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Kansas City Ballet Guild – Fall Luncheon

Webster House was the lovely setting for Kansas City Ballet Guild’s 2018-2019 Season’s Fall Luncheon on September 27th. Members enjoyed a delicious lunch, followed by a welcome from Guild President Susan Meehan-Mizer.

Pattie Lou Cleary, Glenda Lee Touslee and Lisa Merrill Hickok

 

(Front row) Sue Ann Fagerberg, Juliette Singer-Spinks, Guild President Susan Meehan-Mizer, and Linda Peakes (middle row) Barbara Eiszner, Gail Van Way, Gigi Rose, Jo Anne Dondlinger, Edie Downing, and Mary Beth Hershey (back row) Vicki Baxter, Becky Quinn, Peggy Beal, and Cyndi James

 

Jessie Ng, Angela Walker, John Walker, and Melissa Cavanaugh

 

Kathy Nordhus, Craig Sole, Mary Beth Hershey, and Melissa Ford

Additional photos featured in the October 27, 2018 issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: Larry F. Levenson

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