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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter March 20, 2017
Tom and Sherry Koski (Event Chairs)
Stephanie Lederer, Rich Schineller, Nahman L'Hrar
Michele Mank
Rob and Jennifer Rominiecki
Willie and Rosa Stanfield, Earl Glenn, Angelia Wood, Carolyn Glenn, Janet Miles, Ed and Claudia Swann, Robert Stacey, Bob Wood, George Miles
Maryanne Meyer, Marcy Klein
Stacey Corley
Sarah and Dean Eisner
Robin and Brenda Cote
Michael Klein, Mike Hein, John Meyer, Chuck McDonald
Chris and Steve Briggs
Betsy Wyant, Dottie Baer Garner
Diane Sulimirski, Rich Schineller, Eileen Schineller
Jamie and Marty Fugardi
Amy and Chris Shaffer
Christina Marling
Kevin Friedman and Tammy Walsh
Steven and Janine Vito, Sue and Tom Ghezzi, Jim Roque, Jenny and Lee Duffey
Dan Hoffe, Jeff Hazeltine
Aileen Bowman, Caitlin Keating
Pepper and Pearson Liddell
Steve Schember, Cyndi Flannagan, Bill Simpson, Linda Wallin
Pat and Larry Thompson emerge from a spaceship with aliens
Pat and Larry Thompson with Isabel Norton
Sumi Bong, Seongwoo Nam
An Cantor
Coneheads and others aliens were popular costumes for the event benefiting "the brightest stars in the galaxy."
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