The empty ballroom prior to load-in.

The venue is traditionally the island's iconic Casino Ballroom--a '20s veteran itself!

Transfer of ocean freight to truck to load-in to ballroom.

Day One: Tables and chairs are set and linens dropped.

A panoramic view of the ballroom.

Lovely lighting.

The night before the event, the back-up mover blows out ... but the problem is resolved.

Guests enter the art deco building.

The event logo is featured as a gobo on the dance floor.

Guests mingle and bid on auction items during cocktail hour.

Nearly 450 guests attend.

A beautiful tabletop.

Elegantly folded purple shantung napkins are placed at each setting. Atop a square mirror in the center of each table, a large glass vessel is filled with glitzy emerald and purple accents and small, glittered lizards climbed up the exterior of each vase.

A fully set table. 

A rhinestone “headband” encircles each vessel, and displays a silver card with the table number and a glittering purple feather--mimicking a flapper’s headpiece.

Small glass votives are filled with water and glow with a green LED ice cube that was donated by one of the event’s co- chairs.

The low-budget centerpiece solution (only $12.54 per table --as the organization owned the vessels from a previous event) serves as a great accent and point of interest with guests.

Closer view of the "flapper headband" table numbers on centerpieces.

Detail of the donated green LED ice cubes.

Table with a view of the art auction section, band and rain curtain in the background.

Close-up of the custom menu card folded within a napkin.

Chairs are covered in an emerald green satin cover and fitted with a purple spandex belt with a rhinestone buckle.

The "emerald" color not only underscores the anniversary's gemstone but is also a sly salute to the island's Emerald Bay--an homage to the co-hosting yacht club's island outpost.

The live auction display table, complete with a $12,000 bottle of wine.

Guests bid on photographs and paintings in the art section of the silent auction area.

Dancers make a surprise entrance to mingle with guests before they perform.

'Flappers" in period dress perform lively 1920s dances center stage.

Heading into the live auction, the auctioneer salutes a well-dressed guest.

A balthazar--equal to 16 wine bottles--is a top auction item, bringing in a $12,000 bid.

After a costume change, the dancers return after the live auction for a final number, bringing the crowd to its feet.

The rain curtain behind the band adds sparkle to the stage while providing camouflage for the rear-screen projector.

Guests dance the night away.

The existing soffit lighting in the venue was used to create a warm white glow at the horizon of the ceiling, which transitioned into a variety of angular patterns and colors throughout the evening mimicking the art deco graphic element.

All told, the ball netted more than $451,000, well over its goal, making it the second highest grossing event ever for the Conservancy.