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INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS BALL Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, Fla. | PHOTOS BY CAPEHART PHOTOGRAPHY DIAMOND CENTENNIAL Long considered the can’t-miss highlight of the Palm Beach social season, this year’s Red Cross Ball, dubbed “Vienna to Versailles,” was one for the books. Guests arrived to a poolside operatic performance by musicians in Baroque- themed attire and towering powdered wigs, then enjoyed fireworks and a sumptuous dinner served at tables with palm tree centerpieces in the lavishly appointed grand ballroom. Entering to “Hail to The Chief,” President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump greeted ball chairwoman Janet Cafaro, commerce secretary-designate Wilbur Ross and seven ambassadors who flew down celebrate the ball’s 60th anniversary and 100 years of Red Cross service to South Florida. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen the room looking more beautiful — perhaps at our wedding — right, Melania?” Trump said, adding that “We’re very proud of Mar-a-Lago and all the money we’ve raised in this room and in this wonderful house.”
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