A Rawr-ing Good Night
Party guests at the Santa Barbara Wildlife Care Network gala got an early taste of Halloween with its theme Wild Night Out: Nocturnal.
Many of the 225 party animals dressed as Dracula or sported bat wings at the beastly bash at the historic Santa Barbara Club that raised around $150,000 for the popular 35-year-old nonprofit, which has an annual budget of $1.8 million.
Teresa Kuskey’s La Boheme Dancers provided colorful entertainment, with a live auction featuring a lunch for 12 at the Rancho San Julian, a weekend at the Driftwood Beach House, a Summerland staycation, and white gold and diamond jewelry from Laykin et Cie, which has a boutique at the Rosewood Miramar.
Among the supporters sipping howl-tinis, a heady concoction of vodka, blood orange, and pomegranate, and noshing on the mini-burgers, were Executive Director Ariana Katovich, Mindy Denson, Ginni Dreier, John and Connie Pearcy, Gretchen Lieff, Judy Egenolf, Lisa Parsons, Adam McKaig and Melissa Borders, Peter and Kathryn Martin, Rick Oshay, Jeep Holden, and George Konstantinow.
