New Year’s Eve Party at Rosecliff Closes Out Newport’s 375 Celebration

New Year’s Eve Party at Rosecliff Closes Out Newport’s 375 Celebration

Newport’s 375th Anniversary Committee will be hosting a gala New Year’s Eve party at Rosecliff mansion on December 31 to close out its year-long celebration. The public is invited to share cocktails, dancing, music and a champagne toast at Rosecliff with the committee.

"This is sure to be a night to remember.  Newport 375 has been a success throughout 2014 and the New Year’s Gala will be the culmination of the celebration of Newport’s wonderful history," says Newport 375 Co-Chair Stephen C. Waluk. 

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The gala will also be sponsored by the Preservation Society as they open Rosecliff for its first-ever New Year’s Eve event. 

"The Preservation Society is honored to have been a year-long sponsor of the Newport 375 celebration, and we're happy to partner with the committee to host this gala event at Rosecliff, which after all was built for extraordinary entertaining," says Preservation Society CEO & Executive Director Trudy Coxe. "This will be the first time that we have opened Rosecliff for a New Year's Eve gala."

The meals for the event will be prepared by Russell Morin Fine Catering and will feature a variety of hors d’oeuvres including: baby lamb chops with raspberry demi glace, Sicilian shrimp skewers, hot and crunchy almond chicken with soy Dijon glaze, and wild mushroom strudel with smoke tomato chutney, cheeses and a vegetable crudite. Dinner will feature a full sit-down meal with Riesling poached pear salad, butternut squash bisque and rolls for the first course. Followed by filet mignon with Newport seafood topping in a Merlot demi glace, Yukon Gold and leek gratin and haricot verts. 

A dessert buffet will include white chocolate bread pudding with créme anglaise, cranberry cheesecake, chocolate peppermint brownie bites, English trifle verrines, créme brulée, red velvet cupcakes, and sugar cookies. there will even be late-night snacks of miniature English muffins with egg, ham and cheese served before guests return home. 

Musical selections will be provided by the Mac Chrupcala Orchestra. 

Tickets for the gala are $225 per person, and black tie is optional.  The event will run from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.  Reservations may be made by calling the Special Events Office at The Preservation Society of Newport County, at (401) 847-1000 ext. 140.