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The S&R Foundation’s Ryuji Ueno and Sachiko Kuno with their mothers—Yuko Kuno in blue, Toshiko Ueno in green—at the gala dinner unveiling of their Halcyon House in Georgetown. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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Cocktails on the lawn at Halcyon House before guests were called to dinner in the mansion’s newly renovated ballroom. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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Caroline Cunningham, president of the Trust for the National Mall, at the Halcyon House dinner. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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Yes, it smelled that good. Jenny Bilfield, president of the Washington Performing Arts Society, leans down to inhale the fragrance of a carnation ball on the lawn at Halcyon House. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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A view of the Halcyon House ballroom before dinner began. It used to be a sculptor’s studio. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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Japanese Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae and Sachiko Kuno at the Halcyon House dinner for the S&R Foundation’s annual awards. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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Sachiko Kuno begins the Halcyon House dinner by noting that after the guests leave, renovation work will resume on the Georgetown mansion.
Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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The entertainment at the Halcyon House dinner included a pas de deux from Swan Lake performed by Maki Onuki and Tamas Krizsa of the Washington Ballet. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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S&R Foundation Awards gala dinner guests Katie Macko and Thomas Hardy of the Phillips Collection. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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David Cooper and Cliftine Jones at the Halcyon House dinner for the S&R Foundation Awards. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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Dancers Maki Onuki and Tamas Krizsa joined the dinner after their performance. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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The dinner at its peak, a view of the Halcyon House ballroom. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.