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A MAGICAL NIGHT: A smoke-filled dance floor, purple décor, acrobatic acts and dangling mirrors were a few of the special touches that fit this year’s CharityWorks ball theme “Smoke and Mirrors: The Art of Illusion.” Cochairmen Mark Lowham and Barry Dixon, CharityWorks founder Leah Gansler and Anthony Shriver made heartfelt speeches about Best Buddies, an organization Shriver founded to create opportunities for those with intellectual disabilities, and the Yellow Ribbon Fund, a charity that helps put military families on the road to recovery. CharityWorks annually selects two nonprofit groups to benefit from a series of fundraising and community service activities. Guests enjoyed music from Grammy nominated singer-songwriter Eric Benet, a live auction and dinner from Susan Gage Caterers. VIEW ALL THE PHOTOS AT WWW WASHINGTONLIFE COM
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