Hudson Hall’s Great Gary Gala

This year, Hudson Hall’s annual Proprietors Ball on Saturday, May 5, was whimsically and lovingly dubbed the Great Gary Gala, in honor of the venerable venue’s founding executive director Gary Schiro. Schiro retired at the end of last year after being involved in the restoration of the old Hudson Opera House since the beginning of the project in 1992. Ever the showman, he left on a high note, handing the reins over to Tambra Dillon just after the total completion of those restorations. Last year’s ball was special, as it marked the grand reopening and renaming of the Hall, but this evening, with the drama of the unveiling having subsided, there was a unique joy in the air at Hudson Hall. It was an atmosphere of frivolity and appreciation for all Schiro has done for the building, Hudson, and the future of the local arts community moving forward.