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http://blogs.denverpost.com/davidson/2007/10/02/high-hopes-much-success/
I could make it easy for myself and just list names of the people who weren’t at the Marriott City Center on Saturday night for the High Hopes Tribute Dinner. But that wouldn’t do now, would it? Nine hundred, give or take, hauled out the heavy artillery — designer gowns, major jewels, hair and makeup professionally done — to be a part of an elegant and star-studded evening that was chaired by Peter and Cathy Culshaw and raised $750,000 for the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes. Davis and her late husband, Marvin, as we’ve told you a million times before, started the Carousel Ball 30 years ago when their daughter, Dana, then 7, was diagnosed with diabetes. Twenty-five years ago the family left Denver and moved to Los Angeles so that Marvin, who’d made his fortune in the oil industry, could better oversee his expanding interests. They included show business (he once owned Twentieth Century Fox), real estate and other investments. They took the Carousel Ball with them — during its Denver years, the ball attracted such as Henry Kissinger and Lucille Ball — renaming it Carousel of Hope and upping the starpower to include not only movie and television figures but presidents and other heads of state. No other Denver event even came close to the Carousel Ball until the Davises, who have always had a soft spot for their longtime home, started the High Hopes Tribute Dinner. Like the Carousel Ball and Carousel of Hope, it’s a fundraiser for the Barbara Davis Center. High Hopes has always been good, with entertainment provided by such favorites as Neil Diamond and Bob Newhart. But this year was the best, with Grammy- and Academy Award-winning musician/composer David Foster flying in with such friends as the legendary Smokey Robinson, comedian George Lopez, singer/composer Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and “American Idol” runner-up Katharine McPhee to put on a show the likes of which Denver has not seen since the Carousel Ball ended its run in the mid-1980s. Everyone — from the headliners to the backup singers and boys in the band — donated their services for what must have been a very long day for them. They arrived in Denver around 9 a.m., checked into the Marriott and spent the afternoon rehearsing. All but Robinson, who was suffering from flu-like symptoms and appeared just long enough to sing two songs, was dressed and ready to party not long after the first guests arrived at 5:30 p.m. In fact, Lopez’s wife, Ann, proved to be one of the best shoppers in the pre-dinner silent auction. Browsing the Jewels for Hope tables, she spotted a diamond-encrusted owl pin that Barbara Davis had donated for the occasion and snapped it up for the $6,000 asking price. Melly Kinnard, one of the volunteers staffing Jewels for Hope, said Ann Lopez told her she planned to give the VanCleef & Arpels pin to her mother for her 75th birthday. Katharine McPhee added fuel to the gossip that she has become engaged to longtime beau Nick Cokas, by purchasing the Maui getaway offered for sale in the live auction. Cokas accompanied McPhee to Denver, and fans were wondering if the trip would be used for their honeymoon.
Pictures from the High Hopes Tribute Dinner can be seen at denverpost.com/SeenGallery.
looks like they had a great show from the remarks
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Everyone — from the headliners to the backup singers and boys in the band — donated their services for what must have been a very long day for them. They arrived in Denver around 9 a.m., checked into the Marriott and spent the afternoon rehearsing. All but Robinson, who was suffering from flu-like symptoms and appeared just long enough to sing two songs, was dressed and ready to party not long after the first guests arrived at 5:30 p.m.
That was a long day for Katharine. If Smokey Robinson had to cut his set to two songs, Kat must have sang at least two songs herself. I wish Joanne would've listed them out.
It looks like this article only made it onto the website and not the actual paper. I don't blame them, considering the lack of media access granted by the organizers and the other society functions going on that day. The Post did much more for us than the Rocky Mountain News, whose report didn't even mention Kat.
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