If you aren’t in the holiday spirit yet, you just had to visit the L’Esprit de Noel holiday home tour. The holiday flower arrangements, vivid architecture, unique furnishings and artwork all gel into a wonderland of festive spirit.
Five homes in the Hilltop area were on the home tour this year, which is the 41st annual event. Visitors got to vote on their favorite floral designs from City Floral, Flower Power, Bouquets, Birdsall & Co. and the Tended Ticket, as well as table designs from City Floral, The Lark, Dwell Antiques, lulu’s furniture & decor and the Tended Thicket.
Supporters of the Central City Opera attended a patron party on Friday evening at Cableland, orchestrated by the CCO Guild. Guests included L’Esprit de Noel Chair Denise Sanderson and her husband Jim, CCO Guild President Edie Bell, Board President Elect Roopesh Aggarwal and Lauren Lovejoy, CCO general and artistic director Pat Pearce, outgoing CCO Board President Nancy Parker and Patron Party Chairs Susan Stiff and Nancy Hemming.
The warm atmosphere of Cableland helped to ward off the chill from the winter storm that seems to traditionally accompany this event. Happy holidays!
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- Committee members Christina Dinegar, left, and Sara Francois
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- Dr Herb Jacobs and his wife Betty opened their home for the tour.
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- Volunteers Therese DeLine (who will be a 2018 Flower Girl) and Susan Warner McCann, past chair of the event
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- Jon and Lynne Montague-Clouse
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- Beautiful holiday decor
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- Prudy and Jim Hilger
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- John and Karen Jobin
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- Roopesh Aggarwal, incoming president of the CCO Board, and Lauren Lovejoy
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- Katrina and Dan DeBacco, left, and Lora Murillo from presenting sponsor Coldwell Banker Devonshire
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- Amanda Gurr, left, Laurie Korneffel and Jeane Collopy
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- Holiday decorations
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- Warm, welcoming atmosphere
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- Barbara and Jerry Bader
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- One of the more modernly decorated homes on the tour
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- Holiday decor
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- Decorated living room
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- Festive place settings
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- Diane and Buzz Sweat (she was on the committee)
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- Floral design by Birdsall & Co.
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- CCO’s Will Dehner and patron party Co-Chair Susan Stiff
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- Great food was offered to help warm everyone up.
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- Rick Robinson, left, and Dutch Bansbach
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- Nina Saks, left, Sonny Wiegand and Pam Bansbach
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- Kelly Baca, left, Gail Wheeler and Kathy Wells (committee)
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- John and Vicki McFarlane (committee)
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- Barb Ferguson and John Wilson
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- Tom Duggan and Chrissie Thompson
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- Ginny and Bob Fuller, left, Anne Zeckser and her mom Deanna Austin
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- Christine Frank, left, and Margaret Baker (committee)
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- Judy McCormick, left, and Trish Millice
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- Ellen Marchand, left, chats with Ellen Stewart
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- Bette and Dave Poppers
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- Erin Nichols, left, patron party Co-Chair Nancy Hemming, Sandy and Jerry Wischmeyer
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- Deb Morrow, left, Amanda Raddatz, Deborah Schmit-Lobis
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- Janie and Rick Stoddard, left, with Kelly Baca
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- L’Esprit de Noel 2017 Chair Denise Sanderson and her husband Jim
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- CCO Guild President Edie Bell, left, with outgoing CCO Board President Nancy Parker
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- Incoming and outgoing Board presidents: Roopesh Aggarwal and Nancy Parker
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- Carolyn Longmire, left, chats with Sandy Wischmeyer
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- Kevin Kearney and Sally Scott
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- Gerri Sweeney, left, Carolyn Wollard, Lauri Hamill and Beverlee Henry Fullerton
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- Evan Schwartz and Kelly Henninger
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- Katherine Nicholson chats with James Langley
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- John Wilson, left, and Jerry Bader
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- Barbara Bader, left, talks with Nancy Brittain
