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Find out morePhotography by Cliff Roles February 4, 2019
Sheri Nadelman, Jared Walker
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Charles and Charlotte Perret
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Bill and Beth Fletcher
Jack Dean, Kim Bouchard
Jim and Ronna Bridges
Beth and Bob Scheible
Jennifer, Pauline and John Mitchell
Elio Carruto, Ken Prokop
Suzy Kalin, Lara Daily
Wendy Feinstein
Carol and Tom Beeler
Linda Carson and Cathi Carson-Freymann
Jennifer and Craig Addison
Jerry and Wendy Feinstein, Pedro Reis
Tisha and Jimmy Tinsman
Suzanne and Binje Dahl
Uta Christ-Janer and Beth Graves
Troy Graybill and Alysia DeMaio
Ruediger Weiss, Silke Busche Weiss
David Rovine and Wendy Resnick
John and Andrea Matter
Ruth-Anne Koffman, Tammy and Richard Karp
Eleni Marinucci, Clara Reynardus de Villanueva
James and Anita Hird
Joseph and Michelle Caulkins
Lisa Brady, Richard Dorfman
Ariane Dart
Karen Holbrook, Lee Williams
Terri and Michael Klauber
Marcia Jean Taub, Peter Swain, Katherine Harris
Co-chair Donna Koffman on the silks
Bruce Rodgers, Lisa Rubinstein
Debbie and Tom Shapiro
Mary Jo Heider, Karen Misantone
Pedro Reis, Dolly Jacobs-Reis
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Students from the Sailor Circus Academy, America's Got Talent semi-finalists Duo Transcend, and even the evening's co-chairs took to the ring. A paddle raise also benefited the Circus Arts Conservatory outreach programs.
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