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60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Lyric Opera Ball

Monica Mitchell-Werp is the Ball chairman for the 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee Lyric Opera Ball, “An Evening of Bel Canto.” The Ball will be held on April 14th at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. An invitation assembly party and luncheon was held recently at the Kauffman Foundation Conference Center, with Joan Braswell and Sherry Love serving as co-chairmen.

Susan Sands, Doris Noon, Melinda Petet, Lee McCaffree, and Sharon Murray, graphic design chairman

 

(Seated) Sharon Barry, Barbara Spilker and Deanna Diebolt (standing) Gina Penner

 

Jane Ott, Jane Webster and Joan Braswell, invitation assembly co-chairman  

 

Trudy Gabriel, Kathy Nordhus and Elaine Mann

Also featured in the March 3, 2018 issue of The Independent

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