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Find out morePhotography by Lori Sax February 24, 2020
Peter Ortega, Hansel Tooks
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Maria Augustino, Jaclyn Brunckhorst, Umbreen Khalidi-Majeed, Elisabeth Waters, Lissa Murphy
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Elisa and Rick Carlisle
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Chet Zoltak, Penny Hill
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Sydney and Donna Koffman, Madison Piper
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Terry McKee, Susan Jones, James Amato
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Marisa Murphy
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Umbreen Khalidi-Majeed
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Jim Capazola, Jonathan Moore, Allison Kummery, Thane Richmond-Moore, Kyle Flannery
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Chenine and Anthony Brooks
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Michael Regulbuto, Patrick Daugherty
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Ryan and Sami Kaye
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Rochelle Nigri, Phil King
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Rochelle Nigri
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David Hagelstein, Stephen Heffron
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Michelle Butler, Sally Schule, Jerry and Wendy Feinstein
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Nikole Barger, Scott Stone
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Renee Phinney, Kim Mancini
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Shane Denmark, Russ Martin, Jordan Rose, Richard Furlow
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Glen Rieth, Kim Livingood, Hunter Rieth
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Claire Boren, Ryan Portugal
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Bob Nosal
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Rick Carlisle
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The Ritz ballroom
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Phil and Kim Mancini
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Rick and Elisa Carlisle, Michael Kors
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Mary Ellen and John Mancini
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Memory quilts surrounded the guests at the event, who also listened to fashion icon Michael Kors (subbing for an injured Debra Messing) talk about his experience as a gay man during the AIDS crisis in New York.
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