Sarasota Orchestra hosts second Anu and Friends dinner of season
The dinner series continued at Sarasota Yacht Club on Jan. 31.
By
Niki Kottmann
| 9:44 a.m. February 1, 2017
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The event name “Anu and Friends” rang true at the Jan. 31 installment of the Sarasota Orchestra dinner series that featured several guests of the same heritage as Tali.
Special guest Erkki-Sven Tüür is a composer from Estonia, the same nation that the Sarasota Orchestra music director hails from. Several Estonian guests also attended the event, and could be heard speaking rapidly in their native tongue.
There were also several visiting soloists who attended the event, such as Jennifer Chun and Angela Chun who traveled from New York.
The dinner featured a special performance by Natalie Helm, principal cello, and Jonathan Spivey, principal keyboard.
Monika Orumaa and Dick Ingram
Bette and Arn Hoffman
Nicole Eibe, Tammie Sandoval, Mel Fingerut and Greg Badger
Tom and Sherry Koski, Carol Camiener and Jeff Boyd
Gigi and Ben Huberman with Lois Stulberg
Kersti Linask, James Goulder Jr. and his wife, Ingrid Goulder
Erkki Taada, Lisa Mets, Malle Sibul and Dick Ingram
Natalie Helm and Simon Trpčeski
Ellen and Mike Esposito, Judith Rudges and David and Betty Jean Bavar
Jane and Bill Knapp, Gerri Aaron, Marv Albert, George Nickson and Samantha Bennett
Shirley Palmer, Anu Tali and Sandy Cowing
Jennifer Chun, Marlo Turner, Heidi Kellman and Angela Chun
George Handley, Lucy Hedrick and Gary Heard
Gwen and Tom Watson
Betsy Pennewill and Anne Garlington
Jocelyn Udell and Roxie Jerde
John Miller and Debbi Breslof
Jerry and Helga Bilik
Renate Eberbach, Gabriele Robinson and Ernst and Erika Waldeck
Rosalie Peirce and Janice Landauer
Mary Ann Fair and Mary Alice McGovern
Harry Leopold, Audrey Robbins and Mary Lou and Ed Winnick
Jerry and Beathe Elden
Dorothea Sandland and Mark Pritchett
Each table was adorned with a floral centerpiece at the Anu and Friends dinner on Jan. 31 at Sarasota Yacht Club.
*Jonathan Spivey, John Miller, Natalie Helm, Erkki-Sven Tüür, Anu Tali, Ernie Kretzmer, Simon Trpčeski, Samantha Bennett, George Nickson and Brad Williams
