The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum to hold Fundraising Costume Ball
The Mansion’s Costume Ball
Shore and Country Club • 220 Gregory Blvd, Norwalk, CT 06855
October 19, 2024
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The Mansion’s Costume Ball
The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will hold “The Mansion’s Costume Ball”on Oct. 19, 2024, 7 p.m., at the Shore and Country Club, 220 Gregory Blvd., Norwalk, CT.
The Museum will put its unique spin on a practice that Victorians were obsessed with, including Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, who hosted several costume balls during her long reign. Alva Vanderbilt’s costume party in 1883 was known to be the most extravagant of the Gilded Age. The Mansion’s ball will draw inspiration from these celebrated events to raise funds for its educational and cultural programs. Tickets for the event are $300 and can be purchased online at www.lockwoodmathewsmansion.com.
“The Mansion’s Costume Ball” is co-chaired by LMMM Trustees Lynne Byington and Lawrence Cafero, Jr. and will featurea performance by The Dance Pointe,Norwalk Symphony’s Assistant Concertmasterand violinist Emanouil Manolov, special presentations, dancing, live and silent auctions, and dinner at one of the most beautiful clubs on the Gold Coast with stunning views of the waterfront.
Ms. Byington said, “As we are planning to reopen the Mansion at the end of 2024, we hope that this exciting evening will galvanize our generous supporters to unite in celebration of American history and the arts of a National Historic Landmark and support the future of one of Connecticut’s most cherished heritage destinations.”
In collaboration with Melissa Truelove owner of The Dance Pointe, based in Greenwich, CT, the Costume Ball will feature a dance performance highlighting the school’s top students who are also part of The Dance Pointe’s international youth dance company. Ms. Truelove is a Greenwich native with a BFA in dance from the University of Massachusetts’s five college dance department and whose work includes performances with such artists as Jin Win Yu, award-winning dancer and choreographer Janis Brenner, and Leslie Partridge.
Mr. Manolovmade his debut playing on Bulgarian National Television at the age of ten. Since then, he has performed throughout Europe, Japan, and in the U.S. Solo and chamber recitals have included performances at the Kennedy Center, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, the Embassy Series, and Weill Hall.
The Museum’s 2024 Costume Ball will be generously sponsored in part by Gala Benefactors: Fairfield County Bank and David Scott Parker Architects; Gala Sustainers: Seaman Construction Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Kim Morque, and Consigli Construction; Gala Media Sponsor: CTC&G; Gala Graphic Design Sponsor: Miggs B Design; Gala Dance Sponsor: The Dance Pointe; LMMM’s Founding Patrons: The Estate of Mrs. Cynthia Clark Brown;LMMM’s Leadership Patrons: The Sealark Foundation LMMM’s 2024 Season Distinguished Benefactors: The City of Norwalk, The Maurice Goodman Foundation, and Lockwood-Mathews Foundation Inc. For more information on the Gala click here.
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