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Spotlight Awards!

Presented by Patel Conservatory at Straz Center for the Performing Arts

May 23, 2013

SHOW . DINNER . DANCING . FUNdraiser

6:30 p.m. show in Ferguson Hall and 8 p.m. dinner in Ruth Silbiger Lobby of Carol Morsani Hall and dancing under the Maestro’s tent
Mark your calendars for the Patel Conservatory's third annual Spotlight Awards! Terrific performances by Conservatory students will be followed by dinner and dancing. Proceeds from the evening will support the ...More

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