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Cristo Rey Kansas City – Dancing With The Kansas City Stars!

The 15th Annual Dancing With The Kansas City Stars!, a benefit for Cristo Rey Kansas City, will be held on June 26th at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel at Crown Center. The Airline History Museum was the setting to announce seven stars, Nick Durand, Phil Glynn, Mike Jackson, Mary Haggerty Kroening, Kate O’Keefe, Julie Towner, and Sarah Walsh, who will dance for the students of Cristo Rey Kansas City. Kristi and Larkin O’Keefe are the honorary chairmen, and Melissa Skeens and Kathleen McManus Couchonnal are serving as co-chairmen of the ‘70s-themed event.

 The 2021 Stars: (Front row) Julie Towner, Mike Jackson, Kate O’Keefe, and Phil Glynn (back row) Nick Durand, Sarah Walsh, and Mary Haggerty Kroening

Also featured in the March 6, 2021 issue of The Independent

 

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