Elle Decor June/Jul. 1998 February's Orchid Dinner in New York, a benefit for the New York Botanical Garden's Sarah Davis Smith Orchid Collection, was "one of the nicest parties of the season." The Michael Carney Orchestra's big band tunes got guests dancing the night away at the only garden party in the dead of the winter. San Franciso Chronicle June 1998 At the San Francisco Dabutante Ball at the St. Francis Hotel Mike Carney of New York showed again that he's really worth importing: great dance music. Women's Wear Daily June 98 Onstage at the Met, the opulent annual party that raises millions for New York's Metropolitan Opera, brought out some of the most important corporate giants in the country, and Michael Carney and his orchestra were there to play for the dancing. Women's Wear Daily Mar. 98 The American Museum of Natural History's "The Nature of Diamonds" dinner dance was a glittering affair. The evening began with a reception in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda and went on to dinner and dancing to the Michael Carney Orchestra in the Hall of Ocean Life, where Tiffany's clebrated diamond jewelry was on display. New York Post Sept. 1997 The monks of the Franciscan Friars of Graymoor are "Coming Down from the Mountain," as the big fund-raising dinner at The Plaza has been designated. There Michael Carney's society band will play for the likes of Maria Cuomo Cole and Kenneth Cole. Women's Wear Daily July 1997 This year's Boys' Club of New York's Spring Dance, an "Evening in Tuscany," raised over half a million dollars to support programs for our city's neediest boys. Michael Carney played for the dancing in the Plaza's flower filled ballroom. Albuquerque Journal June 1997 Fancy dress balls and parties for the opening of the 41st season of The Santa Fe Opera, Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata". Music for the gala was provided by the Michael Carney Orchestra and soprano Elizabeth Futral. Women's Wear Daily April 1997 They're still talking about the American Museum of Natural History's big celebration, the 150th anniversary of the New York Academy of Medicine which starred a giant whale looming over a black-tie crowd. The Academy's president, Dr. Jeremiah Barodness, expected a big crowd with Michael Carney providing the music for fun dancing under the whale. San Franciso Chronicle Feb. 1997 Valentine's Day was so much fun at SFMOMA's Valentine Ball. New York bandleader Mike Carney provided dance music. "Never played better," said Gretchen Leach. Palm Beach Daily News Jan. 1997 It's called a "small dinner dance," but the biennial gathering for the Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin counties was hardly small - time. Caviar and champagne, the Mike Carney Orchestra, and everybody who's anybody filled Club Colette Thursday night to honor outstanding local philanthropists Lydia Mann and Ira Harris. Palm Beach Daily News Dec. 1996 Dinner at the Bel Air Hotel was "magical" reports Barbara Wainscott. "After dinner, in came Michael Carney in all his glory, and we danced every dance, drank bubbly, and stayed up far too late," she writes. San Francisco Chronicle June 1996 The San Francisco Debutante Ball is sponsored by the Women's Board of California Pacific Medical Center and benefits the center. "The debutantes like the fact that it's not just a ball, but that it's a benefit," said one board member - and it's also lots of fun with band leader Mike Carney keeping the dance floor jammed. Town & Country Sept. 1995 For the tenth anniversary of the Swan House Ball, one of Atlanta's premier annual social events, the result was an evocation of Jazz Age elegance, from the tent's decor to the party favors to the dance music played by the Michael Carney Orchestra.