A Royal Rockin’ Time at One805LIVE!
One805LIVE!, the organization founded in 2018 after the mudslides that devastated our rarefied enclave, is now By Royal Appointment!
For the second consecutive year, Oscar winner Kevin Costner opened the gates of his 10.25-acre Carpinteria oceanside estate, just a tiara’s toss from his $145 million beach compound, which attracted a record 3,000 guests and raised more than one million dollars for all three First Responder groups – fire, police, and the sheriff – providing equipment, supporting public safety, and taking care of those who care for us.
Prince Harry and his actress wife Meghan Markle, wearing an outfit by Carolina Herrera, just back from attending the Invictus Games for disabled veterans in Dusseldorf, Germany, added a decidedly majestic touch when they presented the Heart of the Community Awards, designed and created by Lynda Weinman, to Costner, Adam McKaig, founder of Adam’s Angels, and Alexa Fullerton, who has offered her home on Rincon Beach to allow firefighters to recuperate and recharge with their families.
“We can celebrate people that you’d maybe never meet,” said the Yellowstone star. “Ones who are the first to run in. It’s a place where I’ve had a lot of good luck in my life, and I try not to put a wall around it.”
Former TV talk show titan Oprah Winfrey was also on stage interviewing Santa Barbara County Firefighter Sam Dudley.
Cars were parked at the nearby Santa Barbara Polo Club with guests being shuttled by buses and trolleys to the venue.
New Montecito resident Adam Levine of Maroon 5, who bought the Picacho Lane estate of actor Rob Lowe, led the impressive list of rockers performing, including Goleta’s Alan Parsons and singer John Fogerty, 78, who was singer-songwriter and founder of Credence Clearwater Revival.
Others included David Pack, Dishwalla, Elliot Easton, Dan Navarro, Steve Postell and the Night Train Music Club, Pete Muller and the Kindred Souls, and the Plastic Harpoons.
Among the heavenly hoard of supporters, some paying $12,000 a table, were founder Richard Weston-Smith and Kirsten Cavendish Weston-Smith, John Thyne III, Gretchen Lieff, John Palminteri, Rick Oshay and Teresa Kuskey, Wayne and Sharol Siemens, Keith and Mary Hudson, Sheriff Bill Brown, County Fire Chief Mark Hartwig, City Police Chief Kelly Ann Gordon, Penny Bianchi, Catherine Remak, Ellen DeGeneres, Wendy McCaw and Arthur von Wiesenberger, Christine Emmons, Larry Gosselin, Donna Reeves, Randy Solakian, Tanya Thicke, Leslie von Wiesenberger, Jeremy Lindaman, Scott Wood, Ursula Nesbitt, and Allan Glaser.
