Jacqueline Weld Drake, the longtime chairman of the Casita
Maria Center for Arts Education, hosted her annual Pachanga luncheon
last Monday at her Park Avenue residence. The annual event allows the Junior
(“Pachanga”) Committee to plan for the upcoming Fiesta Gala at The Plaza
Hotel Tuesday October 16th. This year's Pachanga Chairs are Adriana
Echavarria-Eisenhower, Anthony Souza, and Sean Souza. Guests
included Fabiola Arias, Andrea Casanova, Atencio Coromoto, Henry
Lord Boulton VI, Halim Bulos, Bella Eastham, Hanson Greene,
Elizabeth Jacoby, Michelle Karut, Alicia Lubowski-Jahn, Henrique
Cisneros, Gabriel Rivera- Barraza, and Sabrina Wirth.
Casita Maria's Fiesta 2018 Gala will
honor Isabel Goldsmith-Patiño, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Mary
Snow, and Carlos Souza. The Dinner Chairmen are Jacqueline Weld Drake,
Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia, and Carlos Mota. This year's Honorary
Chairs are Elizabeth Peabody, Christine Schwarzman, and Lynn Wyatt.
The Casita Maria Center
for Arts & Education offers high quality, innovative after school
arts education to over 1,000 students daily in their state-of-the-art
facility in the South Bronx. Casita's enriching programs produce engaged, well-rounded individuals, who go on to fulfill their dreams.
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