H onorary C hairwomenLesly Smith & Danielle Hickox Moore

Jean Matthews & Christina Macfarland

C hairwomenSusan Malloy, Sterling McCracken, Nicole Munder, and Tracy Smith

Honoring the extraordinary life and legacy of Henry Morrison Flagler

Saturday, the Twenty Third of February, Two Thousand Thirteen

The Whitehall SocietysBal Poudré

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The Whitehall Society Wishes to ThankGrand Benefactor

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Benefactors

Anonymous Brooks Brothers Glen Dombrowski FTI Consulting

House of Lavande Will & Jean Matthews Paige Rense Noland PNC Wealth Management

PatronsRob & Lynn Hanke Tom Kenan Betsy Matthews MP Design & Architecture, Inc.

Supporters

Guy & Linda Ashley II Duke & Hanna Buchan III Neiman Marcus John & Debbie OxleyJohn & Monica Preston The Breakers Quest Media, LLC

Special thanks to Andrew Armstrong, Blake & Tate Casper, Edward & Linda Dweck, Grant & Allison Mashek, Mercedes-Benz of Palm Beach, John & Sheila Rinker, Jack C. Taylor, The Shana Alexander Charitable Foundation, The Shelter Hill Foundation, Scout Guide Palm Beach,

and Sugar Monkey for their support.

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Mary Lily Flagler dressed for the Bal Poudré

Ever wonder why there are so many galas in Palm Beach each Season or how they became a traditional part of each Season? The next time you’re donning black tie or gown, you can blame or credit, as

the case may be, Henry Flagler and Whitehall.

The PartyThat Made

Palm Beach

One hundred ten years ago, the first gala in Palm Beach, a Bal Poudré, was hosted by Henry and Mary Lily Flagler in Whitehall’s Grand Ballroom on March 5, 1903.

Bal Poudrés (literally translated, powdered wig balls) were popular, both in America and in England, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In England, for example, the Countess of Warwick loved

to host Bal Poudrés (Whitehall’s Breakfast Room is a copy of the State Dining Room at Warwick Castle). In America, Bal Poudrés became an interesting fusion of America’s fascination with Marie Antoinette (Whitehall’s Drawing Room is an homage to Marie Antoinette) and hero worship of George and Martha Washington. Bal Poudrés were typically hosted around the time of George Washington’s birthday, which nicely coincided with the end of the Season in Palm Beach. And as a consequence, in Palm Beach the Bal Poudré became the traditional way to celebrate the end of the Season.

In fact, the first Bal Poudré hosted by Henry and Mary Lily Flagler at Whitehall was so important in Palm Beach history that what has become a rich tradition of hosting an extraordinary number of galas each Season

in Palm Beach, raising much-needed funds for an impressive number of worthy causes, can be traced directly back to that single extraordinary party in 1903, a party that was described at the time by the New York Herald as, “One of the most sumptuous social affairs ever attempted south of Washington.”

Two thousand thirteen will mark the centennial of the end of Henry Flagler’s extraordinary life, though his profound legacy and influence in Florida continues even today. In honor of Henry Flagler’s amazing and

enduring legacy in Palm Beach and Florida, on February 23rd the Flagler Museum’s Whitehall Society is hosting the first Bal Poudré in more than a century, at Whitehall, where it all began 110 years before.

The Bal PoudréBenefit Committee

Katy & Jeff Amling Linda & Guy Ashley Colleen Bain Herlihy

Paola Bacchini & Arnold Rosenshein Gigi & Harry Benson

Eva Bodnar Beth Bradmon

Jane & Gordon Brown Hannah & Duke Buchan III

Tate & Blake Casper Maura Ziska Christu & Eric Christu

Anastasia Coleman Caitlin Crowe

Susan & Hunter CushingMary & Marvin Davidson Sterling & William Davis

Jackie & Rod Drake

Annie & Michael FalkAllison & Patrick Fischoeder

Kim & Don FroudeChristie & Tim Gannon

John & David GrandAudrey & Martin Gruss

Holt & Gregg HemingwayKelly & Rick Hopkins

Travis S. HoweTom Kenan

Eleanora & Michael KennedyKristen & Charlie Krusen

Martha & Gilbert LamphereSusan Lloyd

Christina & Benjamin MacfarlandCarol Mack

Susan & Tim Malloy

Cynthia & Tony Maltese, Jr.Allyson & Grant Mashek

Sterling & Jebb McCrackenRoss Meltzer

Muffy & Donald MillerNicole & Ryan Munder

Mario NieveraPolly Onet

Debbie & John OxleyAnnette RickelCharles Ruger

Brian Lawrence SaipeBetsy Shiverick

Betsy & Mike SlocumTracy & Matt Smith

Kristen & Tom StanleyMieke Van Waveren

Jeff AmlingKaty Dew Amling

Linda AshleyJane Brown

Kristen CashelTed Cooney

Millie DaytonKelly Hopkins

Dana KochJessica Koch

The Whitehall Society CommitteeCaroline Koons Forrest

Celerie KembleEric Levine

Helene LorentzenBenjamin MacfarlandChristina Macfarland

Susan MalloyAllyson MashekGrant MashekAlex Matthews

Summer Matthews

Sterling McCrackenRoss Meltzer

Nicole MunderDack PatriarcaMissy SavageBetsy SlocumTracy SmithTate Casper

Natasha SteinleMaura Ziska Christu

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