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Kansas City Ballet Guild’s Nutcracker Ball 2021

On Saturday, November 20, the Kansas City Ballet Guild presented the Nutcracker Ball at the beautiful Loews Kansas City Hotel chaired by Karen Yungmeyer and Tempe Ostergren Elsberry. Guests enjoyed a lively cocktail party, delicious cuisine, breathtaking decor by Craig Sole Designs, crowd-pleasing entertainment by Fountain City 45s, and a spectacular performance by Kansas City Ballet’s Second Company. Michael D. Fields, whose involvement with Kansas City Ballet has been long and noteworthy, served as Honorary Chairman. Guild President Peggy Beal and Kansas City Ballet Executive Director Jeffrey J. Bentley presented the 2021 Pirouette Award to Dr. John D. Hunkeler for his outstanding contribution to the Ballet. The Guild also recognized Kansas City Ballet Executive Director Jeffrey J. Bentley for being honored with the 2022 Missouri Arts Award for Leadership in the Arts. This award for our state’s arts heroes, the people who make the arts happen, was given by the Missouri Arts Council and the State of Missouri.

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TOP TO BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: KC Ballet Trainee Dancers Alena Harrison and May Canestaro, Ashlea Black, KC Ballet KCB II Dancer Jared Brouillette, Kristina Klug, KC Ballet Trainee Dancer Gillian Yoder; Annie Simmermon and Emily Moore; Aviva Ajmera and Wayne Strickland; Drs. Susan and Charles Porter

TOP TO BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: Kansas City Ballet dancers Naomi Tanioka and Gavin Abercrombie; KC Ballet Dancer Marisa Whiteman, Chris and DeEtte Whiteman, Mikhaila Whiteman; Marcelle Cooper and Roger Arwood; Dan Aldridge and Gary McCarthy; Mary Beth and Hank Hershey (standing), Michele Hamlett-Weith and Brian Weith; Executive Director Jeffrey J. Bentley, Ball Chairman Tempe Ostergren Elsberry, Ball Chairman Karen Yungmeyer, Guild President Peggy Beal, and Artistic Director Devon Carney; Jeff Musolf, Marilyn Musolf, Kristen Whalen, Tracy Musolf, Geneva Musolf, Blake Peterson