Mission San Juan Capistrano’s popular Romance of the Mission gala drew 475 guests to the mission’s historic grounds for a superb performance in the Ruins of the Great Stone Church by Grammy Award-winning singer and producer Steve Tyrell, whose finale “When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano” drew praise. An estimated $285,000 was netted to support the Mission Preservation Foundation. Photography Carla Rhea
Honorees Carol and Don Dorkowski with Mission Executive Director Mechelle Lawrence
Mission Preservation Foundation board member EJ Tracy and Michael Farrell 
Mission Preservation Board Chair George O’Connell, right, with his son Kevin O’Connell 
Kerry Herbert of Roger’s Gardens and Mission Director of Development Barb Beier. Rogers Gardens designed and donated the exquisite arrangements for the candlelit tables
Longtime community partner,
The Ritz-Carlton’s Marla Hayden and Bruce Brainerd
Kyle and Sylvia Franson of Rancho Capistrano Winery, who donated all the wines for the evening 
Steve Tyrell and his band entertaining everyone in the Ruins of the Great Stone Church
Central Courtyard during the candlelit dinner