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Saturday: Port Aransas Garden Club 27th annual Port Aransas Tour of Homes on Mustang Island. The tour originates from the Port Aransas Community Center, 408 N. Alister St., Port Aransas. Tours are at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Self-guid- ed ticket is $25/person. Tickets: www.portaransasgardenclub. org using PayPal, or on tour day at the Port Aransas Community Center. Information: 813-2508. Saturday: Texas A&M University President’s Mardi Gras Ball, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. dinner and music at 8 p.m. at Art Museum of South Texas, 1902 N. Shoreline Blvd. Black tie is optional. Reser- Ame Mixon, Kevin Wong, Joy Puumula and Rob Verdi. vations must have been made by Jan. 23. Information: 825-5749. Feb. 7: Ball at the Emerald City supporting the Corpus Christi Bal- let at 7 p.m. at the home of Butch FlourBluffstudents and Judy Pressley, 3637 Ocean Drive. Cost: $60. Feb. 13: Black History Cultural Committee hosts the 39th annual performinjazzconcert Scholarship Banquet from 7-10 p.m. at Holiday Inn Airport. Key Adeline Puumala speaker: Baba Esudel’e Fagbenro. CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS BY DAVE SATTERWHITE Tickets: $40. Information: 851- 9443 or 779-4478. The Flour Bluff High School jazz Feb. 14: American Heart Associa- band recently performed alongside tion’s 20th annual Heart Ball, 6 professional saxophone player Rob p.m., American Bank Center. The Verdi. black-tie event will include dinner, Withonlyatwo-hourrehearsal dancing and a silent and live with Verdi under their belt before auction. Information: corpuschris- tiheartball.heart.org or 692-0606. theJan.16performance,thejazz band took the stage at the Texas A&M Feb. 14: The Order of the Spar- kling City and the Corpus Christi University-Corpus Christi Perform- Rotary Club Evening will have its ingArtsCentertoplaypopularsongs 10th annual Mardi Gras Ball and a like “Tequila,” “Yakety Sax” and “The Texas Hold ’em poker tournament Pink Panther” theme. beginning at 7 p.m. Music by the Verdi,whohas40yearsofexpe- Bay Rock Orchestra and Blue Moon Entertainment. Masquer- rience playing saxophone, travels ade, casino night, silent auction. the country to play with students in Catering by Ovations. Information: performancesthatarepartentertain- 777-0437 or 633-1694. ment, part education. Feb. 19: LULAC Council 1 Foundation Theshortrehearsalbeforethe will have an Outstanding Commu- show, for example, is how concerts nity Awards Banquet at 6:30 p.m. often shape up in the professional and a silent auction and dinner at world. Rob Verdi, Victor Lara, Nathan Self, Chris Petty, Ame Mixon, Kevin Wong, Joy Puumala, Chase Guer- 7 p.m. at Holiday Inn Airport and Conference Center, 5549 Leopard rero, Daniel Reyes, Chris Martinez, Jorge Garza, Adrian Garza, Adeline Puumala, Michael Perez, St. Information: 241-4535. Staff reports Derek Galvan, Parker Pendergraph Feb. 21: The Texas A&M Univer- sity-Kingsville Javelina Club will host its Inaugural Women’s SOCIETY Spring Gala at 10 a.m. Feb. 21 at from 1B the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Center, 1730 West Corral Ave. The event will feature a live and silent auc- Comstock, Jodie Tomm and Kevin tion, guest speaker and student Corrigan, Annette and Jim Cotting- athletes. Tickets: $10 and table ham, Charles and Martha DeCou, sponsor for $100. RSVP by Feb. 6 Paige and James Dinn, Dr. and Mrs. at 361-593-5004 or via email at Jack Dugan, Chuck Giffin, Christina [email protected]. Hawn, Steve and Jana Hipes,Bar- Feb. 26: Charity League Style com Construction, Inc., Jona- Show, American Bank Center’s Bayview Ballroom. Information: than Janet Hornblower Alexis and , 361-537-3156. and Todd Hunter, Jane and Manny Ibanez, Naomi and Jay Kaskie, Al- March 5: YWomen in Careers banquet at the YWCA. Informa- bert and Paula Kessler, Perry and tion: 857-5661. Shelia Lawrence, Nelda Martinez, Incarnate Word Academy’s annual gala committee. March 6: “Momentum of Mer- David Massie and Crystal Waldo, cy” Awards Banquet, 6 p.m., Susan and Tom Matthews, Bill and Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz Marybeth Maxwell, TreyMcCampbell, International Center. The event in- Lucy and Dick McCracken, Claudia cludes dinner, dancing, silent and andKenton McDonald, Jennifer and live auctions, photo booth, raffles, a table decoration contest, Scott Meares, Julie andGary Patton, awards, cash bar. Entertainment Angela and Allan Potter, Lillian Rio- provided by Five Card Draw. Pro- jas, Rose Royce andRobert Huegele, ceeds benefit Mission of Mercy. Carol andMark Scott, Josh andAsh- Cost: $125. Sponsorships start ley Seahorn, Bernard andKimSeger, at $1,000. Information: sbowers@ amissionofmercy.org; 883-5500. Sandy and Blair Sterba Boatwright, Daniel Horne and Nina Stone, Celika March 26: A special event “Celebrating 74 years of the USO Storm, Dr. and Mrs. Steven Tallant, in South Texas” will be held by Yma and Chuck Urban, Will and Jen the Maxine Flournoy Third Coast Vogt, Patti andBen Wallace, Sandra ANDREW MITCHELL/CALLER-TIMES Squadron of the Commemorative Watts, Fran Willms and Ernie Buck, Daniel Rosa Gloria Hicks Air Force from 6-9 p.m. onboard and Bill T. Wilson II. Lexington Museum on the Bay. BuccaneerDaysCoronation of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Guest speaker is retired Air Force Maj. Leffler Lloyd Ramey. Dinner I COULD HAVE DANCED, DANCED onApril30atAmericanBank Paul Heath; ■ Colin Bowers Hannigan,sonof and cash bar. Sponsorships are DANCED ALL NIGHT Center, Selena Auditorium, an- ■ Stella Layne Hopkins,daughter Mr.andMrs.CaseyE.Hanni- available. Information: 356-4918 IfeltlikeAudreyHepburnin nounced Mrs. Henry M. Sapp,presi- of Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Owen gan; or www.ThirdCoastCAF.org. “MyFairLady”onJan.24atthe dent of Las Doñas de la Corte. Hopkins; ■ Jack Ryan Spenst,sonofMr. March 28: 26th annual Cattle JuniorLeagueofCorpusChris- The children are second and ■ Virginia Rae Ranton,daughter andMrs.WadeA.Spenst; Baron’s Ball at the Coastal Bend ti’s annual Fairy Tale Ball at the third grade students from Cor- of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Michael ■ James Conry Sutherland,sonof Bays and Estuaries Program American Bank Center. pus Christi unless otherwise Ranton; Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert Jason Doyle Nueces Delta Preserve will include dinner, live and silent ■ Gorgeous tables decorated noted. Mary Bradley Sutherland, Sutherland of Dallas; and auction, casino and other games. to the nines with fairy tale The13girlpagesandtheir daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gil- ■ Wilson Davis Vanexan,sonof Dwight Yoakam will headline the creatures graced the ballroom, parents are: bert Jason Doyle Sutherland of Dr.andMrs.KennethS.Vanex- event. For tickets and donations packed with Leaguers and their ■ Sarah John Barth,daughter Dallas; and an. go to www.corpuscbb.com. Infor- datesinballgownandtuxedosfit of Mr. and Mrs. John Chesley ■ Rebecca Claire Taft,daughter Ticketsforthe62ndannual mation: 806-5503. for a prince and princess. I was Barth; of Mr. and Mrs. Josh Manning BuccaneerDaysCoronationare April 9: Bernie’s Famous Crawfish seated at Chrissy Martin’s “Frozen” ■ Lillian Mabel Batchelor,daugh- Taft. $60 and will be available April 7 Boil will be from 6-10 p.m. at Concrete Street Pavilion. The event is a fund- table,whereOlafandtheSnow terofMr.andMrs.JohnCasey The11boypagesandtheir on ticketmaster.com. raiser for the Del Mar College Foun- Queenreignedoveragroupof Batchelor; parents are: dation Scholarship Fund. Attendees 20 guys and dolls including Car- ■ Bayley Breese Brown,daughter ■ William Layton Thomas Bates, PARADISE FOR INCARNATE will be entertained by Leroy Thomas rie Martin Gilley, Jordan Michael, Jeff of Mr. and Mrs. Reagan Travis sonofMr.andMrs.TracyEd- WORD GALA and the Zydeco Roadrunners while Kane, SteveAlford and Veronica and Brown; win Bates; Incarnate Word Academy’s enjoying the endless crawfish, ■ ■ shrimp, sausage and fixings. There Michael Hudlow. Kylie Jean Cason,daughter Fischer Taylan Brown,sonof annual gala is themed “Paradise will be live and silent auctions. Congratulations to the 2015 of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel James Mr. and Mrs. Reagan Travis Island”andwillbeat6p.m.Feb. Tickets: $150 each. Information: 698- eventplanningcommittee:Co- Cason; Brown; 28attheAmericanBankCenter. 1033 or [email protected]. ■ ■ chairs Lena Jones and Jennifer Lauren Kathryn Daniel,daugh- John Bent Younger Budenholzer, The event will include silent April 11: Harvey Weil Sportsman Scott, and committee members terofMr.andMrs.TedAlan sonofMr.andMrs.MichaelV. and spirit auctions, a children’s Conservationist Award Dinner, 4-9 Gabi Canales, Porter DeVries, Ameli Daniel II of Austin; Budenholzer of Atlanta; art auction, big board auction, p.m., Welder Wildlife Foundation Ref- Leech, Natalie Salinas, Mandy Dur- ■ Logan Madeline Farrell,daugh- ■ Colton Andrew Cutbirth,son live auction, car raffle, and din- uge, Sinton. Honorees are Blair and ham, Susan Gonzales, Holly Duval terofMr.andMrs.Adam of Dr. and Mrs. Mance Andrew neraswellasmusicbyJohn Gar- Joseph Fitzsimons, Conservation- ists of the Year; Dr. David McKee, and Holly Rodriguez. Dempsey Farrell; Cutbirth; cia of Blue Moon Entertainment. Professional Conservationist of ■ Silvia Kaitlyn Gonzales,daugh- ■ James Morgan Dye, son of Dr. Committee chairs are Shawn the Year; and Herb Booth, Living CHILDREN OF THE COURT terofMr.andMrs.JamesDavid and Mrs. James Mitchell Dye; Groesbeck and Rachelle Wesselski. Legacy Award. Reservations must ANNOUNCED Gonzales; ■ Noah Thomas Dye,sonofDr. Honorary chair is Tom Carlisle be made in advance. Information: Twenty-four young girls and ■ Hannah Perry Harrison,daugh- and Mrs. James Mitchell Dye; andadvisorychairisGloria Hicks. 361.882.8672, email lysa@rotarycc. com, or visit www.rotarycc.com. boys will serve as pages to “The terofMr.andMrs.WilliamB. ■ Wyatt Oliver Hagedorn,sonof Cost: $100. Sponsorships are Have an event? Contact Court of Celebratory American Harrison; Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Lee Hage- available. Information: 883-0857 [email protected] Festivals and Events” in the 2015 ■ Kaitlyn Claire Heath,daughter dorn; ext. 104.