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Jessica
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Tina
and Terry Lundgren
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Elizabeth
and Arthur J. Mirante II
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Marion
Fischer Lenihan and Lawrence D. Lenihan, Jr.
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Two
weeks ago Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrated the opening of its annual
season at New
York’s City Center with a spectacular Opening Night Gala.
The black tie gala brought together all the elements that have made
past galas so special: superb dancers and artistry, spectacular ambiance
and celebrity guests. After the performance, there was dinner and
dancing in the Metropolitan Ballroom of the Sheraton New York.
The one-night-only Gala performance featured the world premiere of
Reminiscin’, a new ballet choreographed by Judith
Jamison who
takes her inspiration from the great female jazz artists Sarah
Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Roberta Flack, Regina Carter,
and Diana
Krall along with artist Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks. The program will also include Alvin Ailey’s timeless masterpiece
Revelations, performed with live music.
Katherine Farley and Jerry I. Speyer, Patricia
and Philip Laskawy, Marion Fischer Lenihan & Lawrence D. Lenihan,
Jr., and Joan and Sandy Weill were Co-Chairs of the event.
Actor Taye Diggs, currently starring on Broadway in A
Soldier’s
Play, and Roberta Flack hosted the special evening as Honorary Chairs.
The opening night performance was underwritten by Morgan Stanley.
Citigroup, Ernst & Young, The Lenihan Family Foundation and Tishman
Speyer were the sponsors for the evening.
Proceeds from the gala will help to ensure the continued growth and
vitality of all of Ailey’s important programs – from
the creation of new works to scholarships for talented young dancers
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Ailey
Board of Trustees Member Kathryn C. Chenault and Ken Chenault
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Michelle
Miller Morial and Marc Morial
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Gala
Co-chair Katherine Farley and Judith
Jamison
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Reverend
Jesse Jackson, Joan and Sandy Weill, and Jacqueline Jackson
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Debra
L. Lee, Michelle Eubanks, and Susan Taylor
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Ailey
Executive Director Sharon Gersten Luckman, Paul Shapiro,
Melissa
Keller, and Greg Luckman
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Ed
Bradley, Judith Jamison, and Bruce S. Gordon
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Taye
Diggs and Friend
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Linda
Celeste Sims and Glenn Allen
Sims
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Jonelle
Procope and Dan Osheyach
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Earl “Butch” G.
Graves, Jr., Roberta Graves, Dwana Adiaha Smallwood,
and Earl Graves
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Legacy: The Joan Scarangello
Foundation to Conquer Lung Cancer raised $850,000 for lung cancer
research at its November 15th
benefit, the “Strolling Supper with Blues & News” at
Times Square Studios. |
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John
Stossel, anchor of ABC’s 20/20, with Lisa Cohen of
AFS
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Joan’s
Legacy Board President Patrick McNeive of ABC with NBC
Nightly News anchor and executive producer Brian Williams
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WABC
Anchor Bill Ritter, the evening’s Master of Ceremonies,
with Joan’s Legacy Executive Director Susan Mantel
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Guitarist
Rob McNelly, Singer Delbert McClinton, Joan’s
Legacy Board Member Wendy Goldstein, and LA Dodgers Sports
Announcer Charlie Steiner
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Jonathan
Wald of NBC Universal with Joan’s Legacy Board Member
Roxanne Donovan of Great Ink
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Joan’s
Legacy Board Member Mary Ann Tighe, CEO of CB Richard Ellis
Tri-State; and Hussain Ali-Khan, The New York Times Company
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Merely
a month after the debut of her first collection for CELINE, Artistic Director, Ivana
Omazic arrived
in New York to gauge the reaction of some of the city’s most
discerning shoppers during a cocktail benefiting Lenox Hill Neighborhood
House.
Guests included Andrew and Jill Rockefeller, George and Alison Brokaw,
Debbie Bancroft, Barry and Elizabeth Cord, Gunnar and Claudia Overstrom,
Blair and Fazle Husain, Mark Gilbertson, Eva Dillon, Geoffrey Bradfield,
Diana Quasha, Ian and Mary Snow, Todd Romano, Alison Aston, Kristina
Stewart Ward, and Baird and Alexia Ryan.
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House President, Thomas Edelman, showed gratitude
to CELINE for its continued support while CELINE’s president,
Jean-Marc Loubier thanked members of the Associates Committee and
friends of the organization for their presence. Mr. Loubier introduced
Ms. Omazic, who joined the brand after having spent 10 years living
in Italy working at another top design house. |
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L.
to r.: Kristina
Stewart Ward, Mary Snow, Walter Deane, and Allison Aston;
Lisa Selby, Thomas and Ingrid Edelson, and Webb Egerton.
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Doug
Steinbrech, Jeff Sharp, and Mayme Hackett
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Sloan
McClure and Blair Husain
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Nancy
Sambuco, Lauren Pinto, and M. Gibson
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Fawaz
Gruosi, President of de Grisogono hosted
a cocktail benefit for God's Love We Deliver at the store on
Madison Avenue (at 69th Street) last Wednesday. In the crowd:
Ann Dexter Jones, Dayssi, Olarte de Kanavos, Jill Roosevelt,
Lilian Stern, Gigi Mortimer, Christine Schwarzman, Kalliope
Karella, and Tinsley Mortimer.
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Anthia
and Aldo Moschini
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Anna
Rhodes, Diondre St. Amand, and David Markel
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Yana
Balan, Paige Boller, and Inga Rubenstein
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Arianna
Boardman, Fawaz
Gruosi, and Tinsley Mortimer
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Donna
Soloway, Debra Peltz, Lilian H. Stern, and Evi Batten
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Mia
Hehzafi and Francois Belizaire
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Pascale
Brinkman, Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, and Anne Dexter Jones
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Katerina
Nicole, Kalliope Karella, and Charlotte Assaf with a friend
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Nina
Kaminska, Silvia Jarrin, and Christine Schwarzman
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Caroline
Lo Faro, Carrie Phillips, Marianna Peterman, and Lilian
H. Stern
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Ali
Hagedorn and Dara Kenigsberg
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Sonia
Cole
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Fawaz
Gruosi and Gigi Mortimer
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Lara
and Lisa Meiland
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Zack
Bacon and Brinkley Skye
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| Photographs
by Julie Skarratt (Alvin Ailey); Yvette D’Elia
(Joan's Legacy); Clint
Spaulding/©PatrickMcMullan.com
(de Grisogono);
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