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Find out morePhotography by Lori Sax April 12, 2019
Bobbye Schott, Lee Dougherty Ross
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Cyndi Mumm, John Alan Fischer
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Luca Stine, Katherine Herbert
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Don and JoAnn Burhart
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Frank Galati, Judy Alleman
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Josh and Sora Yelin
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Jimmye Reeves, Olivia Swaan, Bunny Hosler
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John Halstead, Joseph Holt
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Caro Von Allmen
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Jane Riggin, Sora Yellin, Cyndi Mumm, Betsy and Henry Hindrichs
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Brian and Marcy Miller
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Barbara Staton, Bob Cutler
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Bruce and India Lesser
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Debbie and Dennis Murphy
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Joseph and Beatrice M'Mwirichia
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Alma and Stan Abshier, Michelle Fornet
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Jim and Jane Hunder, Sue Shepard, Don Helgeson
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Lynn and Jim Crandall
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Ray Broth, Louis Webber, Robert Antovel
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Dorathea Sandland, Ernest Kretzmer
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Steve Bloom, Judy Aleman
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Helga Williams, John Halstead
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Peter Kretzmer, Anne Feibelman
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The Bill Buchman Trio also performed. Proceeds from the evening benefit Artist Series Concerts' music scholarship awards, educational outreach programs and performance opportunities for promising young musicians.
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