L’Esprit De Noel 2016
It’s now official: it’s holiday season, even though it seems like it was just 4th of July a little while ago.
The Central City Opera Guild presents the L’Esprit De Noel kickoff party and home tour every year to usher in the Christmas mood and to support the Central City Opera. The Denver Country Club area was back for a repeat performance in offering beautiful homes and decor for patrons to marvel at for this year’s 40th anniversary event.
True to the pattern the past few years, the weather turned frigid, but that did not dampen the spirits of supporters and partygoers, who visited five houses on the L’Esprit De Noel tour just like adult trick or treaters. Guests ended up at Judith Newman-Bien’s house for this year’s reception and enjoyed good food and good company.
For more information about the homes on tour and the Central City Opera, visit https://centralcityopera.org/event/lesprit-de-noel-home-tour.
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- Michael Fuhrmann, left, and Jeffrey McRae hosted one of the houses on the tour
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- Designers Becca MacPherson (Plum Gallery Floral & Events), left, and Linda Faller (Dwell Antiques & Home)
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- Karen and Steve Biskie
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- Ann Heyler and her daughter Susan Harmon
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- Marty Erzinger and his mother-in-law Eileen Honnen McDonald
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- Pam Bansbach, left,and Judith Newman-Bien, whose house was the local for the kickoff reception
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- Judy Grant, left, Central City General/Artistic Director Pat Pearce and Newell Grant
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- JoAnne Posner Mayer, who owns one of the houses on tour, with her son Jason
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- Kickoff chairs Susan Stiff, left, and Nancy Hemming
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- Phoebe Smedley, left, with Jim and Prudy Hilger
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- Amy and Dan Fregoso from Adams & Jane decor
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- Liz and Jon Clarke
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- Scot Vaughn, left, and John R.G.
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- Sonny and Pam Wiegand
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- Nancy Benson, left, and Nancy Parker
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- Good friends Nancy Brittain and Susan Stiff
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- Meg and Ed Nichols
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- Edie Bell, left, Margaret Baker and BJ Dyer
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- Elizabeth Anderman, left, Richard Russo and Evan Anderman
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- Phil Steinhauer, Meg Datwyler and Jan Crewes Jones
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- Steve and Elizabeth Holtze, left, and John Guise
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- Mike Zoellner, left, Pam and Dutch Bansbach
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- Barbara Knight, left, and Denise Sanderson, special advisor for L’Esprit De Noel
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- Succession of Guild Presidents: Suzie Erzinger, present; Edie Bell, president-elect, and Margaret Baker, past president
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- Adrienne Singleton, left, Pat Robinson and Cynthia Webb
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- Jack and Adrienne Ruston Fitzgibbons
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- A comfy crowd enjoying the evening
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- Laura Fast and Bosco Dittweiler
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- Dick and Cheryl Shaw
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- Kathy and Lee Terry
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- Susan Warner McCann, Chair of 2016 L’Esprit de Noel, with her husband Henry–photo courtesy of Kathy Wells
