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MANCUS FOUNDATION CREATES A NIGHT TO REMEMBER The Titanic’s last dinner will be replicated at Cavaliers Country Club
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lipping beneath the waves on April 15, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic famously disappeared from view until 1985, when it was discovered on the bottom of the North Atlantic by Dr. Robert Ballard. Said Ballard: “She lies in 13,000 feet of water on a gently sloping Alpine-like countryside overlooking a small canyon below. It is a quiet, peaceful and fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.” On Friday, April 13, some of the opulence and elaborate dining that defined the Titanic will be replicated at Bella Vita at Cavaliers Country Club. Twenty-five food items from the ship’s menu, along with the same music, table settings and floral arrangements, will transport guests back 100 years. This is the third annual A Night to Remember the Last Dinner of the Titanic, which benefits the Mancus Foundation, a nonprofit, self-help enterprise for the physically and developmentally challenged. The event is the brainchild of Alan Costabile, executive director of the foundation. He was inspired by a recipe book containing the Titanic’s menu, which he discovered in the gift shop of the Molly Brown House in Colorado. Brown was one of the survivors of the Titanic. The evening begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m., followed by a buffet-style dinner starting at 8 p.m., with three main courses: filet, fish and chicken, along from 22 other elaborate food items. Guests will enjoy music by the Rhythm Doctors, and there will be basket raffles of wines and gift certificates and door prizes that include Costabile’s inspirational recipe book, a cruise for two departing from a Mexican port of choice and an original Titanic movie poster with a 70-milimeter movie clip. Guests are urged to dress in semi-formal attire, with awards given to the best-dressed male and female. Among the awards will be a replica of the “heart of the ocean” necklace worn by Rose DeWitt Bukater, played by Kate Winslet in the movie. Tickets can be purchased at linksfoundation.org or by contacting Alan Costabile at 690-8254. Prices are $85 per person before March 31 and $100 afterward. All proceeds go directly the Mancus Foundation.
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