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44 THE COLOR OF LUNCH BY BILLY FONG FONG AND LACELLIESE KING. PHOTOGRAPHY WJNPHOTO. Y ellow — the official color of sunshine and happiness — was out in all its vibrant glory at the Dallas Museum of Art, where a gorgeous group of women assembled to celebrate Art in Bloom: A Royal Affair. League president Dyann Skelton and Art in Bloom chair Therese Rourk, both in stunning canary fl oral dresses by Lela Rose, took the stage in the Horchow Auditorium to welcome guests, along with the wise and witty Shane Connolly, the British fl oral designer whose clients include the royal family. Over at the Omni Dallas Hotel, a red sea — as in 1,000 business leaders, heart disease survivors, and supporters, along with chair Judy Hendrick, host committee co-chairs Nancy Gopez and Mary Parker and honoree Tim Wallace — raised $1.8 million to benefi t American Heart Association. SEEN AT ART IN BLOOM: Honorary chair Amy Warren; Melinda Knowles; DMA director Dr. Agustín Arteaga and husband Carlos Gonzalez- Jaime; Empress Gilbert and son Micah Gilbert; Debbie Reynolds, Mary McDermott Cook, Shelly Dee, Gowri Sharma, Nancy Shutt, Beverly Freeman, and Barbara Daseke. At Go Red: Tavia Hunt, Courtney Kerr, Kellie Rasberry, Katherine and Key Coker, Nancy and Gary Brown, Sandi and Ron Haddock, Lisa Warner and Dr. John Warner, and Barclay Berdan. A FLORAL DESIGNER TO BRITISH ROYALS AND A DALLAS CROWD DRESSED IN THE SUNNIEST COLORS MADE FOR A BRILLIANT AFTERNOON AT DMA'S ART IN BLOOM, WHILE AMERICAN HEART'S GO RED FOR WOMEN DREW A SEA OF RED. C'mone Wingo, Deve Sanford at Art In Bloom Y ellow — the official color of sunshine and Maggie Kipp, Melinda Knowles, Mary Parker Nancy Gopez at Go Red Jennifer Wyant Camille Davis at Go Red Camille Davis at Go Red McKenna Krajeck Sarah Hammonds at Go Red Alan & Joanne Herda at Go Red Erin Taylor, Debbie Meyers Stephanie Middendorf at Art In Bloom Amy Warren, Therese Rourke at Art In Bloom Sara Edwards, Sejal Kapadia at Art In Bloom Knowles; DMA director Dr. Agustín Arteaga and husband Arteaga and husband Arteaga Carlos Gonzalez- at Art In Bloom Heather VacLav Hooper, Christina Wood Meredith O'Neal at Go Red Jenny Roberts, Michelle Renault-Rutt at Art In Bloom