Flying Into the Fabulous 50's



When: Saturday, June 12, 2010
Time: 6:30pm-11:00pm
Where: Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field
6911 Lemmon Ave, Dallas, TX – just north of Mockingbird
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Attire: Black tie optional or wear your favorite 1950's outfit

Katydid Collection T-Shirt benefitting Paws In The City
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Laurie Phillips wins Top Hat & Tails 2009!

Click here to see pictures of Top Hat & Tails on Flickr

Top Hat & Tails, the annual fundraiser for Paws in the City, was held June 13th at the Frontiers of Flight Museum at Love Field. Once again, we had a full house! The Flight Museum was transformed through the sounds of the Big Bands and the look of the dance halls of the 1940's. We featured a celebrity dance contest along with a sit down dinner, cocktails, live and silent auction. The dance floor was open to all both before dinner and after the dance competition.

The dance competition paired celebrities with Arthur Murray dance instructors. One dance routine was performed by each couple and judged by a panel of judges. The judges: Claudia Marshall, Kellie Rasberry and Tony Dorsett had some witty and interesting critiques of the dancers and gave each couple a score from 1-10. Judge's scores were combined with our gala guests votes to determine the winner of the Lucy Award: Laurie Phillips.

Paws in the City is delighted that Preston Pearson, Dallas Cowboy Great and emcee Scott Murray were our hosts.

The female contestants wore costumes that were actually worn on the Dancing With the Star's TV Show and they looked fantastic.

Dancers for 2009 where:

  • Angie Barrett, TV personality, Philanthropisdancing the Rumba with Daneil Dellucci
  • Laurie Phillips, wife of Dallas Cowboy head coach, Wade Phillips, dancing the Cha Cha with    James Gonzales
  • Becky Nguyen, wife of former Dallas Cowboy Dat Nguyen, dancing a Rhythm Medley with    Justin Brown
  • Gina Miller, Sports Anchor for CBS 11, dancing Swing with Ian Kelley
  • Jack Lindstrom, Sports Radio personality dancing the Foxtrot with Nikki Holland
  • Timm Matthews, Sports TV and Radio Personality dancing the Swing with Lara Sandler
  • Jeremy Anderson, contestant on "The Bachelorette" TV show dancing the Samba with Gilda    Taylor
  • Dr. Erwin Cruz MD...one of the top neurologists in Dallas dancing the Tango with Sarah    Dantes
  • George Riba, Senior Sports Reporter and Sports Anchor WFAA Channel 8 dancing the    Hustle/Michael Jackson's Thriller with Bailey Kenzington

    • Judges:

  • Tony Dorsett, Dallas Cowboy Great
  • Kellie Rasberry, Radio host of Kidd Kraddick morning show
  • Claudia Marshall, owner of Arthur Murray Dance Studios

    • The St. Francis of Assisi Award:

    Rebecca Poling, for her dedication and service to animals

    Man's Best Friend Award was presented to:

    Arthur Benjamin, for his commitment to rescuing dogs and finding them loving homes

    Honorees:
    Barking Hound Village, Needless Necessities, Toothacres and Canine Dimensions were presented awards for their dedication to Paws In The City.

    Honorary Chairs:

  • Phyllis Comu

  • Holly Forsythe

  • Debi Michaelis


    • Event Chair, Becky Haisma
  • Vice Chair, Tina Fairbanks

    Please see the films shown at the fundraiser on the Media Gallery page of www.pawsinthecity.org

    Paws in the City raised lots of money to save more dogs and cats from the streets as strays and from being euthanized at the Dallas city shelter. We want to thank everyone for attending and being so generous!

    Please be on the lookout for information about next year's event. This was such a successful event, we're doing it again! Hope you will join us next year! If you are interested in sponsoring or know of a celebrity who might want to participate, please
    contact Becky at bhaisma@gmail.com

Comments from Top Hat & Tails 2009

I cannot tell you how much positive feedback I have gotten from the event. We had a photographer there and we have run the video over and over – it’s wildly popular. So many people told me this might have become the new “most fun” event in Dallas. It was SUCH a good time. I had the time of my life and then some. What an absolutely fabulous experience on every single level!
Gina Miller, CBS 11 Sportscaster and Celebrity Dancer

I wanted to let you know that the event was AWESOME! You did such a great job and we all had such a great time. I have heard numerous people say that it was the single most fun charity event they have ever been to!
Katy Messersmith of Katydid Collection, Top Sponsor

My experience with Top Hats and Tails was nothing short of fabulous. It was so much fun to learn the dance and then to perform it on stage was such a thrill! The audience was so warm and accepting. I would certainly recommend to anyone to say "yes" to dancing next year. All that and helping Paws in the City at the same time, you can’t go wrong.
Laurie Phillips, Wife of Head Coach Wade Phillips of the Dallas Cowboys & Dancer

Thank you for letting me participate. I had a blast. You sure know how to throw a party!
Jeremy Anderson, Contestant on The Bachelorette TV Show and Celebrity Dancer

Thank you for everything. It was an honor to be a small part of your event. Congratulations on pulling off an amazing evening.
Jack Lindstrom, Radio Sports Personality and Celebrity Dancer

Congratulations on a fabulous fundraiser. Seems like there were even more people in attendance than last year. Our guests enjoyed themselves and wondered what you could do to top this next year! Another feather in your hat for a lovely evening!
Julie McKinney Bown, Sponsor

I get asked to participate in many charity events, and Top Hats and Tails is one I truly look forward to every year. When you find a way to combine the love of animals with dancing, how can you go wrong? I love that the celebrity dancers take it so seriously and the audience shows them so much love and support. It's a fun event for a fabulous cause.
Kellie Rasberry, Radio personality and Judge at Top Hat & Tails

It was the most fun along with being the most frightening experience I've had in years. I'm so glad my wife told me I had to do it."
Timm Matthews, Sports personality and Celebrity Dancer