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San Francisco Ballet Opening Night Gala “Bella Notte”

by Angella Sprauve

Source: http://www.sfballet.org/events/opening_night_gala

January 19, 2012 marked the 79th opening-night gala of the San Francisco Ballet. The 2012 Repertory Season opened with“Bella Notte,” an elegant dinner at City Hall hosted by the San Francisco Ballet Auxiliary.

Later in the evening, ENCORE!, San Francisco Ballet’s premier social and educational group for Bay Area men and women, hosted its own Opening Night Gala Reception with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at City Hall.

After the festivities at City Hall, SF Ballet presented a thrilling one-night-only performance at the War Memorial Opera House. Guests were then invited back to City Hall for a post-performance party, “La Dolce Vita,” with food, cocktails, and dancing.

Photographer: Drew Altizer

: Yuan Yuan Tan, Tom Ehman and Lucy Jewett

: Karen Murphy, Carla Wytmar, Marie Hurabiell Trader and Trish Loucks

: Kate Coffino and Sol Coffino

: Carolyn Chang, Marie Hurabiell Trader and Carla Wytmar

: Juliet de Baubigny and Steven Jenkins

: George Shultz and Charlotte Shultz

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: Riccardo Benavides and Joy Bianchi

: Vera Carpeneti and Karen Murphy

: Marie Hurabiell Trader and Judy Swanson

: Marie Hurabiell Trader and Joy Bianchi

: Carla Wytmar and Chef Lucas Schoemaker

: Riccardo Benavides and Carolyn Chang

: Laura Miller and Elaine Mellis

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