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in So successful was the Opera of Washto lie Pa&ton's very first Night at Monte Carlo alld at ~Y-a New Years extravaganza held lekS, dir he Four Seasons Hotel-executive Preecto~ Martin Feinstein is already a r ssunng Chairman Melody Gilsey for ~eat next year_ \Vo ayor Marion Barry and Effie, anctlll~'s Committee Chairman Ellen non alker Lewis, the Charles di and a~ and Betsy Rea, Susie Thompson, solll ohn and Melissa Lindsay and a\\la e 365 other merrymakers danced E~路to _the music of Morgan Baer. thre JOYtng the medallions of veal were A.ra~- table~ of Arab diplomats and ing GArnencan entrepreneurs, includeorgetown 's indefatigable Mokh~rs 路
less Al-Hariri, the Arab League's Dr. Clovis Maksoud, Dr. Said Karmi and Pakistan's M. Khan who won the first prize trip to Paris as big spender of the evening at the gaming tables. John and Susie Groth flew up from Palm Beach for the party; the Peter Gilsey's friend, Lee Polachek, chairman of the International Foundation for Education, came from Wisconsin and Hector Luisi, Jr., had flown in his girl friend from Paris. Cautious gambler David Kreeger with Carmen at his side were getting tips on blackjack from dealer John Finch. At the next table, Roger Mudd simply couldn't lose. Winner for the night at the gaming tables was young Nancy Coggins who happily announced she intended to use her prize of a week at Loew's hotel in Monte Carlo for her
honeymoon. Jack Sloat, squiring Jane de Graff, was high bidder on a week at Jacques Moore's house in Tryall, Jamaica, where he plans to rest up from his campaign and inaugural labors. To top off the evening, Four Seasons Manager Wolf Hengst (we'll miss him when he heads for Texas) offered party guests the option of spending the night at the hotel for a mere $19.81 a couple in honor of the New Year. Peter and Melody Gilsey, the Chip Fawcetts, Eric and Amber Fox, the Leonard Robinsons were some of the young marrieds who took advantage of the offer, awaking New Year's Day to the scent of roses in their rooms and the sight of snowflakes falling softly into Rock Creek Park from their windows. -DOROTHY MARKS Dossier/February 1981141