French Amb. Gerard Araud and Septime Webre
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HONORING SEPTIME WEBRE French Ambassador’s Residence | PHOTOS BY TONY POWELL END OF AN ERA Longtime friends and supporters wouldn’t have dreamed of missing a prime opportunity to recognize Septime Webre’s groundbreaking 17year tenure as artistic director of the Washington Ballet. “We are sad you are leaving but happy because there are exciting new prospects for you,” French Amb. Gerard Araud told the crowdß, most of whom already knew that Webre’s next challenge will be taking the artistic director’s reins at the S&R Foundation. COMMON GOALS: “Shared beauty,” Webre replied, “is what binds us together.”
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EMERGING TALENT The S&R Foundation’s 16th annual awards program began with cocktails on the terrace of “Evermay,” Washington’s grandest privately-owned estate, then moved to a vast tent for fine dining and performances by talented awardees Luosha Fang (violin), Jorge Manes Rubio (mixed media), Jonathan Wintringham (saxophone) and composer Lembit Beecher (piano). ALL THEIR LOVE TO GIVE: S&R Foundation CEO Kate Goodall’s thank-you to patrons, saucily sung to the tune of Donna Summer’s ’70s hit “I Will Survive.” VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
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