Scenes from the Hamptons Tea Dance

This past Saturday, July 11, the Pride Agenda was out in East Hampton for our 17th annual Hamptons Tea Dance. We sipped cocktails and danced to the tunes of DJ Lady Bunny at 10A ranch, the home of hosts Will Trinkle and Juan Granados. The weather was perfect, and our great volunteers, energetic event co-chairs and host committee, and festive guests made it another Tea Dance to remember! Here’s some of the event coverage in the press and a few photos:

Vanity Fair has a great writeup of the event and a lovely photo gallery.

Hamptons.com summarizes the event and the work of the Pride Agenda.

Plum TV’s interview at the Tea Dance with Governor Paterson has been picked up by Capitol Confidential and the Daily Politics.

Fabulous DJ Lady Bunny

Host Will Trinkle, Executive Director Alan Van Capelle, U.S. Senator Kristen Gillibrand,

host Juan Granados, and Board Co-Chair Mitch Karsch

Edward Albee and Governor Paterson

Hamptons Tea Dance Media Roundup

It’s been a month since we held our Hamptons Tea Dance on July 12. Since then, we’ve gotten a lot of great feedback from people who attended and told us it was the best Tea Dance yet. The reporters who came also seemed to have fun. We already shared this post from Guest of a Guest (a great Hamptons blog), and since then, the Tea Dance has been written up in The East Hampton Star, The Independent, Dan’s Papers (photos 16-18), and Hamptons.com here and here.

Last but not least, check out these videos from Plum TV (Click the play buttons at the bottom of each to start them). We can’t wait to see everyone again next year!

Scenes from the 16th Annual Hamptons Tea Dance

This year’s Hamptons Tea Dance took place on Saturday, July 12 at the Diamond Ranch in Water Mill. With the combination of perfect weather, festive party-goers and endless entertainment, we got plenty of feedback that this was the Pride Agenda’s best Tea Dance yet! The event will be featured in some of the Hamptons’ hottest blogs and news sources, including this write-up that claims all the gays and lesbians in all of the Hamptons came out for the Tea Dance (We’re not sure, but it’s a great goal for next year!) Altogether, we had a great crowd including our energetic attendees, stellar volunteers, the spectacular DJ Lady Bunny, and our dedicated event co-chairs, Mark Paviluk, Mitch Karsch, Juliana Frei, Joel Isaacs and Alfredo Paredes. And of course we can’t forget our special guests, three of the lovely ladies of “The Real Housewives of New York,” Jill Zarin (with her gay "husband" Brad Boles), Countess LuAnn de Lesseps and Bethenny Frankel.

The crowd at the Diamond Ranch.

"Real Housewives of New York" stars Bethenny Frankel, Jill Zarin, and Countess LuAnn de Lesseps hit up the dance floor with Pride Agenda Executive Director Alan Van Capelle.

"Real Housewives" cast member Countess LuAnn de Lesseps.

Our wonderful staff and volunteers working registration!

DJ Lady Bunny taking a break from spinning tunes.

Corey Shields, Event Co-Chair Mitch Karsch, Jack Wettling, and Event Co-Chairs Alfredo Paredes and
Mark Paviluk.

Left to right: Event Co-Chair Mark Paviluk, Pride Agenda Board Member Maneesh Goyal, Pride Agenda Board Co-Chair Kim Kakerbeck, and Executive Director Alan Van Capelle.

Pride Agenda Board Member M.J. Vineburgh (2nd from left) and friends.