matzner, Kevin McGuire, Linda Shirvanian and Lois Schlecht.

* B.W. COOK’s column runs Thursdays and Saturdays.