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Philanthropists
and art collectors, Andrea and Charles Bronfman, hosted a cocktail reception
in their home for
the Young Forum of the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra on November 3rd. Nearly 70 young professionals and
AFIPO Board Members joined together to “kick off” the
2005-2006 Season. The Young Forum has raised nearly $25,000
in support of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Andy
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The Young Forum
is the membership program of the Associates Program, the young leadership
division of AFIPO. Each year, Associates
(friends ranging in age from 22 to 40) participate in events
ranging from private musicales on the Upper East Side to parties
in the Meatpacking District to Gala concerts at Carnegie Hall. Upcoming
events include Jeffrey Siegel’s Keyboard Conversations
on Tuesday, December 6th.
The Annual Gala will be held Thursday,
February 16, 2006 where Zubin Mehta will
lead the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and young piano phenomenon,
Lang Lang, at Carnegie Hall
followed by a celebratory dinner and dancing at Cipriani 42nd Street.
For more information about the Associates or Young Forum, please
contact Elissa Freedberg at (212) 697-2949 or efreedberg@afipo.org. To
learn more about the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra, please visit www.afipo.org. |
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Jenny
Sherman and Avner Dorman
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Jason
and Tricia Pantzer
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Michael
and Abbe Serphos
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Andrew
Waranch and Charles Bronfman
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Parie
Markowitz, Jason Hirsch, and Rachel Pauley
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Joshua
Schwalbe and Wendy Rockman
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Ben
Dattner, Bobbi Rebell, and Rebecca Press
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Michael
Doft and Amy Farber
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Jackie
and Mort Ackerman with
Lynn Syms
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L.
to r.: Elaine and
Charles Petschek; Harpist Kristalina Mihalkova; Jill
and Eric Helf.
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Richard
Cohen, Lesley Arlein, and Tricia
Pantzer
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Ahron
Friedberg, Tania Eshaghoff-Friedberg, Leigh Sherman, and
Avi Benayoun
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Elisa Lizt, Bobbi Rebell,
Rebecca Press, and Heidi
Learner
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Sy
Syms and Bill Schubin
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Suzanne
Ponsot and Bernard Goldberg
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Sharon
Klein, David Hirsch, and Lori Freudenberger
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Career
Transition for Dancers (CTFD) celebrated its two decades of
service to the dance world with a jubilant star
studded performance presented by Rolex USA at City Center featuring
dancers of every stripe from Ballet to Broadway to Breakdance – and
as an added treat a little taste of circus arts courtesy of Cirque
du Soleil and The Big Apple Circus.
With Liza Minnelli hosting, the evening jumped into
high gear with a rousing opening number, featuring dancers from American
Ballet
Theatre and The World Cup Shooting Stars All Star Cheerleaders. A
stunning world premiere “Martha Graham Addresses a Century
of Dance” with Richard Move as Martha
Graham narrating the
visual movements of Ballanchine, Isadora Duncan, Agnes De
Mille, and
Graham was up next. From then on it was non-stop with brilliant pas
de deux solo turns and several world premieres.
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Anka
Palitz and Paloma Herrera
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20th Anniversary chair Patricia Kennedy, widely
known in the arts world as “the first lady of the Joffrey Ballet” for
her successful efforts in aiding the company, wisely chose to intersperse
the awards throughout the program. Special Baccarat CTFD awards went
to Lewis S. Ranieri, Chairman of the American Ballet
Theatre presented by the acclaimed Donald Saddler, who
was introduced by super-hot Broadway choreographer Jerry
Mitchell. Later in the evening Mercedes
Ellington, sporting a huge feathered hat, introduced one of her early
mentors, the legendary Marge Champion, who presented the second award
to The Harkness Foundation for Dance.
Joined by actor Malcolm McDowell, chair Patricia
Kennedy presented the Rolex Dance Award to her beloved Joffrey Ballet
and its co-founder
and artistic director Gerald Arpino. Kennedy was equally thrilled
that Rolex CEO and President Allen Brill, made a commitment to present
and sponsor the annual affair through its silver anniversary in 2010.
Highlights of the evening included Bebe Neuwirth’s torrid “All
That Jazz”; a spectacular solo by Desmona Richardson’s “Showman’s
Grove” and the rousing electric finale “The Last Mambo” premiered
by Dance Times Square.
After 4 curtain calls by the SRO audience, patrons headed off to
the “Anniversary Waltz Supper With The Stars” auction,
dinner and dancing at The Metropolitan Ballroom. In a most democratic
fashion, the young dancers and the older patrons swarmed the dance
floor for a non-stop evening of high energy and let it rip partying.
Bumping up against such stars as Ben Vereen, Karen Ziemba, ABT’s Paloma Herrera, Sandy Duncan were Cynthia
Fischer and Ian
Rice, Sen. Norm Coleman, Lisa and Jay Larkin, Leila and Mickey Strauss,
Sally
Phillips, Laurence Krashes, Fe Fendi, and Roberta
Silbert Greene.
Honorary chairs for the dance extravaganza were Melissa Gilbert,
Cynthia Gregory, Kevin McKenzie, Peter Martins, Mary Tyler Moore,
Rosie Perez, Jane Powell, Ann Reinking and Patrick Swayze. Anka K.
Palitz was chair with vice chairs Helene Alexopoulos,
Mercedes Ellington, Victoria Herbert and Laura Zackendorf. Dinner chair was Janice
Baker. Anne Marie DeAngelo who chaired the artistic committee not only pulled
in the top artists but choreographed the smashing opening number.
CTFD executive director Alexander Dube was thrilled with the efforts
of the evening’s committees, particularly with the support
obtained by Kennedy and West Coast chair Roberta Silbert
Greene in
bringing in over $900,000. |
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L.
to r.: Cynthia Fischer; Gerald Arpino, Patricia
Kennedy, and Sen. Norm Coleman; Fe Fendi, Janice Becker,
and Lorry Newhouse.
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Gerald
Arpino, Patricia Kennedy, and Malcolm McDowell
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Allen
Brill and Anka Palitz
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Roberta
Silbert Green, Cynthia Gregory, and Anka Palitz
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L.
to r.: Sen. Norm Coleman and Ethan Stieffel; Lorry
Newhouse with Walter and Gillian Fischer.
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Lloyd
Miller, Hillary Miller, and Amanda Miller
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Kevin
McKenzie, Allen Brill, and
Lewis Ranieri
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Martine
Van Hamel and Kevin McKenzie
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Mercedes
Ellington
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Marge
Champion and Donald Saddler
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Edward
Weston,
Bebe Neuwirth, and Gerald
Arpino
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Desmond
Richardson, Patricia Kennedy, and Bebe Neuwirth
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Tuesday, November 1, Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess
of Cornwall visited Hanover Square in the
Financial District as part of their eight-day U.S. tour. The couple,
joined by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Commissioner
Adrian Benepe and several British VIPs, formally dedicated a center
stone for the British Memorial Garden, which is currently under construction
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THR The
Duchess of Cornwall and The Prince of Wales unveil the center stone
for the British Memorial Garden at Hanover Square. Looking on are Patrick
E. Owens, British Consul in New York, Camilla G. Hellman, president
of the British Memorial Garden Trust, Commissioner Adrian Benepe, and
Gov. George Pataki.
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Square, one of the city's oldest public squares, was named in 1714
for King George I, Elector of Hanover. This connection
to England led to the square's selection by the British Memorial
Garden Trust
as the location for the memorial garden, which will commemorate
67 Britons who died in New York on September 11, 2001. The new
park space will feature hand-carved stone from Scotland, plantings
from Prince Charles's estate, Highgrove, and iron bollards from
London. |
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Jill
Sackler with Richard Kaplan and Edwina Sandys
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Sir
Evelyn and Lady de Rothschild
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Sir
Philip Thomas, British Consul-General, the Earl of Albemarle,
and Ghislaine Maxwell
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HRH
The Prince of Wales, Camilla G. Hellman, and Frank Morgan
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Mr.
and Mrs. Wright Post Palmer with Mark Winmill
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Sculptor
Simon Verity sketches the scene at the British Memorial
Garden before the arrival of the Royals
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Isabel
and Julian Bannerman, designers of the British Memorial
Garden
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Katherine
and Richard Astor talk with HRH The Prince of Wales
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The
Duchess of Cornwall with Joe Smith and Gary Dycus
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Robert
Douglass, Howard Lutnick, John Whitehead, and
Carl Weisbrod
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Tina
Brown and Sir Harold Evans meet HRH The Duchess of Cornwall
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HRH
The Duchess of Cornwall accepts
a bouquet from Katherine Beaumont
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Gregory
Reimens and John Connorton meet with HRH The Prince of
Wales
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On
Halloween night while R. Couri Hay was entertaining the troops
in the fabulous soiree he staged in my “honor,” over
in Central Park at the Loeb Boathouse, fashion designer Anand
Jon, who has featured on “America’s Next Top Model” and
has just been named of India’s 50 Most Beautiful People,
hosted a Halloween Masquerade Ball to benefit The Stephanie Stiglich
Cancer Research Center.
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Anand
Jon and the girls
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The glamorous event was attended by more than150 and included performances
by music legends including famed singer Freda Payne (Band
of Gold) and jazz great Bobbi Humphrey, who has
played with Stevie Wonder and Dizzie Gillespie.
Model Luigi Tadini, producer of the Wu Tan Clan, Cathy
Jones, and
designer Sanjana Jon were among the co-hosts.
Other attendees included Miss Universe Natalie Glebova, who
launched the Model Search for
the “IG Int’l Miss Universes AIDS,” Miss Teen
USA Allie LaForce, Miss USA Chelsea Cooley, Director Antonio
Campos who
showed the crowd his film Buy It Now, the winner of the
2005 Cannes Film Festival, and Robert Stiglich, who
founded The Stephanie Stiglich Cancer Research Center in honor
of his beloved daughter after her
death at age four.
The Stephanie Stiglich Cancer Research Center’s mission is
that pediatric brain tumors have a high profile in all advocacy
efforts. The SNSCRC will work so that our children will not be
forgotten and
will become part of a national awareness effort that will hopefully
lead to a bright future for all children experiencing brain tumor
diagnosis.
After the death of Stephanie Nicole Stiglich, her father Robert
Stiglich pledged to keep crusading and working to find a cure
for “Pontine
Glioma” (a rare form of brain cancer). The Masquerade goal
was to generate awareness to help bring about necessary legislation
and funding for research to successfully battle brain tumors
within children. |
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Chelsea
Cooley, Natalia Glebova, and Allie LaForce
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Robert
Stiglich, Anand Jon, and Sanjana Jon
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Stiltwalker
dancing
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Antonio
Campos, Anand Jon, and Sanjana Jon
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Kotchegna
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Bobbi
Humphrey and Freda Payne
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David
Aldea and Sanjana Jon
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Sanjana
Jon, C. Jones, and Freda Payne
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Luigi
Tadini, Amanda Hearst, Anand Jon, and friend
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Lynn
Yaeger and Michael Musto
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| Photographs
by Joe Schildhorn/PMc (Career Transition); Cutty McGill (British
Memorial Garden Trust); Matt Carasella and Wireimage
(Anand). |
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