The lively, social gathering lasted for about 7 hours

The lively, social gathering lasted for about 7 hours with Lisa being thrown into the pool by David Konick, who was also pulled into the cool water by Lisa - she wasn’t about to let him get away with that one! Among the 35 or so guests were: the Day family from Sperryville which included the talented guitarist, Vincent and his sister, Johanna with the great voice, the Fanning Baumgardner family of Washington, Sperryville, the Corneal family from Washington, D.C. who have a weekend home in Castleton, Chris and Virginia Hopkins of Washington, D.C. who took some great moving pictures of this event, Greg Clark of Flint, Hill and Mr, anil Mrs. Davit Konick who really had a splashing, good time! Ann and Malin had many, happy wishes for their special birthdays.

May 20th was Nancy Tribino Schoppet’s birthday also, but we won’t say which one, and she celebrated with her husband, Richard, at the first annual American Film Institute costume ball in the Great Hall of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. They were the guests of Dan and Diane Fisk in Oakton who went as Linda Evans and John Forsythe. Nancy dressed as the old, German-born, husky voiced, sultry Marlene Dietrich and Richard as George Raft but he forgot his machine gun. It was truly a memorable birthday for Nancy as she was entertained by Rosemary Clooney and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, sipped cocktails with Eva Marie Saint and Rock Hudson, dined with Patricia Neal and Lillian Gish and danced by Ginger Rodgers to name just a few of the most famous ones. There were many costume exhibits such as Vivien Leigh’s dark, red, velvet gown from Gone With The Wind - 1939 and Claudette Colbert’s golden, shimmering gown from Cleopatra - 1934. The detailed construction and imaginative design on all the costumes were in