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Kennedy Center Honors Weekend

Bill McSweeny & Nancy Marriott

Frank & Trisha Saul

Elizabeth Taylor

Victoria Kennedy,
Sen. Ted Kennedy & Jean Kennedy Smith

Rita Braver
& Robert Barnett


Lois and Sen. John Breaux


Robert Altman
& Lynda Carter


Former NYC Mayor
Rudolph Guiliani
& Judith Nathan

Saluting Celebrity Achievements

Lunch, and then a lavish dinner at the StateDepartment, kicked off the 25th annual Kennedy CenterHonors Weekend on Saturday, December 7. A packedSunday brunch hosted by producer George Stevens Jr.and his wife Liz at the Westin Fairfax Hotel drew oldand new supporters of the Kennedy Center, Democraticcommittee chair Terry McAuliffe, Sen. Patrick Leahy,Vernon Jordan, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and scores ofcelebrities. Then it was on to the White House wherePresident and Mrs. Bush hosted a quick reception.

The culminating event of the weekend, Sunday evening'sgala at the Kennedy Center, began with a program ofsalutes followed by a gala dinner. This year's honoreeswho were lauded and applauded for artistic achievement:screen stars James Earl Jones and Elizabeth Taylor,singer-songwriter Paul Simon, dancer-actress ChitaRivera, and conductor James Levine.


Paul Simon



Former Secretary of State
Madeleine Albright Bill & Buffy Cafritz


Sen. Chris Dodd & Rep. Nancy Pelosi

Angela Bassett

Lawrence Fishburne
& Gina Torres Fishburne

Queen Noor and Jim Kimsey

Cecelia & James Earl Jones

Sen. John Kerry & Teresa Heinz

Alicia Keyes

Rep. Harold Ford, Jr.



 THE BRUNCH
1) Tim, Helen and James Levine 2) Lady Catherine Meyer, Lynn Wyatt, Glenn Close & Lady Vivian Duffield 3) Marta Istomin & Chita Rivera 4) Phyllis Newman, Fred Rappaport & Michele Lee 5) Jacques d’Amboise & Dina Merrill 6) James Taylor 7) Dwight Bush, Thomas Friedman & Vernon Jordan 8) Liz Stevens & Peter Stone 9) Steve Martin

              Gala photos and brunch photo #3 by Neshan Naltchayan.
              Brunch photos by Kyle Samperton.

 



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