The evening was full of finery at the annual Strawberry Ball, Saturday Jan. 18. Florida Strawberry Festival Red Coats and their dates dressed in their best to enjoy a night of food, music and dancing.
The New York inspired theme set a metropolitan tone in the middle of the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. Lane Wetherington designed a stage made out of the actual silhouette of New York City buildings. The Brooklyn Bridge was built from one end of the stage to the other.
Tables with beautiful centerpieces dotted the Expo Building, chocolate covered strawberries were offered during cocktail hour and a strawberry ice sculpture was just one part of the display.