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Setting the stage for the dinner after the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance at the Kennedy Center. The seating arrangement is called “king’s tables,” in the spirit of Vienna and “Downton Abbey.” Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Symphony enthusiasts Mary and Chris Mahle. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Some of the Washington Performing Arts Society’s most generous: Rachel Tinsley Pearson, Sidney Werkman, and Bitsy Folger. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Debra Sunshine and Abe Cherrick. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Christina and Jochen Duemler. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Purnell and Joan Choppin. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Back in Washington, the former Dutch ambassador, Joris Vos, with Erica Moorhead. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Martha Dippell and Dan Korengold. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Audrey Pendergast and Robert Misbin. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Joe and Carol Danks. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Miriam Fernandez and David Feola. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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James Harkless and Mary Helen Thompson. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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At close to 11 PM, the tables were filled at the Kennedy Center dinner for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Photograph by Jeff Martin