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SCENE IT WAS DANCE FRENZY AT THE GLAM HOUSTON BALLET BALL By Shelby Hodge. Photography Wilson Parish. High Point: Within minutes of Atlanta show band Big Blast & The Party Masters cranking up the tunes, the dance floor of The Post Oak Hotel was rocking. Cue to Lynn Wyatt swinging with Houston Ballet's first soloist Harper Watters. Takeaway: With Hallie Vanderhider as honoree and Allison and Troy Thacker as chairs, it was a $1.5 million night for Houston Ballet. The gala toasted the company's production of Summer and Smoke with backdrops of moss-draped magnolias flanking steamy bayous, the decor executed by The Events Company. PC Seen: Anne and Albert Chao, Mignon and Stephen Gill, Tony Bradfield, Phoebe and Bobby Tudor, Leigh and Reggie Smith, Margaret Alkek Williams, Paula and Reginald DesRoches, S. Shawn Stephens and Jim Jordan, Heidi and Marcus Smith, Jay Jones and Terry Wayne Jones, and Ileana and Michael Treviño. Roslyn Bazzelle Mitchell & Derrick Mitchell Hallie Vanderhider Kenny & Kimberly Parsley Fady Armanious Stephanie Tsuru Jim Jordan & S. Shawn Stephens Kristy Bradshaw Stacey Johnson Troy & Allison Thacker Bobby & Phoebe Tudor Richard Flowers, Lynn Wyatt 94