Emanuel Gonzalez-Rejilla, Clarissa Jar, Alejandro Gonzalez-Revilla and Juliette Simon
Nuria Robles, Hilda Ochoa Brillembourg, Maria Benilde Ortiz, JoAnn Mason, Mirella Levinas and Isabel Ernst WL EXCLUSIVE
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Teruca Martinez and Mark Gillespie
Marshall and Rachel Scallan
LATIN EXTRAVAGANZA Diplomats, musicians and local trendsetters joined guests from across Latin America to celebrate YOA Orchestra of the Americas’ 15th anniversary at an up-tempo party featuring colorful song and dance. Hosted at the Four Seasons Hotel by Panamanian Amb. Emmanuel Gonzalez-Revilla, the evening honored four exceptional graduates of the orchestra, who received prizes from envoys representing their respective home countries. After a surprise musical premiere written and performed by YOA alumni for founder Hilda Ochoa-Brillembourg and a retrospective by executive team Katarina Weir and Mark Gillespie, guests danced late into the night to the tropical sounds of the Sweet Saludos salsa band.
Lowla Al-Saud, Dominic Morocco and Aya Kit
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Luciana Miro de Gonzales-Revilla with Ricardo and Isabel Ernst
Nina Weir, Lynn McFadden, Dr. Sachiko Kuno and Mark McFadden
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Nora Pouillion, Arturo Brillembourg and Clara Brillembourg
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