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Dancers over 40 Holiday Party - A Great Success

Happy Holidays from VP Ron Stratton, Marge Beddow,
Pres John Sefakis and Treasurer Kathy Seng Gurland!

It was SRO for the DO40 Holiday Party Sunday, December 17th at President John Sefakis’ apartment in mid-town Manhattan. New members mingled with old, unexpected guests arrived and food and drink were plentiful!

Marge Beddow, Lawrence Merritt, Valerie
Harper, Nicole Barth, Carol Stevens-Maxwell,
Ron Stratton, with Advisory Board member
Gretchen Wyler on screen

Carol Cady, Annette MacDonald, Marge
Beddow, Nancy Murton, Gemze de Lappe,
Kathryn Sullivan, Ron Stratton and Kathy
Seng Gurland watching the old Ed Sullivan
show clips, looking for Ronnie Stratton
and Frank Pietri – with hair

 

Dancing Generations – Denice Pence
(producer of Circle of Friends with DO40,
Nancy Murton (producer of the Phil Black
tribute with DO40) and Nicole Barth.

 

Someone’s in the kitchen with Kathy!

Over 30 gifts were raffled off – and eve the losers got a small going away present! Many thanks to all who participated – and volunteered to help with the set up
and clean up afterwards!

 

The Board (Gregg Mayer, Ron Sratton and
Kathy Seng Gurland, pictured, along with
George Marcy, Richard Korthaze and Larry Ross)
and President John Sefakis (far left) wish you
all a happy and safe 2007!

 

 

Former dancer – and actress Valerie Harper was in town from L.A. and stopped by, as did Tracy Aron, one of the producers of Chita Rivera’s show and director/ choreographer Karen Giombetti.

Lawrence Merrit, Gemze de Lappe,
Tracy Aron and Karen Giombetti

 

Tap Dance King Jerry Ames (winner of thiis year’s Flo-bert Award) stopped by, and long-time members Frank Pietri and Gene Gavin made an appearance.

Tapper Jerry Ames and Choreographer
and Dancer Kathryn Sullivan

 

Lawrence Merrit brought videos of previous Tony Awards ceremonies featuring many DO40 members and snippets from the old Ed Sullivan shows with Lawrence and Frank Pietri in their prime!

Frank Pietri and Penny Worth (Jerry Ames and Kathryn Sullivan in the background)

 

Carol Cady, Nancy Murton, Penny Worth and
Tommy Sinibaldi (DO40’s webmaster)

 

Lawrence Merritt and very bad girl
(and board member) Gregg Mayer,
next to a very dapper Lois Silk.

 

The Board (Gregg Mayer, Ron Sratton and
Kathy Seng Gurland, pictured, along with
George Marcy, Richard Korthaze and Larry Ross)
and President John Sefakis (far left) wish you
all a happy and safe 2007!

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