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.
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.
Caroline Cunningham, president of the Trust for the National Mall, at the Halcyon House dinner. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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.
A view of the Halcyon House ballroom before dinner began. It used to be a sculptor’s studio. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
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.
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.
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.
S&R Foundation Awards gala dinner guests Katie Macko and Thomas Hardy of the Phillips Collection. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
David Cooper and Cliftine Jones at the Halcyon House dinner for the S&R Foundation Awards. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
Dancers Maki Onuki and Tamas Krizsa joined the dinner after their performance. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
The dinner at its peak, a view of the Halcyon House ballroom. Photograph by Carol Ross Joynt.
