Inn at Longshore
260 South Compo Road, Westport
Groove to the hot sounds of Total Re-Mix,
an 8 piece band playing your favorite music
Sumptuous buffet stations and open bar
A desirable selection of luxury items at our
Silent and Live
Auctions
$200 Supporter Ticket: • $400 Sponsor Ticket
Priority Seating • Name listed in Program
True Westport Story:
Lively Westport revelers ring in the New Year in 1936. . .
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Talented people from all
walks of life put the name of Westport on the map as a fun and lively
town in which to live. This 1936 New Year's Eve costume party was held
in the barn behind King's Highway North.
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Dressing up in Westport Stories
Westport Stories Event Chair Linda
Daniels (l) and Westport Historical Society Executive Director Denise
Torv admire one of the exquisite costumes from the Society's costume
collection as they prepare a fashionable selection to go on display at
Mitchells in Westport this week. The display is connected to Westport
Stories: Fame & Infamy, Places, Events, the Society’s colorful
Inaugural Gala to take place this Friday evening. The items on display
at Mitchells date from the mid nineteenth century to 1900, and are
just a fragment of the priceless Costume Collection housed at the
Westport Historical Society.
(Photo: Andrea Maritzer Fine)
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Inaugural Gala Auction
items
We’ll be presenting a spectacular array of
PRICELESS silent and live auction items.
To tempt you into joining us, here are some highlights from our sensational live
auction. . .
Impossible to Get Oprah
2 round trip airline tickets from NY to Chicago
2 ticket to see Oprah's Live Show Chicago Hotel stay
1 Year’s subscription to “O” Magazine and “O” Home Magazine
Fashion Fun: Tommy Hilfiger
Bid on 2 tickets to Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Show (in February
or September)
Limo for the day and night
2 tickets to VIP After Party
$2000 Tommy Hilfiger shopping spree
Eat Right For Your Type Consultation. . .
Noted author Dr. Peter J. D’Adamo gives you a private
consultation, work up and personalized Diet Plan, full set of Vitamins, and
complete library of Dr. D’Adamo’s books autographed
For Your Favorite Teenaged Girl. . .Wish List Party!
After hours Birthday Party for 5 teenaged girls at Wish List,
hosted by Abigail Johnson, Fashion Director and Stylist of YM Magazine
$300-500 spending spree for each girl
More Fashion Fun: Andy Hilfiger & J. Lo
Andy Hilfiger (in person at event) presents J.LO
One complete look from the J.LO’s couturier collection (first ever)
One complete look from the casual collection
Trip to Manhattan to the J.LO Showroom and a meeting with Andy Hilfiger
- Do you remember when the Doors, The Animals and Cream
made headlines by playing concerts in Westport–and Hall and Oates made
headlines by NOT showing up?
- Can you recall not just the Ice Cream Parlor, but its
three locations in town?
- How about the first two spots for Mitchells of
Westport?
- And before Joey’s at the Shore–before even Arcudi’s—the
beach concession was run by Chubby Lane. If you wanted to order a
hamburger without going to the shack, how did you do it?
Whether you know the answer to those questions, or
don’t have a clue what they mean, you’re invited to the Westport
Historical Society’s fabulous gala, Westport: Stories, Fame & Infamy,
Places, Events, at the Inn at Longshore on Friday, November 4 from
7 to midnight.
It’s an evening for old-timers and newcomers alike to
celebrate the people, places and events that have made Westport such a
unique town.
- Amy Vanderbilt held a much-publicized “tea party” on
top of the town dump. If you went there now, what would you find?
- In the 1950s, what could Compo Beach swimmers find in
Long Island Sound that’s not there today?
- All these buildings caught fire at one time another:
Westport Bowling Lanes, Sloane’s Furniture, Carousel Toy Store, Long
Lots Junior High School. Which one burned to the ground twice, at two
different sites?
- What sports facility used to sit opposite the
Westport Post Office?
- What’s the local connection with the Beatles’ “Yellow
Submarine”?
- The yearbook write-up of which mid-1950s graduate
accurately predicted “destined to have her name in lights”?
Westport: Stories, Fame & Infamy, Places, Events is an intriguing, exciting,
sometimes wacky yet always informative look at our community through its
citizens, restaurants, neighborhoods, beaches and downtown.
Entertainment includes live music, dance and skits. There are also
live and silent auctions, and of course cocktails and dinner.
Westport history questions above by Dan Woog
SPONSORED BY
Entertainment provided by
Media Sponsor: Westport Magazine
Ann Sheffer and Bill Scheffler,
Honorary Co-Chairs
Linda Daniels, Event Chair
Committee Chairs:
Creative Director: James D’Adamo
Costume Institute: Andrew Mitchell
Décor: Dorothy Robertshaw & Arlene Rosenthal
Design: Miggs Burroughs
Entertainment: John Franklin
Auction: Barbara Donnell, Donna Brody
Stories: Dan Woog
Publicity: Meryl Moss
Committee Members:
Joni Andrews, Julia Broder, Mollie Donovan, Maggie Feczko,
Andrea Maritzer Fine,
Sherry Gipson, Susan Gold, Debbie Herbertson, Mar Jennings, Elizabeth
Kuechenmeister,
Emily Laux, Carl Logalbo, Jo Fuchs Luscombe, Gabriella Mays, Denise
McLaughlin,
Katherine Otey, Elliott Netherton, Barbara Raymond, Sally Rose, Denise
Torv,
Karen Kahn Wilson, Lori Snow, Susan Weinberg, Wally Woods
