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Palm Springs Opera Guild season ends on a high note
Al Jones
Palm Springs Opera Guild, which was held at the O’Donnell Golf Club and expertly produced by
Laurie Baldwin, Opera Guild CEO and
JoAnne Thompson, executive assistant.
The event was set against the beautiful backdrop of the mountains as the setting sun cast large clouds of shade over the audience. The attendees were dressed in Palm Springs casual, the men wearing Panama hats, white slacks and an occasional blazer while women dressed in elegant and fashionable dresses and chapeaus.
Patty Newman observed that “it is wonderful we have reached the point when we can all come together again, continuing to practice social distancing and masks.” Everyone wore masks while socializing unless sitting at socially-distanced tables enjoying champagne, wine, sparkling water and hors d’oeuvres provided by
Arthur Newman liked to tell his friends he was the luckiest guy in the world.
He did everything he wanted to do and got to meet everyone he wanted to meet in his various roles as a film executive, businessman, local politician and philanthropist.
âIt seemed to me it wasnât just luck that he had,â friend and neighbor Fred Knight said of Newman, who died Dec. 7 of complications from sepsis in California.
âHe loved people,â Knight said. âHe had a lust for life. He was happy and was enthusiastic about everything he did, and he did a lot.â
Newman, 96, had a home in Santa Fe with his wife Patty for 13 years. They supported a number of local organizations including the Santa Fe Opera, New Mexico School for the Arts and the Museum of New Mexico Foundation.