Entertainment included live sitar music by Ustad (Maestro) Roshan Jamal Bhartiya, Indian-fusion dance performed by Santa Fe's Mosaic Dance Company, and aerial acrobatics performed by Wise Fool New Mexico. Scrumptious Indianinspired cuisine was provided by Chef John Sedlar and Marja Martin of Eloisa. It was a night to remember!
1 Gala committee cochair and Lensic Founding Director Nancy Zeckendorf with gala committee member Peter Kempf. 2 Lensic supporters David Frank and Sugiyama Kazukuni looking dapper.
—Mike Puzey, Publisher of Fine Lifestyles
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3 Senator Jeff Bingaman and Anne Bingaman, Lensic Board member. 4 (L to R) Michael Gamble, JoAnn Balzer, Bob Balzer, and Cherie Gamble donned festive garb for the gala. 5 Long-time Lensic supporter Charmay Allred with her guest, The Honorable Mayor Javier Gonzales. 6. Lensic gala committee co-chairs Lisa Barker and Nancy Zeckendorf share heartfelt thanks and welcome sponsors and guests to the Annual Dinner Onstage at The Lensic.
A PASSAGE TO INDIA ...A Night to Remember
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7 Guests Robbi Firestone and David Barker enjoying the evening in style. 8 Jim and Phyllis Frier with Peter Kempf. Phyllis and Peter contributed much of their time and energy to help make the event a success for the Lensic!
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9 Beth Moise and Judy Sherman having a good laugh and a grand time. 10 Leshek Zavistovski bidding on one of the spectacular items during the live auction.
Passage to India” — this year’s fundraising Annual Dinner Onstage at The Lensic Performing Arts Center — was an incredible night of live entertainment and Indian-inspired continental cuisine, all of which benefitted Santa Fe’s performing arts community. The funds raised support the Lensic’s many programs, which include hosting 12,000 public school children each year, offering technical theater internships to deserving high school students, and subsidizing local cultural and community organizations to hold their events at the Lensic.
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11 Larry and Patty Hayes thoroughly enjoying their first Dinner Onstage at The Lensic.
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12 Beverly and Mike Puzey with gala co-chair Lisa Barker. 13 Bud and Valerie Hamilton kicked off their night with the delicious signature cocktail — a marigold gimlet — created by Los Luceros distillery KGB Spirits especially for the event!
The live auction portion of the evening provided an exciting and lively competition for great gifts, such as a private 10–night guided tour to different cities in India, a week in the heart of Florence, Italy, and an “instant wine cellar” (a collection of more than 100 bottles of fine wines)! The Indian-fusion dancers of the Mosaic Dance Company from Pomegranate Studios capped off the night with traditionallyinspired dance, much to the delight of the guests.
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