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Daytime Dates From top chefs to tastemakers, style swans to silver cups: A quadrant of perfect luncheons equals TACA Silver Cup Award Luncheon PHOTOGRAPHY DANA DRIENSKY Ceron at TACA Silver Cup Lynn McBee at TACA Silver Cup Sarah Perot at TACA Silver Cup Lee Cullum at TACA Silver Cup Rebecca Young at TACA Silver Cup There are many reasons why TACA's Silver Cup Luncheon at the Hilton Anatole is one of the best-attended events all season: Its moderator, Lee Cullum — playfully nicknamed "No-Notes Cullum" by John Eagle — is a witty public speaker; the live musical performances that ensue during lunch are top-notch (pianist Hando Nahkur brought the crowd to its feet); and this year's Silver Cup honorees are the beloved Todd Caroline Rose Hunt and Frank Risch. Cullum summed up the Fiscus at TACA mood in the Hilton Anatole that afternoon when she said, Silver Cup "A friend once told me that listening changes chemistry." When Hunt accepted her award, the entire ballroom quieted at the chance to hear the distinguished grande dame speak: "I consider myself blessed for many reasons," she began. "And one is because I enjoy the performing arts." TACA's brightest in attendance included: chairmen Suzanne and David Droese, plus Rebecca Young, Bill Bogart, Mike Rawlings, Sarah Perot, Andy Teller, Ginger Reeder, and David Stern. Laurie Sands Harrison at TACA Silver Cup afternoons. Karen & Radha Arora at TACA Silver Cup Caroline Rose Hunt at TACA Silver Cup BY CHRISTINA GEYER Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award Luncheon Jennifer Eagle at TACA Silver Cup PHOTOGRAPHY KRISTINA BOWMAN She's a social doyenne and philanthropic pillar. Her daughter is an author and editor at large for Southern Living. No surprise that the motherdaughter duo of Myrna Schlegel and Kim Whitman received Texas Women's University's top prize for women who continuously improve quality of life in Dallas: the Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award. TWU chancellor and president Ann Stuart did the honors, saluting the ladies with an elegant luncheon at the Belo Mansion & Pavilion. Of course, when one's Rolodex is as sizeable as Schlegel's and Whitman's combined, filling a ballroom for lunch is a snap. Who was there? Award namesake Virginia Chandler Dykes; members of the Schlegel family including Bob Schlegel, Justin Whitman, Kari Kloewer, and Kirby Schlegel; and guests Sara Martineau, Ruth Buzzi, Kent Perkins, and Jan Miller. John Eagle at TACA Silver Cup Ginger Reeder at TACA Silver Cup Andy Teller, Frank Risch at TACA Silver Cup Chairman David Droese at TACA Silver Cup Gillian Breidenbach at TACA Silver Cup Chairman Suzanne Droese at TACA Silver Cup PHOTOGRAPHY DANA DRIENSKY Crawford Brock at Saint Valentine's Day Stewpot Alliance Soup's On PHOTOGRAPHY ROB WYTHE Joan Schnitzer Levy at Virginia Chandler Dykes Luncheon Virginia Chandler Dykes Kim Whitman, Myrna Schlegel at Virginia Chandler Dykes Luncheon Jessica Hughes, Emily Tippett Shey Davis at Soup's On Chef Brian Luscher of the Grape Restaurant is known for concocting flawless recipes. As Soup's On chef chairman, he mixed party ingredients: Luscher compiled a menu of cooks — from the Mansion's Bruno Davaillon to Komali and Salum's Abraham Salum — to each whip up consommés for guests of the Stewpot Alliance Luncheon. The main course was commentary by New York Times bestselling author Jeannette Walls. She spoke about her memoir, The Glass Castle, to an audience that included chairman Tonya Meier, honorary chairmen Sally and Tom Dunning, and guests Gary Cogill, Hayley Hamilton, and Cheryl Henry. Angela Choquette at Saint Chairman Bunny Valentine's Day Cotton at Saint Valentine's Day Shyler Peters at Soup's On Keith Hanks, Kevin Garvin at Soup's On April Box Chamberlain, Robin Robinson at Virginia Chandler Dykes Luncheon Chairman Kristina Whitcomb & Phil Whitcomb at Saint Valentine's Day Mike & Sharon McCullough at Virginia Chandler Dykes Luncheon Paige Bellinger, Rob Abernethy Michelle Moran at Soup's On For the fashion-minded, Stanley Korshak owner Crawford Brock is the man behind all stylish matches made in heaven. The retail luminary and his Crescent Court emporium have long supported The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Saint Valentine's Day Luncheon, this year tapping designer Chadwick Bell to star on the catwalk at the Hilton Anatole. Brock also sent hundreds of SK staples (Carolina Herrera, Brunello Cucinelli and Lanvin) down the runway. The result? Chairmen Kristina Whitcomb, Angela Nash, and Bunny Cotton, plus Kristi Sherrill Hoyl, Cara French, and Nancy Gopez eyeing Korshak's spring collections. Liz Minyard Lokey, chairman Angela Nash at Saint Valentine's Day "Believe it or not, I always loved to dance." — Caroline Rose Hunt at TACA Silver Cup Luncheon The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Saint Valentine's Day Luncheon Libby Griffin Bryson, Lillie Young Lindsey Young at Soup's On Chairman Tonya Meier, Mike Rawlings Jeannette Walls at Soup's On Anne Peters at Soup's On