{"id":7056,"date":"2015-05-15T19:06:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-16T02:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7056"},"modified":"2015-05-15T13:09:45","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T20:09:45","slug":"pacific-pride-foundations-royal-ball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesliedinaberg.com\/wordpress\/?p=7056","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Pride Foundation’s Royal Ball"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(L-R): Linda Wallem-Etheridge, Jane Lynch, Jason Collins, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Don Roos, Dan Bucatinsky, and Joanna Kerns, photo by JP Montalvo.<\/p><\/div>\n

Pacific Pride Foundation<\/a> (PPF) hosted its Fourth Annual Royal Ball fundraiser last month\u00a0at the Bacara Resort & Spa<\/a>. The sold out event attracted 500 guests and a host of local Hollywood celebrities. Among the stars out that night:\u00a0Jane Lynch of Glee<\/em> fame was the\u00a0Master of Ceremonies for the evening, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus\u00a0(Seinfeld, Veep<\/em>)\u00a0presented\u00a0Pacific Pride Foundation\u2019s first ever Advocacy Award to\u00a0Award\u00a0Winning Director\/Screenwriter\u00a0Don Roos and\u00a0Emmy award winning actor Dan Bucatinsky.<\/p>\n

Danny Franzese,\u00a0co-star of Mean Girls<\/em> and the HBO series Looking<\/em>;\u00a0Marisa Tomei, actress and producer; Mary McCormack, actress, writer, and producer; Michael Morris, television director and producer; Linda Wallem, actress, writer producer; Jeff Perry, actor; Linda Lowy, casting director; Jason Collins, NBA Basketball star\u00a0and\u00a0Brunson Green, film producer and president of Harbinger Pictures, also attended the event.<\/p>\n

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(L-R) (back row): Pacific PrideFoundation Board of Directors: Marco Silva, Ralph Barbosa, Lamar Pugh, honoree Dan Bucatinsky, MicheleHock, honoree DonRoos, Solomon N\u2019dungu, Alan Rose, Jessa Tucker Riley and Auralee Bunch. (front row): Go-go dancers from The Abbey in West Hollywood, photo by Joel Conroy.<\/p><\/div>\n

Each year, Pacific Pride Foundation hosts the Royal Ball to bring together gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) people and straight allies to share a memorable evening of fun and celebration of our diverse community, all in support of Pacific Pride Foundation’s vital programs and services for the LGBTQ and HIV communities.<\/p>\n

The mission of Pacific Pride Foundation is to advocate for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community; care for people living with HIV; and prevent the transmission of HIV. For more information, please visit\u00a0www.pacificpridefoundation.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus, photo by Joel Conroy.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Costumed greeters welcomed guests to the Pacific Pride Foundation’s 4th Annual Royal Ball. Photo by Isaac Hernandez.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u2014Leslie Dinaberg<\/p>\n

Originally published in Santa Barbara Seasons Magazine<\/em> <\/a>on May 13, 2015.<\/p>\n

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