A garden party at Sherman Library and Gardens was the setting for The Hutchins Consorts’ “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” benefit. The acoustically matched octet of violins, designed and crafted by the late Dr. Carleen Hutchins, performed a program of floral selections led by its Founder/Artistic Director Joe McNalley. Quincy Whitney, author of a defining biography of Hutchins, was the honorary chair. Photography Ann Chatillon
Board President John McCarthy, committee and board member Sharon McNalley, Hutchin’s Consort Founder & Artistic Director Joe McNalley, Honorary Chair and Carleen Hutchins biographer Quincey Whitney 
Committee members Dr. Robert and Ruth Ann Burns 
Honorary Committee members David and Darrellyn Mclilli, Bill and Pat Podlich 
Guests playing kazoos to Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz of the Flowers” 100 
Hutchins Consort, from left, Steve Huber (Treble Violin), Alan Bustad (Mezzo Violin), Bethany Grace (Soprano Violin), Erin Breene (Alto Violin), Elizabeth Brown (Tenor Violin), Larry Biner (Baritone Violin), Joe McNalley (Bass Violin), Andres Martin (Contrabass Violin)