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Kennedy Center President Deborah Rutter with ball chairmen Catherine and Wayne Reynolds (Photo by Yassine El-Mansouri)
Soprano Kelli O’Hara
NATIONAL SYMPHONY CONCERT AND BALL The Kennedy Center Concert Hall and Terrace | PHOTOS BY JAY SNAP
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, NSO Conductor Christoph Eschenbach and violinist Joshua Bell
SYMPHONIC STARS: The National Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 84th season (and its 44th in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall) in grand style with violinist Joshua Bell taking a star turn in selections from Ravel and Saint-Saëns and soprano Kelli O’Hara lighting up the stage with “Glitter and be Gay” from Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide.” Cocktails, dinner and dancing under a massive marquee followed on the Terrace where guests queued to chat with the soloists, conductor Christoph Eschenbach, Symphony Chairman Jeanne Weaver Reusch (who announced that $1.4 million had been raised for education and community engagement programs) and incoming Kennedy Center president Deborah F. Ru er. DROLL HUMOR: “She certainly has the right initials,” KenCen Chairman David Rubenstein told the crowd. VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
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NSO Chairman Jeanne Weaver Ruesch Ann Jordan and Kennedy Center Chairman David Rubenstein
Jane and Calvin Cafritz with Maria Kersten 32
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Mary Ourisman and Julie Connors WA S H I N G T O N L I F E
Wayne Safro, Sunlen Serfaty and Matthew Ruesch
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