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| Photographs by Emilio Bañuelos |
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| Following the Jan. 4 performance by Jon Nakamatsu for the Steinway Society at Le Petit Trianon in downtown San Jose, the artist mingled with guests and signed autographs. Nakamatsu was the gold medalist in the 1997 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. |
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1. JORDAN (left) and COLLIN SPENCE with JON NAKAMATSU.
2. TONYA SULLIVAN (left) and ANDREA REID.
3. BRENDA and JOE WHERRY of San Jose.
4. JEAN LIU (left) with MICHAEL JIANG.
5. From left: KAREN and SATEESH LELE of San Jose with Saratogan EILEEN ROTHCHILD.
6. WILLIS RITTER with his daughter, JENNIE SPENCE.
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| Photographs by Bob Shomler |
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| For the fourth year in a row, Richard "Woody" Woodard, sound designer for Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley, hosted a holiday party at the Outback Steak House on Blossom Hill Road for dancers, stagehands, staff and their spouses. The party, attended by some 189 people, started at 10 p.m. following the Dec. 23 performance of The Nutcracker. Small wonder partygoers called the host "Santa" Woody. |
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7. Husband and wife ballet team IVAN BIELIK of Slovakia and SAYAKA TAI of Japan.
8. Ballet dancers PATRICIA PEREZ and JEKYNS PELAEZ (right).
9. From left: dancer BETH ANN NAMEY, party host WOODY WOODARD and dancer LE MAI LIHN.
10. From left: Ballet rehearsal assistant RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ with dancers CATHARINE GROW and her husband, ZURI GOLDMAN.
11 From left: Center for Performing Arts head usher RICHARD KIMREY and staffers MARC LEONE and KATHEE TOMASELLO.
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