Kansas City Young Audiences – Benefit Concert for Arts Education
Kansas City Young Audiences toasted the patrons of the upcoming Benefit Concert for Arts Education featuring Audra McDonald at the beautiful home of Lynne and Mark O’Connell on October 17th. Guests celebrated the presentation of the Trudy Award to Allan Gray for his outstanding work in the arts. Julie and Mike Kirk and Debby and Gary Ballard are the honorary co-chairmen, and Qiana Thomason is serving as the chairman of the November 16th event to be held at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.
Also featured in the November 2nd issue of The Independent
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| Steve Metzler presented Allan Gray with the Trudy Award. |
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| Chip Schmelzer and Julie Kirk, honorary co-chairman; visit with Jerry Berkowitz, KCYA co-founder |
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