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124 A WHITE NIGHT WINEDALE CATHERINE D. ANSPON BUSTS OUT THE SUMMER WHITES. PHOTOGRAPHY SUNNIE RAY. E very few years, Friends of Winedale hosts a late summer bash where guests don their summer whites, clink cocktails under Henkel Square's magnificent oaks, break bread in Henkel Hall, bid on live and silent auctions and dance the night away. The latest fund-raiser was titled Sommerabend Fest, a reference to Winedale's collection of 19th-century German immigrant homes and the accompanying furniture, textiles, and tools of the era, all acquired by Bayou Bend benefactress Miss Ima Hogg in the early 1960s and later gifted to UT's Briscoe Center for American History. Adding a groovy '60s vibe was Beatles tribute band The Eggmen, which allied with the night's theme, "With a Little Help from Our Friends." Cinda and Armando Palacios catered, and their chef, Gino Llanes, crafted a menu of Tex-Mex and Italian hits from the restaurateurs' recently unveiled Mandito's and Lulu's in Round Top. This was the second triennial soirée, and yielded $178,000 for Winedale's preservation and upkeep. The night in the country — a favorite of Round Top residents — was co-chaired by the power trio of Martha Turner Sotheby's Linda Plant, board prez of the Friends of Winedale, and board members Jim Wagner and Ginny Elverson Welch, and honorary chairs Beverly and Tommy Jacomini. WHITE KNIGHTS: Catherine and Will Randall; Tye and Philip Taft; Lauren Taft and Libby Cagle; Bayou Bend director Bonnie Campbell; Michael Dale; Richard Holley; Mariquita Masterson with Kathy and Harry Masterson and Tiffany and Charles Masterson; Fayetteville's Mary and Evan Quiros and Joan and Jerry Herring; Greg Fourticq and John Cone; Mike Steinman, celebrating his birthday; Round Top Real Estate's Denise Jacobs; Festival Hill's Lamar Lentz; photographer George O. Jackson, who donated to the auction; Patricia Peckinpaugh Griffith, who also contributed a coveted auction lot; Babette and Leon Hale; Janie and Dick DeGuerin; artist Christy Karll McWhorter and Hal McWhorter; and Crosswell crew Julie and Markley, Allison and Miller, and Flora and Victor. for Tye Taft, Patricia Peckinpaugh Griffith, Julie Crosswell Libby Cagle, Philip Taft, Lauren Taft Barbara & Tom Schulte, Janie & Dick DeGuerin, Annie DeGuerin Allison Crosswell, Laura Childress Armando & Cinda Palacios Joan & Jerry Herring Tiffany & Charles Masterson Co-chair Ginny Elverson Welch Honorary chair Beverly Jacomini Co-chair Linda Plant Richard Holley Mariquita Masterson, Michael Dale Hal McWhorter & Christy Karll McWhorter Lee Ellis John Cone, Greg Fourticq