Photos: Barbara Beatty/Cutty McGill
On May 20th some 300 people celebrated the return of the Dutchess Land Conservancy’s annual Spring Barn Dance at John Merryman’s Merryfield Farm. Co-chaired by Georgina Schaeffer, Julia Workman Brown, Simone Mailman, Victoria Love Salnikoff, and Tim Bontecou, the evening raised $250,000 for land conservation projects. Guests were welcomed with a signature pomegranate margarita and hors d’oeuvres at cocktail hour and continued into a transformed indoor riding arena with verdant trees and table arrangements by Felicity Bontecou. The evening continued with Sugar & Spice’s family-style meal complemented by wines from Le Caviste. As the Silver Arrow Band began to play, the twinkling fairy lights and glowing white lanterns from Stortz Lighting which illuminated the barn changed to a magnificent array of colors as dancers took to the floor for an evening of late night revelry.
