Some of the biggest names in showbiz — Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, Dean Martin — shared the spotlight at Copacabana Night …
Wait? What’s that you say? They’ve gone on to that big stage in the sky?
True, but entertainers who look and sound a lot like them are and THEY put on quite a show for 450 friends of Bessie’s Hope. The event chaired by LaFawn Biddle and Sandra Arkin also featured “fabulous fakes” who presented the songs and comedy of Neil Diamond, Jerry Lewis and the Andrews Sisters.
Copacabana Night began with a silent auction held in the Marriott Denver Tech Center’s atrium lobby, where folks like former Colorado first lady Frances Owensand her daughter, Monica, checked out table after table filled with items ranging from dance lessons at the Arthur Murray Studio in Lakewood to sessions at Corepower Yoga. Frances Owens and Kay Ray had chaired the event’s decor committee.
Guests were escorted into the party area by “Copacabana Ladies” Sofia Evangelista and Annalee Zoretic; Iva Lou Bailey, Jan Giese Harley, Kelie Kyser, Claire McDonough, Marsha Harris Rothman and Deana Wisenberg were the “cigarette girls,” who were actually selling chocolate cigars.