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Updated Dec 14,
2006
Descanso Gardens’ Boddy House
Will Be Showcase House Of Design
 Descanso Guild Inc. President Amy Lamb (left), Showcase House
of Design Benefit Chair Joy Sullivan, Descanso Gardens Executive
Director David R. Brown and Pasadena Showcase House of the
Arts President Jennifer Johnson at contract-signing ceremony joining
the two organizations in the restotation of the E. Manchester
Boddy House as the Pasadena Showcase House of Design.
The 43rd Pasadena Showcase
House of Design will be a collaboration
of Pasadena Showcase House
for the Arts (PSHA) and La Cañada
Flintridge’s Descanso Gardens in
renovating Descanso’s Boddy
House, Benefit Chairman Joy
Sullivan said recently.
“This year we had this wonderful
possibility to have two local
non-profit organizations collaborate
on the restoration of an historic
house for the benefit of the community,”
said Sullivan, who has been
involved with PSHA for 20 years.
“A gift to the San Gabriel community
labeled ‘Do not open ’til
springtime’ is a result of a unique,
cooperative alliance between these
two organizations.”
Sullivan and Descanso Gardens Executive Director David R. Brown
began meeting this fall to discuss the concept
of partnering and showcasing the E.
Manchester Boddy House, a 22-room
Hollywood Regency-styled mansion designed
by J.E. Dolena and built in 1938 for E.
Manchester Boddy and located on the
Descanso Gardens property. They believe that
this partnership will provide a major contribution
to restoration of the estate and, hopefully,
entice more visitors not only to the Pasadena
Showcase House of Design, but also to
Descanso Gardens.
“The timing of this collaboration could not
have been better,” Brown siad. “Patrons of
PSHA will enjoy both a fabulously designed
house and a landscape in full springtime
bloom.”
Sullivan is hopeful that this opportunity will aid
in her efforts to inform the public and patrons about
the music programs funded by the Pasadena
Showcase of the Arts. Proceeds from the Showcase
House of Design provide prize monies for its annual
Instrumental Competition, fund its Music Mobile
program and Youth Concert at Disney Hall, and
provide major funding for the Los Angeles
Philharmonic as well as to other programs that foster
an appreciation for symphonic music, youth
educational and therapeutic music programs
throughout the greater San Gabriel Valley. PSHA
has contributed nearly $15 million to these programs
since its inception.
The 2007 Showcase House of Design at
Descanso Gardens will be open to the public from
April 22 through May 20.
For more information on PSHA or for tickets,
visit www.pasadenashowcase.org. |
