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New York, NY:
The 240th
Annual St.
George’s
Society
English Ball
was held at
the New York
Public
Library on
Fifth Ave. @
42nd
Street on
April 22nd
2010.
Confirmed
guests:
The Lord
Mayor of
Westminster,
|Sheikh
Abdula
Thuraya,
designer
Mary
McFadden,
David Tufts,
filmmaker
Ken Johnson,
Baroness
Gabrielle
von
Langendorff,
Sir Harold
Evans,
(Sir Harold
toasted
President
Obama,) TV
personality
& producer
Gordon
Elliott.
The
black-tie
gala honored
Mark C.
Pigott,
OBE,
presenting
him with the
Society's
Medal of
Honor
* Mr.
Pigott was
introduced
by the actor
(famous for
his “Lloyd
Braun”
character on
“Seinfeld”)
Matt
McCoy.
In honor of
the
evening's
theme -
"London in
New York",
the Library
exhibited 10
literary
treasures
for
one-night
only,
including 3,
rarely-seen,
1st-edition
Shakespeare
folios and
an
autographed
letter of
Queen
Elizabeth I.
The
Starlight
Orchestra
provided the
entertainment
and
dancing
music.
The St.
George's
Society
http://www.stgeorgessociety.org)
has been in
operation
since 1770.
The English
Ball is a
charitable
fundraiser
that enables
the St.
George's
Society to
continue its
Beneficiary
program and
Scholarship
programs.
The
Beneficiary
program
provides
monthly
stipends to
the elderly,
handicapped,
or people in
crisis of
British or
Commonwealth
origins in
the New York
area.
The
Scholarship
program
provides
vital
scholarships
to students
of British
and
Commonwealth
heritage who
are enrolled
at Lehman
College,
part of CUNY
in the
Bronx.
*“Mr.
Pigott iwas
recognized
for his
critical
support of
the
Society's
education
program,”
says John
Shannon,
Executive
Director and
Almoner of
the St.
George’s
Society.
“Supporters
like him
allow us
to
continue
furthering
the
scholarship
of students
and
supporting
British and
Commonwealth
residents in
the New York
City area.
We are also
very excited
to announce
an anonymous
$25,000
matching
grant has
been
guaranteed
during a
special
appeal for
scholarship
fund
donations
during the
dinner.”
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