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        VOL. 14 NO. 7                                           www.seabreezepublications.com                                                 JULY 2020


      Festival of the Arts Boca                                                   Broken Sound Club Names Jay


      15th Anniversary Virtual                                                    Prisco Its New Executive Chef,


      Gala October 8th to Benefit                                                 Introduces “Chef’s Table @


      Community Music Education                                                   Home” Service for Members



      Special Guests include Doris Kearns Goodwin,                                  most challenging in memory due to the statewide
                                                                                    With recent months having been among the
      Joshua Bell, Milos                                                          regulations---and Broken Sound Club’s management
                                                                                  and staff working creatively and diligently to both
         Festival of the Arts Boca has announced plans for a 15th Anniversary virtual Gala   nourish and entertain its members within safe and
      Celebration on Thursday, October 8th, with proceeds going to benefit music education   responsible guidelines---Executive Sous Chef Jay
      initiatives in the Boca Raton community.                                    Prisco has been at the forefront of that effort, helping
                                                                                  to lead the Club’s large culinary team.
      Festival of the Arts Boca on page 3                                            In the first week of June, Lorant Botha, the Broken
                                                                                  Sound Food and Beverage Director, announced to
                                                                                  members that Jay Prisco has been appointed Executive
                                                                                  Chef. It was a fitting and well-deserved promotion for
                                                                                  Chef Prisco, who has been on Broken Sound’s staff
                                                                                  since November 2015. Prior to arriving at Broken
                                                                                  Sound, he had received a degree from the Florida
                                                                                  Culinary Institute and held the title of Chef de Cuisine
                                                                                  at the Polo Club.
                                                                                     He had also held several Executive Chef positions
                                                                                  at the highly regarded Rapaport’s Restaurant Group venues.
                                                                                     Chef Jay takes over the leadership role from Chef Joe Longo. The Club’s General
                                                                                  Manager and COO, John Crean, spoke for management and members alike in extending
                                                                                  best wishes to Longo for “a future as successful as it has been for him at Broken Sound.”
                                                                                     From a young age, Chef Jay’s life has centered around food. He labored in his family’s
                                                                                  kitchen with fresh ingredients from the family garden, and in college selected an area that
                                                                                  set him on the right path.
                                                                                     He relocated to Fort Lauderdale, expanded his knowledge of food and wines while
                                                                                  working with great chefs in South Florida, and traveled the world. While in South Africa

                                                                                  Broken Sound Club Names Jay Prisco on page 3
      FAU College of Medicine to Welcome


      Incoming Class of 2024 With 10th Annual


      White Coats Scholarship Fundraiser as Virtual Event



         The 10th Annual White Coats-4-Care (WC4C), Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt   M.D. will welcome donors
      College of Medicine’s principal scholarship fundraising event, is poised to be more poignant   and students; Phillip
      and memorable than ever before. To be held virtually on Friday, August 7th at 3 p.m., it   M.  Boiselle, M.D. will
      will for the first time combine celebrated appreciation for its donors and the virtual White   give opening remarks;
      Coats Ceremony for the College’s 64 medical students of its incoming Class of 2024.   Senior Associate  Dean
         Chosen from more than 3,750 applicants, this distinctive class of future physicians will   for Medical Education
      virtually don their first white coats and take the Schmidt College of Medicine Oath/Code   Sarah K. Wood, M.D. and
      of Conduct that they as a class authored. The White Coat represents integrity, compassion   Assistant Dean for Student
      and trust, and symbolizes their commitment to serve patients.               Affairs  Jennifer W.
         The engaging program will share the distinguishing strides made by the Schmidt College   Caceres, M.D., F.A.C.P.
      of Medicine, the first and only medical school in Palm Beach County, as well as its vision for   will share insights. This
      the future. Senior Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Admissions Stuart L. Markowitz,   will be followed by the
                                                                                  coveted presentation
                                                                                  of the  White Coats by
                                                                                  Dr. Caceres and Dr.  From left: White Coats-4-Care Co-Chairs Jon Kaye and
                                                                                  Markowitz.            Bonnie Kaye; Florida Atlantic University Schmidt College
                                                                                                        of Medicine Dean Phillip M. Boiselle, MD; Florida Atlantic
                                                                                  FAU College of Medicine  University Schmidt College of Medicine’s Associate Dean Stuart
                                                                                  on page 4             L. Markowitz, M.D.

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