2026 EMELIN THEATRE GALA
Featuring The Hot Sardines
“Vibrant… musical chops abound” -DownBeat
Thursday, November 5, 2026 6:30PM
Beach Point Club
900 Rushmore Ave, Mamaroneck, NY, 10543
6:30PM: Cocktails, Grazing Supper, Silent Auction
8:00PM: Dessert, Live Auction, Performance
Cocktail Attire
Celebrating the Emelin’s Birdland Jazz Series
About The Hot Sardines
The Hot Sardines are co-founded by Elizabeth Bougerol (vocals, storytelling) and Evan Palazzo (piano, onstage bandleading), with an ensemble that includes a deep bench of some of the finest traditional jazz musicians in the United States today. Their music draws from the hot jazz of Louis Armstrong, the stride piano of Fats Waller, the smoky glamour of Parisian cabarets, and the rollicking energy of New Orleans — reanimated for a contemporary audience that, it turns out, has been waiting for exactly this. Emerging a decade ago from the underground parties of Brooklyn to touring worldwide and recording a string of albums that’s racked up more than 60 million streams, the Hot Sardines’ own “potent and assured” (The New York Times), “simply phenomenal” (The Times, London) brand of reinvigorated classic jazz landed them at the center of a whirlwind. Their newest album, Good News, was released this past June.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mark D. Ettenger, President • Heidi Helfst, Vice President • Michael P. McSherry, Treasurer • Paul Bindler • Karen Isaac • Russ Jellinek • Barbara Lewis Kaplan • Robert (Gib) Nathan • Martin J. Oppenheimer • Andrea Potash • Rick Roth • Frank Soriano • Robert Wiener
GALA COMMITTEE
Katie & Glen Bartley • Heather & Peter Capelle • Debbie Chapin • Jacqueline Cutler • Janet & Rudolph Demasi • Carrie Durant & Mark Mikullitz • Jaine Elkind Eney • Sabrina & Jeffrey Fiddelman • Meira & Thomas Fleisch • Amy & Luke Fritz • Amy Frolick & Brad Eric Scheler • Jamie & Gary Gordon • Michelle & Adam Greenhut • Heidi & Jim Hanley • Juli & Daniel Karson • Ann & Collier Kirkham • Alison & Brett Klein • Thea & Nilsson Kocher • Silvia & Mark Lederman • Margaret & JB Miller • Jacqueline & Sean Mulcahy • Laura & Matthew Noll • Amanda & Todd Norman • Kathryn & Alan Parter • Andrew Potash • Sylvia & Thomas Rogers • Edith Roth • Maria & Davis Rust • Carol & Michael Scheffler • Joy & Steven Zelin • Grace & Eric Zuncic