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Recipe for a Great Party: Ceron, Todd and Jelly Bellys Kelli Cohen Fein Martin Fein Yvonne Cormier Gracie Cavnar PHOTOGRAPHY JENNY ANTILL. Selena Mackay Bob Cavnar Jason Reeves Chair Ceron C Chair Todd Fiscus Leisa Holland-Nelson DJ Lucy Wrubel The scene eron's Uptown Park salon was the hub for a festive end-of-summer party and kickoff for this year's Recipe for Success Dress for Dinner Season IV series chaired by Ceron and Dallas event maestro Todd Fiscus. All four chic nights benefit Gracie Cavnar's Recipe for Success Foundation, which is dedicated to combating childhood obesity. (Next up is cocktails and dinner at Neiman Marcus next March.) But on this kickoff night for the series, Fiscus rolled his pink Todd Events–emblazoned truck south on I-45 from Dallas to Houston, loaded with hundreds of tangerine roses, cabana-striped curtains and tenting, lounging sofas and carpets, and urns of Jelly Belly jelly beans to turn Salon Ceron into a South Beach party haven. Hair-wash bowls became coolers to ice the wines, and Simon Gentry from The Photobooth on Montrose set up an instant photo studio. DJ extraordinaire Lucy Wrubel, who spins every hot gala in Dallas, also made the trek to Houston and bounced and spun on her two-person lighted dance floor in McQueen stilettos. Recipe for Success founder Gracie Cavnar and husband/ author Bob Cavnar greeted Phoebe Tudor, Dominique Sachse and Nick Florescu, Kelli and Martin Fein, Mark Sullivan, David Brown, Leisa Holland-Nelson, Yvonne Cormier, Terry Zmyslo, Kate Stukenberg, George Lancaster, Mary Beth Aspromonte, Barbara Davis, Jeff Shell, Candice and Lonnie Schiller, Karen and Mike Mayell, and Terrie Hogan Turner. Holly Moore Larissa Pineda Patrick Daniel David Brown DJ Wrubel's dancing feet The Arts Are Alive: HFAF Kickoff at Asia Society Texas and Dominic Walsh Clint Willour at Asia Society Celebrates A Decade Betty Moody at Asia Society BY SETH VAUGHAN. PHOTOGRAPHY JENNY ANTILL, KIM COFFMAN. T he Dominic Walsh Dance Theatre celebrated 10 years with a gala themed "Lasting Impressions … from a decade of dance." Motherand-daughter duo Jo Furr and Erin Furr Stimming chaired the evening, which featured a Gensler-designed mise en scène; the world premiere of Camille Claudel, choreographed by Dominic Walsh himself; and live and silent auctions with works from Deborah Colton Gallery that helped raise a total of $150,000. Dance devotees: Carolyn Farb (who received the Spirit of Dance Award), Jonathon Glus and Alton LaDay, Louis Skidmore, Rusty Arena, Samantha and David Kennedy, Pily Simon, David Graeve, and Eloise Frischkorn. Next, Asia Society Texas Center hosted part of the multifaceted Houston Fine Art Fair kickoff with a panel discussion featuring contemporary talent Mel Chin (whose macabre and playful spider was part of the center's introductory programming), Houston collector Jereann Chaney, and moderator Kim Davenport of Rice University Gallery. What ensued was a multidimensional discussion on the consumption of contemporary Asian-American art and its social implications. Enjoying the dialogue: Asia Society director Martha Blackwelder, Clint Willour, Betty Moody, Nancy Allen, Janet Hobby, Anna and Thomas Au, Melissa Grobmyer, Divya and Chris Brown, and Nancy Negley. Lily Kooros at Asia Society Hamid Kooros at Asia Society Kathy Goossen at Asia Society Marty Goossen at Asia Society Brandon Lobb at DWDT Kay Lobb at DWDT Dominic Walsh at DWDT Honoree Carolyn Farb at DWDT Mel Chin at Asia Society Nancy Allen at Asia Society Chair Jo Furr at DWDT Jim Furr at DWDT Chris Stimming at DWDT Travis Torrence at DWDT Jereann Chaney at Asia Society Martha Blackwelder at Asia Society Henry Richardson at DWDT Monsour Taghdisi at DWDT Tia Shorty at DWDT Chris Brown at Asia Society Patsy Brown at Asia Society John Bradshaw Jr. at Asia Society Kim Davenport at Asia Society Divya Brown at Asia Society NOVEMBER | PAGE 26 | 2012 Janet Moore at Asia Society Gordon Quan at Asia Society Amanda Meininger at DWDT Daphne Yuanidis at DWDT