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When in Newport, Do as the Romans Do
Bacchanale Ball to Honor Italians, Benefit The Hope Funds
for Cancer Research
Newport Polo is pleased to announce honorary guests, the
Italian Polo Team for
this year's Bacchanale
Ball, the annual black tie charity gala
hosted by the Newport Polo Club on Friday,
Aug. 2 at 7pm in Rosecliff,
one of Newport’s legendary Bellevue Avenue mansions, and its
beneficiary,
The Hope Funds for Cancer Research
The Hope Funds for Cancer Research will
be the recipient of the gala's donor gifts & live auction,
“to encourage investigation of innovative cancer treatment
and detection for the most difficult-to-treat and
understudied cancers” explains
Dr. Eugene Kennedy, gala Ambassador and Hope Funds trustee. The
Hope Funds for Cancer Research supports scientific
and medical research programs aimed at increasing knowledge
relating to both cancer care and prevention. For
more info, visit
www.hope-funds.org
or
call 401-847-3286.
“The Bacchanale Ball is our 13th annual International Polo
Charity Ball, and will fęte guests of honor, the Italian
Polo Team, and hail
Caesar in
creative black tie” adds Dr. Peter Friedman, gala Ambassador
and Newport Polo Club veteran player. The black tie gala is
the social highlight of Newport’s polo season each summer,
raising tens of thousands of dollars each year for worthy
civic and charitable causes in the community and beyond.
Reservations online at www.nptpolo.com
For reservations & more information visit the website or
call the Newport Polo office at (401) 847-7090.
The gala weekend festivities
include the Ball on Friday night, followed on Saturday by
the USA vs. Italy polo match, a highlight in the Newport
International Polo Series, and will conclude with a
champagne trophy presentation and annual Lobsterbake.
Tickets to all the associated events are available through
an online Box Office at www.nptpolo.com
or at the fieldside Pro Shop.
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Event: Bacchanale Ball
Date: Friday, Aug. 2, 2013
Time: 7pm-midnight
Location: Rosecliff Mansion, Newport RI
Attire: Black Tie Toga
Beneficiary: The Hope Funds for Cancer
Research
Tickets:
www.nptpolo.com/calendar/bacchanale-ball
Honorary Guests: Italian Polo Team
Contact: 401-847-7090
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