Last night, we headed to the Kennedy Center Concert Hall for the 36th annual Choral Arts Holiday Concert and Gala!
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We snapped Choral Arts executive director Tad Czyzewski with his predecessor, Debra Kraft, and Choral Arts baritone James Shaffran.
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Attendees enjoyed a Swiss-inspired concert and dinner in recognition of the generous patronage of Swiss Ambassador Martin Dahinden, whom we snapped with his wife, Anita Dahinden.
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Before the Gala, guests enjoyed a cocktail reception that included a silent auction with a National Geographic Galapagos Excursion and a private dinner party at the Swiss Ambassador's Residence among the prizes. Here, seminarian Pamela Kipps and her husband, Kipps DeSanto CEO Bob Kipps, Cushman & Wakefield and Choral Arts finance co-chair, Cathy Jones and Fairfax County Public Schools' special education teacher Catherine Martin.
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Following the cocktail reception, guests enjoyed a Swiss-inspired, three-course dinner featuring braised beef short ribs and a traditional Swiss Bundnernusstorte Roll. Here, Choral Arts artistic director Scott Tucker joins Robin Fetsch, his wife, Julie Tucker, and Bill Fetsch during the cocktail reception prior to the dinner.
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Following the dinner, guests danced to live music performed by Round Midnight. Here, Sapient Government's Kenyon Erickson joins singers and Choral Arts board members Anne Keiser and Rosa Lamoreaux.
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TTR Sotheby's Christie Weiss joins The Faith & Politics Institute's Rob Liberatore and former Rep. Earl Pomeroy.
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Coldwell Banker's Donnie Wintermute joins Choral Arts' Brandon Straub, the NSO's Krysta Cihi and Hartley LLC Real Estate's Diane Hartley.
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Following the dinner program, it was announced that Finnish Ambassador Kirsti Kauppi will be next year's honorary gala patron. Here she is with the Finnish Embassy's cultural attaché, Annina Aalto.
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MedStar's Fred Finelli and his wife, Victoria Finelli, surround Bernard Brown Plastic Surgery's Coleman Brown.
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Choral Arts patron Joan Schaefer and her husband, RBC Wealth Management's Clayton Schaefer, flank Choral Arts patron Josephine Fleming.
