Previous Gala Themes

Gala themes have taken guests all over the world under the creative direction of the following dedicated and talented chairwomen and their hardworking committees.

Past Galas
2011-12 "Diwali Festival of Lights" Mrs. Cathryn Le Vrier and Mrs. Raven Labatt
2010-11 "A Shanghai Affair" Mrs. Clare Flesher and Mrs. Peter Zacher
2009-10 "Esplendores de la Cultura Mexicana" Mrs. David Lloyd and Mrs. Matthew Mosbacker
2008-09 "Out of Africa" Dr. Suzanne Marlar Dabbous and Mrs. David Zachry
2007-08 "Beyond the Sea" Miss Anne Johnston and Mrs. Marty Heaner
2006-07 "Mystical Living Gardens" Mrs. J.B. Gouger and Mrs. Joseph Mitchell
2005-06 "Run for the Roses" Mrs. Robert G. Shupbach and Mrs. Luke Kellogg
2004-05 “A Medieval Knight” Mrs. Robert Heydenrich and Mrs. Michael Viola
2003-04 “Broadway Lights” Mrs. Shawn Gulley and Mrs. Robert Rosenthal
2002-03 “Laissez Les Bon Temps Roullez–An Evening in the French Quarter” Mrs. Richard A. Sparr and Mrs. Charles Randall
2001-02 “The East India Trade Company” Mrs. James H. Kent and
Mrs. Charles Wright Jr.
2000-01 “Southern Splendors” Mrs. Wade Wise and Mrs. A. H. Cadwallader IV
1999-00 “Baboon Ball–Secrets of the Jungle” Mrs. Harvey Najim and Mrs. Mark Spencer
Assistant: Mrs. Charles Wright
1998-99 “Back to the Future–the Celebration of the Century”

Ms. Hydie Sumner and Mrs. Mario Hernandez
Assistant: Mrs. William Klesse

1997-98 “The Orient Express” Mrs. Russell Hill and Mrs. Edward Whitacre
Assistant: Ms. Hydie Sumner
1996-97 "A Secret Garden” Mrs. George E. Mimari and Mrs. Tim Fretthold
Assistant: Mrs. Leopoldo Zorrilla
1995-96 “Around the World in Eighty Days” Mrs. Bruce A. Smith and
Mrs. Mell C. Jackson Jr.
Assistant: Mrs. Joe R. Peacock Jr.
1994-95 “Under the Silver Moon" Mrs. Claiborne B. Gregory Jr. and
Mrs. W. Lawrence Walker Jr.
Assistant: Mrs. Lawrence A. Fischer
1993-94 “Can't Stop the Music” Mrs. M. David Dennis and Mrs. Jose P. Zollino
Assistant: Mrs. Claiborne B. Gregory Jr.
1992-93 “A Storybook Evening in the Black Forest” Mrs. Fernando Guerra and Mrs. Richard Morgan
Assistant: Mrs. David Way
1991-92 “A Yankee Doodle Celebration–Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle” Mrs. Jeff Blanchard and Mrs. Roger C. Hill Jr.
1990-91 “Carnival in Rio” Mrs. John LeFlore and Mrs. Clark Mandigo
1989-90 “Gala Gay Nineties” Mrs. Marvin Pipkin and Mrs. C. Aaron Penaloza
1988-89 “L'esprit de la Cote d'Azur” Mrs. Michael Baucum and Mrs. Greg Kowalski
1987-88 “A Whala of a Gala at Seaworld" Mrs. Richard Azar and Mrs. David B. Daviss
1986-87 "Bayou Blowout" Mrs. Clif Barnhart and Mrs. Goodhue Smith III
1985-86 “Gala Sixteen” Mrs. James Hayne and
Mrs. Stanley Rosenberg
1984-85 "Mythical Mischief at the Forum" Mrs. John Beauchamp and Mrs. Dale Wood
1983-84 "An Evening in New York" Mrs. William Gordon and Mrs. Ronald Tietz
1982-83 "Gala in Sherwood Forest" Ms. Earl Fae Eldridge and Mrs. Don Farrimond
1981-82 "Hollywood Follies" Mrs. Tom Benesch and Mrs. Joe Carroll Rust
1980-81 "Sail Away to Fantasy Isle" Ms. Susan Mathews Himoff and Mrs. T. Hulan Yarbrough
1979-80 "Reflections in a Balloon" Mrs. Minor Huck and Mrs. Charles Roberts
1978-79 "Come with Me to the Cabash" Mrs. Mike Benedum and Mrs. Jack Pitluck
1977-78 "A Journey to Oz" Mrs. Stanton Beil and Mrs. L. Lowry Mays
1976-77 "An Evening at the Palace" Mrs. Ernest Felbaurn and Mrs. Roy McGinnis
1975-76 "Un Bal Masquerade" Mrs. Joe R. McFarlane Jr. and Mrs. Jimmy Satel
1974-75 "Sensational Circus Gala" Mrs. Frank Bond and Ms. Marianna Frost
1973-74 "Gala on the Queen" Mrs. Jimmy Satel and Mrs. George E. Fischer
1972-73 "Mad Hatters Ball" Mrs. Donald Krause and Mrs. Shawn Nelson
1971-72 "Oriental Odyssey" Mrs George Bristol and Mrs. James W. Yancy
1970-71 "Fete Champetre" Mrs. Gus Blocker and Mrs. Lewis Tucker