EVENT: TIMELESS AFRICA

WHY: 2010 GD&D CALENDAR LAUNCH
WHERE: HOUSTON ZOO
WHEN: JANUARY 19

More than 300 guests arrived at the Houston Zoo to celebrate Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches’ 2010 “Timeless Africa” calendar launch party. Tribal beats from DJs Dayta and Squincy Jones and Koumanke’le African drummers set the mood asguests mingled around the fiery red reflection pool feasting on exotic bites from Cordua Catering. One of the night’shighlights was the costume-clad Carver Dance “critters” that interacted with the crowd throughout the evening (the monkey and giraffes were so cool!). The night culminated with an extraordinary African dance performed by the Carver
Aldine Dance Company.

Photography by Fulton Davenport