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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter April 9, 2018
Hannah and Norman Weinberg, Mort and Bunny Skirboll
Peggy Sweeney
Jennifer Michell, Jennifer Gemmeke
Pedro Reis, Marty Bowling
Ruth Barker, Jonathan Coleman
Karen Watt, Michel and Veronica Tcherevkoff
Jean Weidner Goldstein, Monique Chalke, Muriel Mayers
Lauren and Bernie Walsh
Sydney Goldstein, Bud Shapiro
Michael Eddy, Teresa Lee, Paige Petersen, Curtis Jordan
Sydney Goldstein, Eduardo Anaya, Jim Brooks
Rose Marie Proietti, Marjorie Floyd
Kelly Williams, Indiana Cote
Paul Bova, Barbara May
Asia Bui, Madysen Felber, Lucas Erni, Filippo Valmorbida
Colin Turnbull, Andrea Hillibrand
Ellen Overstreet, Samantha Benoit, Asia Bui, Ryoko Gavoshima, Elizabeth Sykes
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Gary Herd, Jean Weidner Golsdstein
Susan Graham, Joseph Volpe
Diane Roskamp
Diane Roskamp, Harry Leopold
Teri Hansen, Chuck Barancik
Michelle Roy, Paul Cantor, Brenda Belsito
Jason Ettore, Margaret Barbieri, Iain Webb
Victoria Hulland, Danielle Brown
The gala, which also honored longtime supporter Sydney Goldstein, took place at the Art Ovation Hotel following the performance at the Sarasota Opera House.
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