On Saturday, October 13, 2007, two hundred and fifty patrons arrived in their finest red and black formal attire for United Way’s 11th Annual Red Feather Ball.  Actually, they pulled up to the Red Feather Club where the ballrooms of Fess Parker’s Doubletree were transformed into a glamorous 1930’s dance club, complete with music and dancers from the era.  The band, Stew and the Crew, were a great hit as guests danced throughout the dinner, when not being entertained by the professional dance troupe that performed Tap, Charleston and the Lindy Hop. 

The 2007 recipients of the Abercrombie Award for Community Excellence, Bob & Chris Emmons, and the firm of Damitz, Brooks, Nightingale, Turner & Morrisset, were honored for decades of community service and philanthropic contributions in both speech and song as the Musical Mischief Production of “That’s Philanthropic! The Sequel” brought the audience to their feet.   

The Red Feather Ball continues to surprise and delight as one of Santa Barbara’s most enjoyable and successful non-profit parties of the year.  Always held on the second Saturday of October,  please save the date for October 11, 2008, for next year's Red Feather Ball.