The “Moonlight Serenade” Ball in the Palmetto Room of the Bentley Village East Clubhouse raised $42,800 for the Bentley Village Wings Scholarship Fund.

A beautifully decorated Palmetto Room accommodated the 150 ticket holders in elegant style. Again this year, we featured the Big Band sounds of the Glenn Miller Orchestra with vocals by Nick Hitscher and Natalie Angst and The Moonlight Serenaders, and dance hosts assured that everyone who wished to dance had a partner. A delicious dessert selection was at each table along with a coffee bar providing complimentary coffee, tea and Irish coffee.

To add a bit of excitement during the band’s intermission, the ball included a raffle for six donated items. All 400 raffle tickets were sold in advance, and the winning tickets were pulled at the ball. Fun fact: The wining raffle tickets were all purchased by residents who were not at the event!

Our very special thanks to…

The Raffle Donors:

Ira Dash, Marilyn Lightner, Stella Earlywine, Karin Moe,FineMark National Bank & Trust, and Angie Nichols

The Ball Sponsors:

GOLD – FineMark National Bank & Trust, Florida Evergreen Landscape & Lawn Care, Walter & Janys Foley, Ira Dash, Karin Moe

SILVER – Marty & Ramona Barrett, Jeannette Boucher, Bray Capital Advisors, LLC, Joan Geoghegan, Ira Hawk, Angie Nichols

BRONZE – Niemann Homes L.C., John Mitchell

PATRON – Bud Bernton, Patricia Engel, Nina Webber

Kudos and thanks also to the Moonlight Serenade committee: Karin Moe, Chair, Joan Geoghegan, Harlan Parrish, Stacy Ross and Karen Rosenstein and the volunteers who worked to beautifully decorate the Palmetto Room and to sell all the raffle ticket!