Westward Hoedown!
Dynamic duo Ray Winn and Peter Kavoian certainly know how to throw a party!
As the tony twosome, who normally host a must-attend Christmas bash at their opulent Birnam Wood manse, will be away this Yuletide, they threw a Hillbilly Hoedown bash, designed by Jonathan Alburger, complete with hay bales, Victorian underwear hanging from the washing line, yards of gingham table cloths, live chickens, and even stuffed dead squirrels with Santa Barbara quintet the Salt Martians entertaining.
More than 80 guests noshed on road-kill ribs, swamp greens, fried green tomatoes, and Brother Bubba’s baked beans, while quaffing swampland martinis of champagne, rum, vodka, and pineapple juice.
Among the host of local yokels dressed like the Clampetts were Jamie and Marcia Constance, Sally Jordan, Leslie Ridley-Tree, Robert and Marlene Veloz, Tom and Eileen Mielko, Anne Towbes, Sandi Nicholson, Lee Luria, Fannie Flagg, and Richard and Annette Caleel.
Despite the profusion of inflatable alligators filling the swimming pool, the sizzling soirée was anything but a la-coste fete.
