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Crescendo: New Mood Rising

Volunteers from the Friends of UMKC’s Conservatory of Music and Dance gathered on September 15th at Lisa Schellhorn’s beautiful home to prepare invitations for Crescendo. Sherry and Gary Forsee are the honorary chairmen, and Melanie and Mike Fenske are serving as chairmen of Crescendo: New Mood Rising on November 6th at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

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Katherine Schorgl, Eulalie Zimmer, Renee Bernhardt, and Jane White Brown admired the beautiful invitation.
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Tim Van Zandt, Friends of the Conservatory president; and Melanie Fenske, chairman

Also featured in the October 17, 2015 issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: Janet Rogers

 

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