Captain of the Queen Mary II, Chris Rynd; gala co-chair Jeff Peek; Patti LuPone, gala co-chair Liz Peek; Carol Marlow, president Cunard Line.
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On
May 24, Cunard Line's flagship
Queen Mary 2 welcomed guests from the New York
City Opera (NYCO) and Brooklyn
Academy of Music (BAM) for
The Britannia Ball, a gala evening
benefiting both cultural institutions. The ball included:
cocktails, dinner, dancing to Peter Duchin and his
orchestra and a special performance by Tony Award winner Patti
LuPone who performed a special rendition of “The
Lady with The Torch” in the ship's
Royal Court Theater. All proceeds from The Britannia
Ball will be divided equally between the two organizations
and will support their missions to produce exciting
works on stage and reach more than 40,000 students
from New York City's public schools through their
education programs.
CIT chairman and CEO Jeffrey M. Peek and
his wife Liz served as co-chairs of
the event. Brian T. Leary served as vice chair.
Docked for this special night at its New York home, the
Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, Queen Mary 2 – the world's
grandest ocean liner – served as the elegant setting
for
the evening's festivities where guests had
full access to all the public areas of the ocean liner
including: the Queens Room, the largest ballroom at sea,
the Veuve Clicquot Champagne Bar, the Royal Court Theater
and Illuminations, the only planetarium at sea.
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Paul
Kellogg, general & artistic director of NYCO; Patti LuPone, and Joseph
V. Melillo, executive producer of BAM.
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Alan H. Fishman, chairman of BAM board of directors and his wife Judith.
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Jeff and Liz Peek.
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Jane M.Gullong, executive director of NYCO, Captain Chris Rynd, and
Karen Brooks Hopkins, president of BAM.
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Susan Baker, chairman of NYCO board of directors and Michael Lynch.
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Jamie Markowitz and Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn borough
president.
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Princess Alexandra of Greece.
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LaChanze.
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Nicholas and Edmee Firth.
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Lydia Fenet and Chris Delaney.
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Charles Mirarchi and Rene Fris.
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Chevy Chase.
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Dhani Jones.
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Cynthia Nixon.
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Michael Emerson.
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Carson Kressley and Patricia Field.
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Caroline Cronson and Olivia Flatto.
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Vivienne Tam.
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Jill Hennessy.
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Mary Giuliani and Simon Hammerstein.
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Robert Verdi.
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Michelle Ray Smith.
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Nick and Lena Arrojo.
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