ABOVE: Since 1994, Lantz and Laura Welch have called this modern-day castle home. With three bedrooms and 18,000 square feet, the castle is the perfect place for the Welchs’ charitable soirées. BOTTOM: Guests arrived at the Welch castle to enjoy delicious food, sip spectacular drinks and share their love and support for the Medical Missions Foundation (left). Among the mouth-watering food provided by co-host Nicole Wang and caterer Kurt Oenning was a beautiful display of vodka-marinated gravlax. 114 KC MAGAZINE | KCMAG.COM
One local couple opened up their home for the annual MS Society Ball to raise money for a good cause. Fabulous art and a 2-ton bar made of ice weren't the only stunning elements of this outdoor soirée.
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ABOVE: Since 1994, Lantz and Laura Welch have called this modern-day castle home. With
three bedrooms and 18,000 square feet, the castle is the perfect place for
the Welchs’ charitable soirées. BOTTOM: Guests arrived at the Welch castle to enjoy
delicious food, sip spectacular drinks and share their love and support for the Medical
Missions Foundation (left). Among the mouth-watering food provided by co-host Nicole
Wang and caterer Kurt Oenning was a beautiful display of vodka-marinated gravlax.
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pedaling toward a cureFor two days this past September, Bill Gautreaux and Team Spin
Inergy rode 109 miles enduring tough hills and torrential rain in
the MS Society Bike Tour for multiple sclerosis. The weekend before,
they gathered with close friends and colleagues at the home he
shares with his wife, Christy, and their children for the kickoff and
eighth annual MS Society Charity Bash.
The house, built in 1914, was once the home of T.J. Pendergast––a political “boss”
of the city in the 1930s and 40s. Along with 49 other homes, the Gautreaux residence is
part of the the Simpson-Yeomans/Country Side Historic District, which represents one
of the last surviving restricted residential quarters remaining in Kansas City. The homes
display an interest in the Period Revival style considered fashionable in their time and
offer evidence of a veritable microcosm of architectural design and stylistic preference that
held sway in Kansas City between 1908 and 1926.
Now in its eighth year, the MS Society Bash invites guests back with something new
to look forward to, thanks to Cheryl Ronald––an ardent activist for MS. This year, she
designed the invitations and selected the décor, including bouquets of sapphire blue orchids
and mango calla lilies arranged in custom, tiered miniature metal bike centerpieces.
She also collaborated with Jeff Addison of Cool Carvings (13004 Seventh St., Grandview),
who sculpted a full-service bar made entirely of ice. Weighing 1,925 pounds and measuring
7 feet long, the bar froze together bike gears, wheel sets, chain rings and other components
that Cheryl scoured from local bike shops (left). Special clips held the accessories in place in
the water as the ice froze over a period of four days. LED lighting in shades of orange and
Tiffany Blue, taken from the MS logo, illuminated the ice. Whimsical blue martini glasses
hung by orange threads above and around the bar (second spread, right), which not only
added interesting décor but saved space on and behind the ice bar.
A small plate menu designed around proteins featured turkey breasts glazed with an orange
marmalade and jalapeño glaze, teriyaki grilled beef tenderloin and roasted pork carved tableside.
homeowners Bill and Christy Gautreaux caterer lon lane’s inspired oCCasions
story by kerry pitt-hartphotos by kenny johnson
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After crafting a beautiful dinner plate, Lon Lane of Inspired Occasions (6306 Morningside
Drive) and his staff picked up on the caramel and Fleur de Sel trend to create a dessert bar