Stunning River Oaks Mansion Hosts a Symphony Lunch to Remember: Anticipation Builds for Houston’s Disney Moment

What: Houston Symphony League holiday luncheon

Where: The River Oaks home of Jana and Scotty Arnoldy

PC Moment: More than 200 Houston Symphony supporters mingled throughout the Arnoldys’ magnificent Mediterranean style manse that stretches across two oak-shaded lots on the River Oaks periphery. Even with that number of holiday partygoers, there was room to spare. Elizabeth Stone and her Silver Stone Events team provided sustenance for the merry band.

Taking the lead as co-hosts for the gathering were Symphony League president Beth Wolff and vice president Cheryl Byington. The buzz was all about the symphony’s Magical Musical Morning at River Oaks Country Club, the upcoming Symphony Wine Dinner and the Symphony Ball to be held in May at Tilman Fertitta‘s new  Post Oak Hotel.

For the young at heart, looking past the holidays, there was an element of high anticipation for the January 5 to 7 performance of the score from Walt Disney’s Fantasia while selections of the iconic cartoon are played on a screen above the 80-piece orchestra under direction of the orchestra’s new pops conductor Steve Reineke.

Who: Betty Tudor, Ann Are, Darlene Bisso, Jane-Page Crump, Lilly Andress, Ursula Muenzel, Danielle Ellis, Helen Shaffer, Diane Lokey Farb, Saula Valente, Mary Ann McKeithan, Kathi Rovere, Mady Kades, Connie Kwan Wong, Ellen Holzberg, Gayle Eury, Kathryn Riddle, Norma Jean Brown, Roz Cooley, Lucy Lewis, and Gina Sauour.