2010 Merola Spring Benefit

Thank you to all who attended "All Around the Town" on
Saturday, May 15, 2010 at The Fairmont, San Francisco

And a special thanks to our Guest Artists: Patricia Racette (’88), Mark Delavan (’85), Mark Morash ('87), Sara Gartland ('09), David Lomeli ('08), Tamara Sanikidze ('09) and Ryan Belongie ('09)

2010 Spring Benefit Committee

CHAIR Dale Robards
AUCTION CHAIR Lindsay MacDermid
SIGNATURE EVENT CO-CHAIRS Tracy Grant, Rusty Rolland
COMMITTEE MEMBERS Amii Barnard-Bahn, Donna L. Blacker, Sue Hone, Dana Turkington Horner, Joan Kelly, Sylvia Lindsey, Bill Lowenberg, Stanley J. Michael III, Robert Mison, Freda Scott, David Stein, Blanche Germain Streeter, Conrad Sweeting, Ross Uchimura, Anita Weissberg, Patrick Wilken

Cable Car Table Sponsors

Amii and Michael Barnard-Bahn • Ms. Susan Hone • Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay MacDermid • Ms. Amy Roth and Mr. Robert Epstein • Dr. David D. Stein and Dr. Phyllis A. Kempner • Ms. Blanche Germain Streeter

Golden Gate Ticket Patrons

Peggy and Reid Dennis

Coit Tower Ticket Patrons

Nordin and Donna Blacker • Annette Campbell-White and Dr. Ruediger Naumann-Etienne • Hugh J. Coughlin • Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Davis • Mrs. Dana T. Horner • Mr. Lorrin G. Kroska • Mr. Randall E. Laroche and Mr. David Laudon • Miss Vivienne E. Miller • Ruth A. Short • Bruce and Fran Walker

Fairmont Ticket Patrons

Darla and Richard Bastoni • Fred and Betty Bialek • Mr. Alvin H. Baum, Jr. and Mr. Robert Holgate • Mrs. Fritzi Benesch • Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Berry • Dr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Britton • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cabak • Ms. Carolyn Cline • Dr. and Mrs. Roy L. Curry • Dr. Lisa Danzig • Waltraud D. Finch • R. David and Ginny Freeman • Mr. and Mrs. Alan Henricks • Mr. Robert Kavanaugh and Ms. Dale Robards • Dr. and Mrs. John Lavorgna • Pat and Susie McBaine • James A. Noe III • Drs. Richard and Pamela Rigg • Mike and Rusty Rolland • Diane and Asher Rubin • Mr. and Mrs. Ross Uchimura • Bruce and Fran Walker • Patrick Wilken and David Dickson

Cable Car Ticket Patrons

Ms. Karen Ames and Lawrence Ames • Ms. Jennifer Baik and Mr. Robert Jacoby • Mr. Jeffrey Bambrook and Mr. Jeffrey Wahl • Mr. Alvin H. Baum, Jr. • Mr. Jay Begun and Ms. Anna Magid • Patricia Beresford • Ms. Carole B. Berg • Adam Arthur Bier • Maurice and Mary Sue Bizzarri • Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Buchman • Mr. and Mrs. Michael Carroll • Mr. Dean Charlton and Ms. Christine Englund • James Cross • George and Susan Crow • Dr. and Mrs. Roy L. Curry • Ira D. Dearing • Robert and Linda Dunn • Mr. and Mrs. Edward N. Eschbach • Ms. Wendy Fantl • Mary and Tom Foote • Mr. and Mrs. Carlo S. Fowler • Mr. and Mrs. William M. Friede • Janie and Don Friend • Mr. George Gilbert • Ms. Tracy Grant • Marcia and Geoffrey Green • Mr. Nalin Gupta and Ms. Heather Fullerton • Mr. Brian Gustafson • Mr. David Halligan • Bruce and Inta Hasenkamp • Dr. John L. Herbert • Ms. Anastasia Herold • Mr. Lester Hoel • Ms. Susan Hone • Mr. David S. Hugle • Mr. Cliff Jarrard • Dr. Joel Klompus and Ms. Mirjana Samardzija • Herbert and Barbara Graham Kreissler • Mr. John V. Lampe • Norman Tyler Larson • Mr. and Mrs. Carl Leichum • Fred M. Levin and Nancy Livingston, The Shenson Foundation • Mr. and Mrs. Karl Lindberg • Ms. Sylvia R. Lindsay • John and Bernice Lindstrom • Fred Levin and Nancy Livingston • Mr. and Mrs. William Lowenberg • Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Ludgus • Dr. Myron Marx • Mr. Paul May and Mr. Frank Stein • Ms. Roxana McAllister • Mr. Donald L. McGee • Mr. Stanley Michael and Mr. John Churchwell • Mr. Robert B. Mison • Mr. and Mrs. Tom Morton • Mr. Milton Mosk and Mr. Thomas Foutch • Victoria and Koichi Nakamura • Ms. Patricia Nottingham • Ms. Inessa Obenhuber • Ms. Chika Okamoto • Dale and Caroee Peterson • Mr. Mark Picciano and Mr. Richard Shearing • Ms. Susan Rankin • Ms. Danielle Rebischung • Mr. and Mrs. Paul Riehle • Chandra Rigg • Ms. Mary Risley • Mr. Gerald Rosenstein • Bob and Terri Ryan • Dr. Robert I. Schermer and Dr. Meryl Gordon • Ms. Freda Scott and Mr. Jason Danielson • Ms. Sarah Shen • Ms. Dorothy N. Shaw • Natalie O. Shuttleworth • Dr. and Mrs. Jon F. Sigurdson • Dr. and Mrs. W. Conrad Sweeting • Mr. and Mrs. Herman Victor • Ramona Wascher • Mrs. Carol A. Weitz • Penny and Derek Williamson • Ms. Faye Wilson • Hon. Roy L. Wonder and Mrs. Barbara M. Ward • Ms. Shirley Woo and Mr. David Rosenfeld • Mrs. J. Paul Woollomes • Dr. and Mrs. John A. Zderic

Silent Auction Highlights

A partial sampling of some of the wonderful organizations and businesses who have contributed to make this year’s silent auction a highlight of the Merola Spring Benefit.

Entertainment
American Bach Soloists • American Conservatory Theater • Arizona Theatre Company • Aurora Theatre Company • Beach Blanket Babylon • Berkeley Opera • Berkeley Repertory Theatre • California Shakespeare Theater • Chanticleer • Gualala Arts • Houston Grand Opera • Jewish Community Center of San Francisco • KDFC 102.1 • L.A. Opera • Los Angeles Philharmonic Association • Metropolitan Opera • The Mondavi Center • Music at Meyer • New York City Opera • Opera Santa Barbara • Parlor Opera • Peninsula Symphony • Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra • San Diego Opera • San Francisco Opera • San Francisco Parlor Opera • San Francisco Performances • San Francisco Symphony • The Santa Fe Opera • Seattle Opera • Stanford • Smuin Ballet • Yoshi's San Francisco

Dining
1300 on Fillmore • Bix Restaurant • Buck's of Woodside • chiaroscuro ristorante • Hayes Street Grill • Incanto Restaurant & Wine Bar • Indigo Restaurant • Jardiniere • Manresa Restaurant • MarketBar • Perbacco Ristorante • Picco • Tra Vigne

Luxuries
Abbey Carpet • Aksesaré • Frank Ancona • Anthem • Beautiful Orchids • Betty Guy, artist • Button Down • Cresalia Jewelers • Cowboy and Angels, Nichole Kreps • DeNovo Fine Contemporary Jewelry • The Desk Set • Dunbar Interiors • Elevation Salon + Cafe • ElizabethW. • Inja • Joseph Cozza Salon • Madrono Landscape Design Studio • Mary The Skin Care • McRoskey Mattress Company • Partners for Hair • Per Hilmo • thePetPhotographer.com • Sue Fisher King Co. • Terrestra • Torso Vintages • Velvet da Vinci • Yokoo Pearls and Fine Jewelry • Zona Moda

Travel
Campton Place • Cavallo Point, The Lodge at the Golden Gate • Casa Las Brisas, Manzanillo, Mexico • Blue Sky Adventures • City Segway Tours • The Fairmont, San Francisco • Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco • Glendeven Inn • Gualala Arts • The Kahala Hotel and Resort • The Laurel Inn • Meadowood Napa Valley • Sea Ranch Lodge • The Village at Squaw Valley

Wine
Absinthe Brasserie & Bar • Abreu Vineyard • Blackbird Vineyards • BOND • Dalla Valle Vineyards • Dashe Cellars • Dutch Henry Winery • Hafner Vineyard • John Walker & Co. • Ladd Cellars • Neyers Vineyards • Staglin Family Vineyard • Rosenblum Vineyards & Cresalia Jewelers

(This is not a complete list, please see auction catalog PDF for all listings.)
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