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 Young Collectors and Plates for Pediatrics
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Matthew Owens, Kipton Cronkite, Elizabeth Kneiling, Rebecca Regan, Clay Floren, and Melanie Lazenby |
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| Last Thursday night at the Winter Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory, they held the Young Collectors Night, hosted by Wendy Goodman and benefiting the East Side House Settlement. |
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Elizabeth Kurpis and Lily Hoagland |
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Meaghan Gefaell, Eiseley Tauginas, and Elizabeth Bishop |
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Jeremiah Brent, Kelly Dehun, Nate Berkus, and Wendy Goodman |
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Amy Fine Collins and Michael Leva |
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Becca Bull, Alisa Richter, Mollie Ruprecht, and Kristen Crophy |
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Todd Henderson, Deborah Canavos, Ryan Lally, and Lindsay Lally |
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Rachael Robison, Adam Robison, and Valaer Van Roijen |
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Michael Arguello and David Griffin |
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Nicole Davis, Michael Davis, Jill Goldberg, and Eddie Ross |
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Lana Smith and Polina Proshkina |
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David Usborne, Tony Ingrao, and Juan Carretero |
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Eyal Arad, Kipton Cronkite, Matthew Owens, and Clay Floren |
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Emily Israel Pluhar, John Sanchez, and Courtney Booth |
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Whitney Larkin and Sam Wathen |
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Beth Holman, Jay Lohmann, Lindsey Harper, Chris Kerr, and Elissa Coughlin |
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Liliana Cavendish and Courtney Booth |
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John Call and Jill Goldberg |
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Stephen Wein and Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz |
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Lisa Yom, Jesper Lannung, and Karen Moreau |
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Whitney Wolfe, Monica Ferguson, Clay Floren, and Sharon Sharma |
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Barbara Bispham, Lucinda Ballard, and Morgan Breck |
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Kate Frank and Norman Rau |
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Shannon Hale, Dawne Marie Grannum, and Courtney Booth |
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Tara Tunney and Melissa Epperly |
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Elena Frampton, Kate Verner, and Carolyn Sollis |
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Stephanie Pistilli |
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Mili Narayen |
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Micaela English and Kate Erickson |
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Meaghan Gefaell, Jason Gefaell, Nick Kotchoubey, and Eiseley Tauginas |
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Georgina Schaeffer and Jason Oliver Nixon |
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Christopher Wolf and Alexandra Pethtel |
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Rebecca Regan, Clay Floren, and Melanie Lazenby |
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Victoria Tolembiovskiya, Cameron Shay, and Anastasiya Siro |
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Lizzy Fraser and Mollie Ruprecht |
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Montana Timchula, Alisa Wood, Alastair Wood, Monica Ferguson, and Sharon Patel |
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The Komansky Center for Children’s Health at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center’s Third Annual Plates for Pediatrics dinner raised nearly $600,000 to support the center’s children’s programs. The sold-out event, hosted by Max Mara, drew over 300 attendees to the St. Regis Hotel New York on January 31, 2013.
The event, hosted by Dr. Gerald Loughlin, Pediatrician-in-Chief at the Komansky Center for Children’s Health at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, along with the Pediatric Support Committee and the Children’s Advisory Council, raised funds for several children’s programs: Child Life Services, a program that helps alleviate children’s fears surrounding the hospital experience; Pediatric Simulation Center, a multidisciplinary approach to clinical education, research, and patient safety initiatives; and The Perinatal Center, which provides a multidisciplinary approach to fetal diagnoses, counseling and care.
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| Ammara Yaqub, Travis Acquavella, Candice Postel, Dr. Gerald Loughlin, Mary Alice Stephenson, Erica Samuels, Thayer Fox, Amie Nuttall, and Maria Giulia Maramotti |
In addition to enjoying dinner and cocktails, guests also participated in a silent auction of a series of unique dinner plates curated by Art & Advisory, LLC. The plates were designed and painted by artists Luke Stettner, David Shrigley and Matthew Brannon. Two plates painted by patients of the Komansky Center for Children’s Health were also on display.
Guests included Honorary Chair Mary Alice Stephenson; Maria Giulia Maramotti, Max Mara Retail Director for North America; Dr. Steven J. Corwin, CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital; Dr. Laura Forese, Chief Operating Officer and Group Senior Vice President at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell; Lisa Perry, Patricia Herrera Lansing, Jeffrey Bilhuber, Alexis Bryan Morgan, Jill Kargman, Allison Aston and event co-chairs Ammara Yaqub and Hussein Malik, Erica and Joseph Samuels, Travis and Nicholas Acquavella, Thayer and Daniel Fox, Amie and Scott Nuttall, Camille Orme and Marc Trevino, and Candice and Geoff Postel. |
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| Camille Orme, Erica Samuels, Travis Acquavella, Candice Postel, Dr. Gerald Loughlin, Ammara Yaqub, Thayer Fox, and Amie Nuttall |
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| Dr. Steven Corwin, Dr. Laura Forese, Dr. Gerald Loughlin, Mary Alice Stephenson, and Maria Giulia Maramotti |
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| Dr. Dix Poppas, Lucas Hyman, Preethi Davis, Dr. Gerald Loughlin, and Dr. Robbyn Sockolow |
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| Blair Clarke and Gretchen Gunlocke |
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| Blair Clarke and Maria Giulia Maramotti |
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| Mary Alice Stephenson and Dr. Gerald Loughlin |
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| Dr. Barry Kosofsky, Dr. Robbyn Sockolow, and Dr. Mark Souweidane |
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| Dr. Gerald Loughlin, Dr. Laura Forese, Barbara Loughlin, and Dr. Steven Corwin |
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| Lydia Marshall, Dolly Bross Geary, Travis Acquavella, and Celia Nichols |
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| Shawna and Preethi Davis |
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| Thayer Fox |
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| Mindy Webster and Valerie Aston |
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| Thomas Ciecierega, Dr. Robbyn Sockolow, Bruce Greenwald, and Dr. Vesta Salehi |
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| Catherine McGuinn, Christine Joyce, Elisa Hampton, and Nicole Kucine |
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| Kate Pickett and Angela Clofine |
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| Celia Nichols and Whitney Chatterjee |
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| Masa Yamado, Masako Yamada, Ammara Yaqub, and Hussein Malik |
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| Sol Kumin, Joyce Cooney, Lois Goodner, and Elizabeth Kumin |
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| Tiffany Moller and Jennifer Pinkos |
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| Travis Acquavella and Carrie Wessel |
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| Dr. Laura Forese, Dr. Jonathan Chen, and Barbara Loughlin |
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| Paul Williams, Leslie Williams, and Andrew Thomas |
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| Kathy Burns and Julie Silbermann |
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| Evette Ferguson and Karen Amen |
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| Sara Dipasquale, Celia Richard, Lydia Marshall, and Dolly Bross Geary |
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| Allison Aston, Harry Kargman, and Jill Kargman |
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| Tara Ryan and Darol Ryan |
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| Spencer and Alexis Bryan Morgan |
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| The Reis Hyman Family, Dr. Vesta Salehi, and the Davis Family |
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| Dr. Vesta Salehi, Dr. Robbyn Sockolow, Kevin Hyman, Lucas Hyman, Pamela Reis, and Chloe Reis |
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| Marcie Pantzer and Jill Kargman |
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| Masako Yamada and Masa Yamado |
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| Heather Sargent and Lisa Perry |
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| Betsy Pick and Shyanne Roeloffs |
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| Dr. Steven Corwin and Dr. Nena Osorio |
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| Dr. Gerald Loughlin and Heather Sargent |
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| Dr. Mark Souweidane and Dr. Jonathan Chen |
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| Noel Monsen, Angela Clofine, and Andrea Ranawat |
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| Allison Aston and Camille Orme |
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| Mary Alice Stephenson and Ammara Yaqub |
The Ambassadors River View at the United Nations was a hub of activity on January 25 as philanthropists, fashion designers, artists, musicians, fashionistas and other well-heeled guests braved near zero temperatures to celebrate the launch of VERA and the SAVE.LOVE.GIVE campaign, with Validas co-founders Tom Pepe and Todd Dunphy.
A free mobile phone application developed by Validas, VERA is a tool that allows everyone to be a micro-philanthropist by repurposing Wireless Waste (value of the difference between what you pay for on your mobile plan and how much of it you actually use) for philanthropic causes. |
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Designers and Models at VERA and Save Love Give Launch |
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| Validas has partnered with Seven Bar Foundation, which leverages the power of the fashion industry, to achieve a critical mass of social consciousness and empower women out of poverty and into business through microfinance. Therefore, iconic fashion designers and artists were challenged to “reimagine” the corset form as an expression of empowerment, rather than confinement – creating a paradigm shift in the way we view the world. The Foundation’s leader, Renata Mutis Black, remarked, “the SAVE. LOVE. GIVE. campaign encourages everyone to think about SAVING money on their mobile phone bills, LOVING the VERA app solution and then GIVING those savings or at least, a part of them, to empower a woman through microfinance." |
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Miguelina Gambaccini, Stacy Engman, and Tana Chung |
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Hosted by Fabiola Beracasa, Hannah Bronfman (in Vivienne Tam), Jennifer Creel, Jennifer Gilbert, Kelly Rutherford (in Erin Fetherston), Julie Macklowe (in Zang Toi), Susan Shin, Tennessee Thomas and Arden Wohl (in Erin Fetherston), with Mary Alice Stephenson as Master of Ceremonies, the evening featured:
• Two Runway Fashion Presentations styled by Warren-Tricomi, showcasing Agent Provocateur’s “Violet for Vera” silver lace corset, Erin Fetherston’s romantic white corset with chiffon bow, Guy Laroche’s hand-cut crystal “Brilliance” corset, Zang Toi’s “LOVE” corset inspired by Robert Indiana’s LOVE sculpture, eyewear artist Moss Lipow’s futuristic “Looking Further” armored headpiece and artist Mickalene Thomas’ quilted corset-dress inspired by her acclaimed show at the Brooklyn museum.
• An original performance by actress-designer-artist Tara Subkoff who choreographed and co-composed a mini-opera, sung by MET soprano Eve Gigliotti, lamenting mobile phone bills wearing an origami corset dress made entirely of recycled phone bills – an allegory for the death of wireless waste and hope – represented by a flying dove (safely tethered) that delighted the audience.
• Live performance by French pop sensation, YELLE, whose newly released single, L’amour Parfait, was the perfect backdrop to the evening’s theme while models walked to her Safari Disco Club.
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Mickalene Thomas. Hannah Bronfman, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Stacey Engman, and Stephanie Newhouse |
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| In addition to all the hosts, guests included: artists Moss Lipow, Mickalene Thomas and Tara Subkoff, fashion designers Erin Fetherston, Marcel Marongiu of Guy Laroche and Zang Toi, and other designers Gemma Kahng, Miguelina Gambaccini, Jake Mueser, and Vivienne Tam, Ungaro’s Asim Abdullah, Derek Anderson, Phillip Bloch, Geoffrey Bradfield, Stefania Bortolami, Lady Liliana Cavendish, Selita Ebanks, curator Stacy Engman, Lise Evans, Gigi Grimstad, Kimberly Guilfoyle, Lucia Hwong-Gordon, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, Cory Kennedy, Victor Kubicek, Fern Mallis, artist Jessica Craig-Martin, Darsi Monaco, Stephanie and Jesse Newhouse and Tracy Stern and Edward Tricomi of Warren-Tricomi. |
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Hannah Brontman and Marcel Moronglu |
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Tennessee Thomas |
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Julie Macklowe, Gigi Grimstad, and Countess Luann De Lesseps |
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Mary Alice Stephenson and Kelly Rutherford |
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Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos and Frederick Anderson |
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Liliana Cavendish |
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Lucia Hwong Gordon |
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Susan Shin and Cynthia Ott |
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Arden Wohl and friends |
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Jennifer Gilbert and Julie Macklowe |
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Kimberly Guilfoyle |
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Down in Philadelphia, the 156th Anniversary Concert and Ball ''Celebrating New Beginnings'' took place on Saturday, January 26, 2013. The evening began with the President's Open House Reception at the Academy of Music, followed by the anniversary concert. This spectacular evening of music, dinner and dancing featured special guest artist Hugh Jackman, internationally acclaimed actor of both stage and screen, who just wrapped production on the much-anticipated film adaptation of Les Misérables, as well as The Philadelphia Orchestra's own dynamic new music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
As a nod to the very first Academy Anniversary concert during which Eugene Ormandy shared his podium with Danny Kaye, the evening was the ultimate in popular and classical programming which was as dazzling as its guests, with everything from sweeping orchestral works to Broadway favorites. The evening continued at the Hyatt at the Bellevue, Philadelphia Hotel with dinner and dancing. Music for dancing was provided by six musical groups throughout the hotel. |
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| Craig Morgenstern, Brooke Huttner, Nick Krayer, Michelle Dale, Nikki Beden, John Oates, Delia Fransen, and Brad Tatman |
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| Leslie Anne Miller, Binny and Bruce Wietlisbach, and Angela Hudson |
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| Daniel Hilferty and Sarah Coulson greeted guests with the Philadelphia Orchestra President and CEO Allison Vulgamore and The Academy of Music President and CEO, Joanna Lewis |
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| Representing Wells Fargo were Senior Vice-President, Maria Trafton, with her husband Jack and daughter Elisa, Darrell Cronk, Jacqueline Liuzzi, Lisa and Tom Flynn, and Wells Fargo Regional President Vince Liuzzi |
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| G-N Kang, Tina Wells, and Cole and Heidi Hamels |
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| Bob and Terese Casey, and Jacqueline and Vince Liuzzi |
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| Bill and Patricia Riley Mills, and Charles Croce with wife Anne Callahan |
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| Mark Sparrow, Linda Carlozzi, Patrick Baccariello, Matthew DiDomenico, his wife Dolores and Dr. George Avetian and his wife Veronica |
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| Lesley Coulson and her husband Frank Coulson III |
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| Christie Honigman and Brian Johnson |
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| Kevin and Pam Mahoney, Larry and Michele Jameson, Trish Wellenbach, and Larry McMichael |
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| Bob and Carolyn Slota, Sean Rempel, and Kelly Slota |
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| Brian Lipstein, Teresa C. Nino, Chelsea Irwin, and Sam Hamilton |
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| Kelly Lawson, Joe Culley, Samantha Ohrem, and Crawford Hamilton |
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| Suzanne and Charles Valutas, and Bridget and Jay Devine |
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| Jeff Larsen and Natalie Mackey |
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| Dr. Richard Pestell and his wife, Nataliia |
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| Kimmel Center President and CEO, Anne Ewers, attended with Fred Hagen |
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| Rob and Leanne McMenamin, and Topper and Carrie Ray |
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