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Lyric Opera Circle – Spring Luncheon

Carriage Club was the beautiful setting for Lyric Opera Circle’s Spring Luncheon. Beth Ingram was presented with a portrait by Mark Braswell, Strauss Peyton Portraiture; which will hang in the Beth Ingram Administrative Building. The 2017-2018 Executive Board of the Circle was presented, and Outgoing President Joan Braswell passed the gavel to Incoming President Kimberlee Ried.

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Suzanne Shank, Susan Sands, Cindy Pratt-Stokes, Barbara Spilker, Abby McCaffree, and Gretchen Jacobson
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 Jane Webster, Elaine Mann, Carmen Sabates, Kit Smith, Marcia Garvin, Jacquie Spencer, and Nancy McGuire
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(Front row) Pam Bruce, Sue Massman, Laurie Ingram, Linda Ade Brand, and Virginia Long (back row) Robert Ade Brand
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Sandy Jackson, Susan Bubb, Mary Beth Gentry, Sara Bower Youngblood, Beth McCown, and Connie Black

Additional photos featured in the June 10, 2017 issue
Photo Credit: Strauss Peyton

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