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Copyright 1997 The Washington Post
The Washington Post
February 23, 1997, Sunday, Final Edition
Correction Appended
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LENGTH: 1129 words
HEADLINE: March Right Up
BYLINE: Robin Groom
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March’s festive parties.
March 1
The Washington Savoyards Ltd. gala at the British Embassy offers cocktails, a musicale and more. Tickets: $ 100 ($ 175 per couple). Call 703-525-7513.
Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels and Clarence Clemons with Steve Smith and the Nakeds are some of the performers at the Bartenders’ Ball — which benefits CapCom, Christmas in April, Crossroads, Elementary Baseball, the Frost School and SOME — at the Sheraton Washington. Tickets: $ 100. Call 202-296-7200.
The Northern Virginia Heart Ball, with music by a cardiac specialists’ band, Off Trax, is at the Sheraton Premiere, Tysons Corner. Tickets: $ 250. Call 703-941-8500.
The Avis Cystic Fibrosis Celebrity Tennis Gala XII — tennis, dinner and more — is at the McLean Racquet & Health Club. Tickets for non-tennis-playing guests: $ 100. Tennis players are offered a variety of sponsorship packages.
March 2
Ford’s Theatre’s “Gala for the President” with Natalie Cole, Gregory Hines, Jon Bon Jovi and others includes a post-show supper at the Organization of American States. Tickets start at $ 2,500 (for two). Call 202-638-2941.
March 4
Howard University’s Charter Day Dinner is at the Washington Hilton. Tickets: $ 250. Call 202-806-2180.
A fashion show by Hecht’s with celebrity models to benefit the D.C. chapter of the American Red Cross is at the Embassy of Finland. Tickets: $ 75. Call 202-728-6469.
March 5
The National Council of La Raza’s gala — Sens. Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.) and Bob Graham (D-Fla.) are the honorees; Liz Torres is mistress of ceremonies — is at the National Building Museum. Tickets: $ 250. Call 202-776-1770.
March 6
Single-Malt Tasting at the Irish Times benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International. Tickets: $ 25. Call 202-371-0044.
March 7
The Nation’s Capital Chefs Association of the American Culinary Federation’s “Chef and the Child” auction and Chef of the Year Award Dinner is at the Omni Shoreham and benefits Route One Corridor Housing and the Sasha Bruce Youth Center. Tickets start at $ 75. Call 301-317-1299.
The Cancer Research Foundation of America’s spring gala is at the Corcoran. Tickets start at $ 250. Call 703-836-4412.
The National Association of Black Accountants scholarship banquet is at the J.W. Marriott. Tickets: $ 80. Call 703-394-3646.
March 8
The 1997 Beaux Arts Masquerade Gala benefiting the Corcoran School of Art scholarship fund is at the Corcoran Gallery. Tickets start at $ 50. Call 202-639-1800..
Childhelp USA’s gala and auction is at the Tysons Corner Ritz-Carlton. Music by Right Mix. Tickets: $ 150. Call 703-241-9100.
March 9
The Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless’s concert and auction is at Alexandria’s Washington Street United Methodist Church. Tickets are $ 20 ($ 50 for patrons) and $ 10 for children 12 and under. Call 703-525-7177.
March 10
The Beethoven Society of America concert and reception is at the German Embassy. Tickets: $ 25. Call 703-938-4696.
March 11
Retired Gen. Colin L. Powell is the speaker at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies’ dinner at the Washington Hilton. Tickets: $ 500. Call 202-789-3545.
“Treasures of the Sea,” the March of Dimes Gourmet Gala, is at the National Building Museum. Tickets start at $ 300. Call 703-824-0111.
March 14
The Viennese Opera Ball at the National Building Museum benefits SOS Children’s Villages USA. Tickets: $ 250. Call 202-237-5202.
The Studio Theatre celebration of the opening of the new Mead and the Milton theaters includes dinner and a performance of “Look Back in Anger” or “Sylvia,” March 14-16. Tickets start at $ 250 March 14-15 and $ 100 March 16. Call 202-232-7267.
March 15
“Under the Big Top,” the Friends of the Red Cross Ball, is at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. Tickets: $ 75. Call 202-728-6418.
The first fund-raiser for the Camelot Circle, the Kennedy Center’s young-patrons organization, is at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Tickets: $ 55. Call 202-416-8313.
March 16
The Project Children’s benefit at St. Albans Little Sanctuary features Malachy McCourt, one of the brothers in Frank McCourt’s memoir, “Angela’s Ashes,” and musicians Linn Barnes and Allison Hampton. Tickets: $ 40. Call 202-298-7784.
March 17
Composer Marvin Hamlisch and Sallie Mae President and CEO Lawrence A. Hough are the honorees at the Young Audiences of the District of Columbia’s dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel. Tickets: $ 150. Call 202-944-2790.
March 19
The Greater Washington Urban League’s Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Dinner at the Washington Hilton honors Prince Bandar bin Sultan, D.C. Office of Emergency Preparedness Director Sam Jordan, Lockheed Martin and NewsChannel 8. National Urban League President and CEO Hugh B. Price is the special guest. Tickets: $ 200. Call 202-265-8200.
The Northwest Pregnancy Center and Maternity Home’s dinner at the Capital Hilton honors Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.), Sargent and Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Anne and George Higgins. Tickets start at $ 125. Call 202-483-7008.
March 20
The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation’s Latin American Wine Tasting is at the new Chi-Cha Lounge. Tickets: $ 25. Call 202-371-0044.
Ed Moser, a writer for Jay Leno and author of “The Politically Correct Guide to American History,” is the Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, luncheon speaker at the Writer’s Center. Tickets: $ 15 ($ 10 for the lecture alone). Call 301-217-3882.
March 21
The D.C. Chamber of Commerce’s Mayor’s Meritorious Service Awards Luncheon is at the ANA Hotel. Tickets: $ 50. Call 202-347-7201, Ext. 26.
March 22
The Fabulous Fantomes are performing at the American Heart Association’s HeartThrob Ball and dinner at Sequoia of Washington Harbour. Tickets: $ 150 (or $ 75 for the ball only). Call 202-686-6888.
March 24
The Metropolitan Washington Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation’s Oscar night gala is at Planet Hollywood. Tickets: $ 150. Call 202-537-6800.
March 26
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s Media Awards dinner with Rita Mae Brown, Candace Gingrich and others is at the National Press Club. Tickets start at $ 150. Call 202-986-1360.
March 27
The National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters’ dinner at the Sheraton Washington honors Samuel L. Jackson, B.B. King, Bryant Gumbel and others. Tickets start at $ 350. Call 202-463-8979.
The Hospitality Sales Marketing Association International’s art auction benefiting the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International is at the Omni Shoreham. Tickets: $ 25. Call 703-751-2328.
March 28
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation salutes professional singles and businesses at its benefit at the Bethesda Hyatt. Tickets: $ 35. Call 301-657-8444.
CORRECTION-DATE: February 27, 1997
CORRECTION:
The phone number to get tickets to the National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters dinner March 27 was incorrect in a Style article on Sunday. The correct number is 202-463-8970.
LOAD-DATE: February 23, 1997
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