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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter March 28, 2017
Jessica Ortiz, Sydney Goldstein, Jordan Acuff-Patton
The gala scene
Decor
Pat Golemme
Mercedita O'Connor, Fred Doery, Micki Sellman, Lynda Doery
Sydney Goldstein and Vivian Kouvant (Event Chairs)
James Jordan, Richard Ferrell
Peggy and Richard Hayes
Sydney Katz, Elaine Keating
Rick Kerby, Marjorie Floyd, Jonathan Coleman
Erica Wuorio, Cassandra Holmes
Cara and Sean Keenan
Ken Abt
Jim Brooks, Eduardo Anaya
Carly Murray, Marianne Murray
Aundria Castleberry, Jean Weidner Goldstein, Cheryl Loeffler
Pat Naggiair, Dorothy Lawrence
Marjorie Floyd, Len Garner, Cheryl Loeffler, Jean Weidner Goldstein, Lois Stulberg
Nancy Schlossberg, Ron Grossman
Ed Levesque, Joe Volpe
Kelly Williams, Indiana Cote
Emily and Lisa Walsh, Tracey Tucci
Audrey Robbins, Harry Leopold
Kyle Hiyoschi, Laura Makemson
Betty Schoenbaum
Margery Barancik, Melvy Lewis
Sara and Kenny Rachon
Joe Volpe, Sydney Goldstein
Fred White, Marsha Johnson, Marilynn Petrillo, Dick Johnson
Neal Colton, Sharon Prizant
Pam Daniel, George Augustin
Iain Webb, Oris Webb, Barbara Staton, Anne Roberts
Iain Webb, Joe Volpe
Richard Ware, Katherine Harris
Charlie Huisking, Jeff Sebeika
Besides dinner and ballet performances, the evening was also time for the announcement that Iain Webb was signing an extended contract to continue in his position for another decade.
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