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El Museo Gala 2010 |
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The El Museo Gala.
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On Thursday, May 27, 2010 El Museo held its annual Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. Plácido Domingo, recognized as one of the finest and most influential singing actors in the history of opera was presented with the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award by Oscar de la Renta. Tony Bechara was presented with the El Museo Special Leadership Award. During more than a decade as Chair of El Museo board of trustees, Mr. Bechara has guided El Museo as it evolved from a struggling small museum to a thriving mid-sized institution with a stellar international reputation. The 2010 gala also recognized the dedication and achievements of El Museo’s outgoing executive director Julián Zugazagoitia. The evening raised over one million dollars for El Museo.
El Museo’s Gala is one of the most glamorous evenings on the New York social calendar, with guests each year flying in from South America, the Caribbean, and Europe. This elegant evening includes a specially-selected program of Latin music, providing dancing during and after dinner, with guests lingering late into the night. It’s a grand occasion that raises significant funding for the museum’s education and community outreach programs. It has also come to symbolize the pride Latin Americans and Latinos in New York take in their museum.
Gala co-chairs were Yaz and Valentin Hernadez and Renee and Alvaro Domingo. The Benefit Committee included Mr. and Mrs. Ruben Blades, Ronaldo and Carolina Herrera, Narciso Rodriguez, Francisco Costa, Agnes Gund, Marilyn Horne, Laura and Richard Parsons, Carmen Ana Casal de Unanue, and Ruben and Isabel Toledo and Benicio Del Toro.
Guests also included: Narciso Rodriguez, Angel Sanchez, Maria Cornejo, Moises de la Renta, Laura and Dick Parsons, Estrellita and Daniel Brodsky, Claudia Cisneros, Christian Cota, Jane and Calvin Catritz, Barbaralee Diamonstein and Carl Spielvogel, Olga and Tony Duke, Donald and Adelle Hall, Eleanor and Michael Kennedy, Alexandra Lebenthal and Jay Diamond, Ambassador John L. Loeb, Liz and Jeff Peek, Candy Price, Angel Sanchez, Gillian and Sylvester Miniter, Silvia Ortiz, Enoc Perez, Jane and Reed Rubin, John and Gaily Beinecke, and many more.
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Honoree Placido Domingo, Marta Ornelas, Renee Domingo, Belem Hudson, Alvaro Domingo.
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Tasha Zugazagoitia, El Museo director Dr. Julian Zugazagoitia, Maria Eugenia Arria, honoree Tony Bechara.
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Gala co-chairs Valentin Hernandez, Yaz Hernandez.
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Gala co-chair Carmen Ana Unanue, Jose Unanue, Nazira Handal.
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Gala co-chairs Richard D. Parsons, Laura Parsons.
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Moises de la Renta, Oscar de la Renta.
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Jay Diamond, Alexandra Lebenthal.
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Fe Fendi, Alessandro Saracino Fendi.
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Estrellita Brodsky, Daniel Brodsky.
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Jean Shafiroff, Martin Shafiroff.
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Whitney Wolfe, Steve Wolfe, El Museo trustee Sarah Wolfe, Lou Wolfe.
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Ambassador Carl Spielvogel, Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel.
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Alexa Winner, Natasha Worsham.
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Dr. Julian Zugazagoitia, Beatriz Vidal, Manny Vidal.
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Jeff Peek, Liz Peek.
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Sylvester Miniter, Gillian Miniter.
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Eduardo Marturet, Athina Marturet.
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Valentin Hernandez, Dick Parsons.
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Jackie Weld Drake, Mario Buatta.
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Michael Kennedy, Eleanora Kennedy.
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Marcia Mishaan and Richard Mishaan.
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Michael Brennan, Vilma Vale Brennan.
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Guest, Tony Bechara, Mary Wallach.
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Michelle Harper.
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Liliana Dominguez.
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Alvaro Domingo, Placido Domingo, Oscar de la Renta, Moises de la Renta.
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Christine Miller Martin, Christine Cachot.
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Jean Shafiroff, Margo Langenberg.
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Dimity Milberg, Horacio Milberg.
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Lucia Hwong-Gordon, Richard Turley.
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Whitney Wolfe, Michel Heredia, Coromoto Atencio.
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Mayra Hernandez, Christian Cota.
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Yaz Hernandez, Oscar de la Renta.
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Fe Fendi, Angel Sanchez.
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Gillian Miniter, Eleanora Kennedy, Anna Safir.
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Placido Domingo, Tony Bechara.
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Gabriel Rivera-Barraza, Coromoto Atencio, Rodner Figueroa.
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Nazira Handal, Vilma Vale Brennan.
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Moises de la Renta with Mariachi band.
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©Manhattan Society.com 2010 by Gregory Partanio with Chris London |
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