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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter February 27, 2018
Marie Kropp (chair), Rebecca Hopkins
Rick and Michele Dousman, Dick Smothers
Judy and Ed Christian, Caroline Kaiser
Clarke Weigle
Becca Jennings, Greg London
Erin Bradford, Rebecca Harp, Jason Cannon
Louise Mazius, Dakota Sanchez
Marie Kropp, Dick Smothers
Matty Matheson, Carol Gilbert
Hannah Bagnall
Randy Boyd, Cookie Bloom
Le Voci Di Venezia Singers from Venice High School
Mikki Peroffsky, Sue M. Gordon
Patricia and Roger Courtois
Samus Haddad, Lois Lucek
Dudley Carson, Cynthia McCague
Elsie and Tony Souza with Melody Mora-Shihadeh
Rebecca Hopkins, Howard Millman, Carolyn Michel
Kihresha Redmond, Michael Fraser
Joshua Thompson
Alicia Tomasko
Alex Teicheira, Charles Williams
Harvey Small, Susan Morin
Guests donned Elizabeth attire for the evening, which included the announcement of the Spelman Award being given to philanthropist Arnold Simonsen.
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