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Events: Noche de Gala – Tioga Town Center

Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 1:26am Posted in Events/Parties

I had the honor of being asked by the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation to help capture their first annual Noche de Gala Event. It was held on November 20th in the Tioga Town Center in Gainesville, Florida. It was truly a spectacular event that was attended by over 700 guests. There was a Paso Fino Horse Exhibition, Flamenco Dance Performances, Cigar Making, a silent auction, gourmet dinner, and so much more. I had a great time photographing the VIPs as they arrived on the red carpet!

A special thank you to our hosts, Horst and Luisa Ferrero who established the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation in honor of their son, Event Chairs Susanne and Barry Bullard, and Honorary Event Chairs, Silvia and Benjamin Leon, Jr. Please visit the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation’s web site to learn more about how you can help build a pediatric hospital in Gainesville.

A special shout out to Storm Roberts – host extraordinaire (and also a board member of the Foundation), the magnificent Keith Watson of Keith Watson Productions for putting on the party of the year, and Debbie Joseph for being such a gracious leader! I also got a chance to hang out with fellow photographer, Shandon Hales Smith - it was such a pleasure to shoot with you!

My photographs of the Noche de Gala are on sale via my online proofing gallery. I am offering al a carte prints and a special Event Package at a reduced rate exclusive to the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation. As well as the reduced rate on images, we will be donating 20% from our sales to the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation.

In addition to prints for sale – you can purchase DVDs of the slideshow with my photographs of the Noche de Gala Event featured on the bottom of this blog entry as well as a hardcover 5 X 5 book of ALL the images featured in the slideshow. 100% of the Profits is donated to the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation. Look for the links to the DVD and the Book on the Navigation Bar of the Slideshow featured below.

Visit the Event Gallery by clicking here You can also view all the images at www.thephotoenthusiast.com/slideshows/nochedegala.

Horst & Luisa Ferrero – Founders of the Sebastian Ferrero Foundation