Harvard Club of the Hudson Valley

Speakeasy Party

A party featuring song, dance, feast, jollity and the music of Cole Porter

Don’t tell anyone, but the password is ‘Rinehart’ (the early 20th century rebel cry, yelled from dorm windows, that rallied Freshmen out to the Yard.) That word plus $35 ($25 for Harvard Club of The Hudson Valley Club members and their guests) will now gain entrance to the Speakeasy party we’re holding on Saturday, April 25th, starting at 5 pm.

The festivities are occasioned by our effort to rescue songwriter Cole Porter from his Yale-tainted reputation. After college in New Haven, Porter attended Harvard Law School for one year, when the Dean suggested he would be happier studying music, so he transferred to that department and was launched.

Thus our Speakeasy will feature singing Porter’s songs around the piano (Begin the Beguine, Night and Day, Anything Goes, etc.) led by pianist Tony Coretto ’82, joined by any others moved by the occasion, (dancing if so inclined) and compered by Hon. Al Rosenblatt LLB ’60. Hors d’oeuvres and a classic 1920s dinner catered by The Educated Chef, Mark Doctoroff ’82.

The Speakeasy is tucked in a private upstairs room at the Stoutridge Winery owned by Kim Wagner PhD ’94 and her husband, who can introduce you, at Harvard discount, to their natural wines and spirits, along with the Club’s signature cocktail. 1920s outfits optional (your grandmother’s string of beads or feather boa, your father’s blazer). Penchant for a historic good time always useful.

When: Saturday, April 25th, 5 pm

Where: Stoutridge Distillery and Winery
10 Ann Kaley Lane
Marlboro, NY

Requisite: $35 ($25 for Harvard Club of The Hudson Valley members and their guests) plus casually guarded password and a reply by April 21st .
 

Payment options:

• Purchase tickets here via Eventbrite with a small fee

• Pay by check made out to Harvard Club of The Hudson Valley, and mail to:

  • Roger Christenfeld
    103 S. Hamilton St.
    Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

Let’s do it. (Even educated fleas do it.)