Carole Miller

I was sitting at home, minding my own business when I got a call from North San Antonio Times Editor Steve Elliott. He wanted to know if I’d be interested in writing this column. Let me get this straight, I get to crash all the cool parties, be wined and dined by high society, rub elbows with the rich and talk about it?

Suddenly I had a flashback to the sixth grade when several of my teachers told me that my big mouth would bring me nothing but trouble . . .

Would I be interested? Well who wouldn’t?

With that said, I attended the Hearts in Harmony Gala Feb. 8, hosted by the Friends of the Children’s Bereavement Center at the ever-posh San Antonio Country Club. The Bereavement Center is dedicated to helping young people and their families grieving the death of a loved one.

Rich and Kitty Lange catch up with Barbara and Michael Gentry at the Hearts in Harmony Gala.

I spoke with Bereavement Center Executive Director Traci Gomez on the sly about Janie’s award and she told me that Janie has worked with the center for more than six years. “We would not be here without her commitment,” she said.

Just then, CBC Board President-Elect Jenifer Brown grabbed me and introduced me to everyone within shouting distance. I met Michael and Barbara Gentry, Kye and Lou Fox, Gala Vice President Sallie Chasnoff and CBC President Almeda Hodge.

Janie Worth, Traci Gomez and Linda Fugit enjoy the Hearts in Harmony Gala Feb. 8. Worth was honored with the first-ever Volunteer Recognition Award that night.

And speaking of bacon, I could have chatted the night away with former Texas Gov. Dolph Briscoe and his longtime friend Glenn Biggs. Glenn’s wife, Ann Biggs, and her good friend Joy Potts, were equally as charming. Talking with all of them made me feel like the belle of the ball!

Ann Biggs, former Texas Governor Dolph Briscoe and Joy Potts take part in the festivities at the Hearts in Harmony Gala hosted by the Children’s Bereavement Center at the San Antonio Country Club.

This year features 30 beautiful belles. The 2007 Symphony Belles are: Sarah Elizabeth Avellar, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Michael James Avellar and escorted by William Scott Shown; Rebecca Bonham Bagby, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Bagby, Jr., and escorted by Stephen Randolph West, Jr.; Scarlette Catherine Barrow, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. James Hunter Barrow and escorted by Adam Thomas Bridgeman; Hallie Harrison Bauer, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Mark William Bauer and escorted by Benjamin Mark Orem; Courtney Baker Bonner, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Blake Bonner and escorted by Zachary Shaw Moorman; Sarah Ann Boynton, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. James Bryan Boynton and escorted by Timothy Brent Blonkvist; Erin Elizabeth Brady, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Judson Brady and escorted by James Richard Wilson Daniell, Jr.; Alexandra Melanie Dawson, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. James E. Dawson and escorted by Benjamin Michael Davis; Stephanie Marie Flores, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Caroline Garner Flores and the late Dr. Santos Manuel Flores, Jr., and escorted by Michael Rusten Gabriel; Emmaline Kathleen Hawn, daughter of Mr. Gregg Lyssy and Mr. & Mrs. Scott Hawn and escorted by Chase Robert Buford; Lauren Patricia Heydenreich, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Eric Edward Heydenreich and escorted by Christopher Everett Morell Nickle; Jane Elizabeth Hollimon, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Jack Charles Hollimon II and escorted by Robert Weber Broadnax, Jr.; Victoria Grace Huffines, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Anthony Eugenio and Mr. & Mrs. James Richard Huffines and escorted by Jacob Samuel Oppenheimer; Katherine Elizabeth Kinder, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Patton and Mr. & Mrs. Charles David Kinder and escorted by David Kristopher J. Vogt; Caitlin Christine Lester, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Harris Lester and escorted by Daniel Nicholas Anastasio; Allison Lee Marshall, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Mark Marshall and escorted by Grant George Grotte; Alanna Jean Miller, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Douglas W. Miller and escorted by Matthew Adam Berler; Meredith Marie Morrison, daughter of Viscount & Viscountess Dunrossil and escorted by Sean Conor Scully; Elizabeth Lyne Moser, daughter of Ms. Kathryn West Moser and Mr. Christopher Thomas Moser and escorted by Sam Pickard Hamilton; Tierney Grace Oakes, daughter of Ms. Jan Erin Tolson and escorted by Cody Scott Courtney; Annlyn Amelia Osborn, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Byron Osborn III and escorted by Brandon Daniel Mills; Ryla Caroline Peacock, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Robert Peacock, Jr., and escorted by Peter Joseph Teracina; Sarah Guitar Peacock, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Robert Peacock, Jr., and escorted by Matthew Giovanni Vizza; Callie Ann Redding, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Philip H. Redding III and escorted by McLean Douglas Russell; Chloe Rose Remmert, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Travy Hillman Remmert and escorted by Dean Lundt Kellogg III; Calvin Banks Smith, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Christopher Hall and Mr. & Mrs. Forrester McLean Smith III and escorted by James Higbie Clement Steen; Sydney Elizabeth Stuckey, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bryan Stuckey, Jr., and escorted by Scott James Buchanan; Hayley Lane Vaughan, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Louis Vaughan and escorted by Colton Ridge Haverda; Ellen Alexandra Wise, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Wade Wise and escorted by Shay Douglas Hisle; and Erica Alexine Zacarias, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Sergio Zacarias and escorted by Zachary Mortyn Riemenschneider.

That’s all my news for this week. In the meantime, if you have any “scoop” you want to share or swanky parties you’d like me to attend, drop me an e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . (Maybe your party will have bacon, too!)