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BEVERLY HILLS NEWS
Beverly Hills People and interesting places
AWal T CONCERN: We really looked for-
ard to celebrating at Concem's annu-
Rodeo Drive block party. This year
the event was moved from May to July and
billed at "The World Comes to Rodeo Drive"
as a gesture to improve sales and tie in to the
soccer events. Concem is one of our favorite
chariUes. It is well-run, well-adristered and
spends only a minimum on fundraising to give
the maximum to the cause. However, the
world may have come to Rodeo Drive but the
locals came in fewer numbers. For the first
time we noticed tables that were paid for but
unoccupied. Perhaps it was the later hour,
perhaps it was the expansion to three blocks,
but things were not the same. International
photographers seeking celebrities were hard
pressed to find the promised glamour person-
alities. We saw Hal Unden, Tommy Luor-
de, and Michelle Phillips as the celebrity
bartenders. There were no announcements
of the silent auction so we don1 know the
money raised. The usual entertainment
planned by Pierre Coflette was replaced by
a VIP champagne and espresso bar at Two
Rodeo. The big winners were the hot dogs
from the Hollywood Hot Dog Company and
The Grill's roast beef sandwiches. There was
a light show and some street dancing for the
young crowd but the only other entertainment
we saw was a stilt walker and a marching
band. We did see some wonderful people like
Jaclde and Stan Gottlleb, Betty and Chuck
Wilson, Mayor Vicld Reynolds and Murray
Pepper, Janet and Max Salter, kulle and
Ralph Winters, Unda and Ed Brown, Bey
and Chet Rrutaln (whose son Michael is
Concem's next president), Councilman Tom
Levyn, Karan and the kids, Sybil Brand,
Nancy Epstein, Edle Waxenberg and the
most wonderful police in the USA -- the Bev-
erly Hills Police Department. As to numbers,
2,800 advance tickets were sold to the tune of
$840,000 and 200 tickets were sold at the
door, making another $60,000 for this wodhy
cause.
AT MANN'S WESTWOOD THEATER:
The premiere of B/own Away attracted so
many guests that some were shuttled to
another theater -- and in the ayes of some
that move separated the cream from the milk.
This noisy film and the party afterward attract-
ed an appredative and uniquely-attired audi-
ence. The range from stTetch pants to shorts
to kimonos was unusual. Ambrosia did a
great party in a parking lot. Enjoying the funky
industrial look and the Irish food were stars
Jeff and Uoyd Bridges, Suzy Ami=, Ellen
Barldn, Jadde Goidberg, Frank Marmuso,
and Mid( Flentwood. This bomb squad
movie is sure to be box office dynamite.
AT TROCADERO: Ruth and Hal Borden,
Donna and Dr. Jesse Garber, Joan and
Arnold Seidel, Barbara and Mel Spitz, Blen
Byrens, Joan and Fred Nicholas, Lee and
Harold Kapelovttz, Eds and Larry Field,
Dlanna and Victor Welner, Bemardo Pucclo
and Ofln Kennedy, all enjoying the revised
and enlarged menu.
AT THE PLAYERS: Isabel Bronte, Sue
and Sam Koran, Betty and Bill White and
Jan and Scott Sterling. Owner Kathy Weiss
has some wonderful anUque dishes that are
brought out for special occasions. In the back
room, David Roberti and a group were dining
and conversing. We ed to eavesdrop, to no
avail.
AT THE WORLD CUP EVENTS: it seems
to us something was missing at the events
planned for soccer fans in Beverly Hills. The
occasion planned as a benefit for wildlife,
spearheaded by All McGraw, drew fewer buy-
ers than antidpated. Towards the end, they
tired to give the tickets away. There weren
many animals
pie. BUT the food got an
At the Bastille
on the lawn at C, ity Hail,
speeches in French,
good food! BUT
tables and chairs, and
and balance glasses, so
home.
At the numerous
Canon and Two RodeO,
ment from various
great and the performers
the audience was
hordes
There was expert
Bureau and wonderful
city officials but
themselves were not
find Beverly Hills or
tinations.
ed female (
to solicit a waiter to seWe
party during his regular
hope no one returns
business.
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