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Welcome to the home page of the Art Deco Society of California's Preservation Ball.

Bookmark this page as the permanent home of the Art Deco Preservation Ball. As details of next year's ball are released they will be posted here.

On Saturday May 16, 2009 the Art Deco Society
of California
Returned to the Paramount
to Celebrate

THE 25TH
ART DECO
PRESERVATION BALL

The Paramount Theatre
2025 Broadway, Oakland

Don Neely’s Royal Society Jazz Orchestra
with Carla Normand
The Decobelles
Sara Klotz de Aguilar

The First Art Deco Preservation Ball was held in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the restoration of the Paramount Theatre and was designed to bring attention to the threatened “Deco District” of Oakland including the Fox Theater and Floral Depot. Today, at last, those buildings join the Paramount, restored and thriving. Vintage autos will take you for a tour!

The 2009 Preservation Ball's program!
Download the PDF.

See you next year!

We applaud our honorees:

The Alameda Theatre

Blackhawk Museum Collection

Flora Restaurant

George Washington High School

200 Powell Street

Mr. Gray Brechin

Patricia Dedekian

Therese Poletti

Our online salute at You Tube!

THE ART DECO SOCIETY
OF CALIFORNIA
WOULD ESPECIALLY LIKE TO THANK:

Leslee Stewart and Jeffrey Ewald
The Paramount Theatre

AND OUR SPONSORS
Eren Berkenkotter & Jim Ratliffe
Gerald Wagner

2009 PRESERVATION BALL
COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Joanna Leighton Nevesny, Event Chair
Leah Slyder Vass, Catering and Venue Chair Kristin Werner, Decor Chair
Theresa LaQuey, Enter tainment Chair
Jenna Hueckstaedt, Silent Auction Chair
Gregg Greenwood, Vintage Auto Coordinator
Laurie Gordon, Founder, Art Deco Preservation Balll

2009 PRESERVATION AWARDS COMMITTEE
H. Lynn Harrison, Preservation Director

AWARDS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Kimberly Aker ~ Danine Cozzens ~ Eva Garcia ~ Laurie Gordon ~ Alice Jurow ~ Marc Kagan ~ Klara Komorous Towey ~ Arnie Lerner ~ Heidi Schave ~ Beverly Shniper ~ Thomas Towey ~
Michael Crowe, Founder, ADSC

MISS ART DECO 2009
Jane Barnes

AND VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO
“Save The Date” Card and Program Design ~ Sara Klotz de Aguilar
Invitation Design ~ Pat Phillips
Karen Geer ~ Website Designer
Karen Geer, Hailu Shack, and Ken Brown ~ Preservation Awards Photos

See's Candy
Domaine Chandon
Carrie Dove Catering
ScanArt Printing
Francis Farina
Ted and Elizabeth Jacob
Chuck & Donna Huggins
Scott Morse

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
ART DECO SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA
Serafina Miller ~ President
Heather Ripley ~ Vice President
Angela Grimes ~ Secretar y
Brad Bombola ~ Treasurer
H. Lynn Harrison ~ Preser vation Director
Beverly Shniper ~ Merchandising Director
Marc Kagan ~ Outreach Director
Jim Lipman ~ Promotions Director
Joshua Rosenthal ~ Membership Director
Karen Geer ~ Web Director
Pat Phillips ~ Print Director
Angie Major & Kristi Major ~ Programs Directors
Springer Teich ~ Board Member at Large
Alice Jurow ~ Editor, The Sophisticate
Joseph Di Pietro ~ Editor, The Streamlined Times

2009 PRESERVATION BALL VOLUNTEERS
Autumn Adamme ~ Cynthia & Chuck Arella ~ Christian Chensvold
Sarai Coutin ~ Rebecca Crabb ~ Edward DeHaro ~ Larry Farrell ~ Karen Garcia
Gregg & Kij Greenwood ~ Peggy Gyulai ~ Alexandria Harkon ~ Jay Hartlove
Jerry & Joy Hueckstaedt ~ AJ Hunt ~ Jefferey Jenkins ~ Dan Jepson
Daisy Lenswoman ~ Carey, Dan and Sarah Linsley ~ Martin Lopez ~ John McFadden
John Monjor ~ Sheryl Raich ~ Pamela Rousseau ~ Mike Sarfatti ~ Heidi Schave
Emily Schwartz ~ Carol Sheerin ~ Sam Simmons ~ Nadia Silvershine
Rita Smith ~ Joel Toste ~ György Vass ~ Coleen Villaroel

THE DECOBELLES
Rebecca Alonzi ~ Katie Brookes ~ Jenna Chalmers ~ Eva Garcia ~ Miriam Grill ~ Jenna Hueckstaedt Cindy Lu ~ Erin Mahoney ~ Angie Major-Noyes
Kristi Major ~ Monica Lenk ~ Christine Mix ~ Kailen Nef ~ Litta Rascal ~ Sarah Rice ~ Jen Rost ~ Heidi Schave
and Our DecoBeau, Jeffrey Jenkins
DecoBelles Directed by Laurie Gordon
Choreography by Jenna Chalmers
Costumes by Eva Garcia with Theresa LaQuey and Pamela Rousseau
The DecoBelles are available for:
Private Parties
Corporate Events
Fundraisers
www.DecoBelles.com

 

 

Enjoy the images from the 2009 Ball below given to us by the talented and delightful Michele Smith. If you have images or video of the 2009 ball online, let us know and we will link to it from here.

Peter Mintun shares a video from the
first Art Deco Preservation Ball

Edward J. Buliavac sends us these videos:

DecoBelles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm_TPq62dpQ&feature=channel

What a Perfect Combination
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64A1F9mnO_Y

Can't We Be Friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b6aycaVPyg

Various
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_ULlg6jZJk

Our online salute to our winners at You Tube!

Diablo Magazine

The DecoBelles Uptown Lowdown routine (thanks Jennifer Hawkins Rost)

Marcus Photography presents photos of the 2009 Art Deco Preservation Ball are now ready for viewing.
Password access: Deco Ball 25.
We hope you will enjoy the photos along with the choices of prints and products provided.

 

All photos on this page by Michele Smith. View her complete Art Deco Preservation Ball photo album here.

 

 

 


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