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4.25.2006
WE ARE FAMILY FOUNDATION FOURTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION |
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RED CARPET |
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Nile Rodgers and Nancy Hunt, President of WAFF
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Quincy Jones
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Montel Williams and Tara Fowler
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Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo |
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Khaliah Ali
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Kate Pierson, B-52's |
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Henry Juszkiewicz, President Gibson Guitar |
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Gayle King |
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Steven and Maureen Van Zandt |
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Ricky and Catherina Watters with
Little Ricky
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Creation Band |
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COCKTAIL RECEPTION |
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Good friends, Q and K |
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Henry Schleiff, CEO Court TV and Sir Elton John |
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Tommy Hilfiger, Dee Ocleppo,
Quincy Jones and Debra DiMaggio
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Katie Couric, Nile Rodgers and
Nancy Hunt, President of the We Are Family Foundation
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Nile Rodgers, Quincy Jones and Montreux Jazz Festival Founder, Claude Nobs |
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Quincy points the finger at Little Steven Van Zandt |
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Tommy and Andy Hilfiger |
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Diana Kerekes, VP Comcast and Nancy Hunt |
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Nile, Katie Couric and CEO of Court TV, Henry Schleiff |
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Chris Cerf and Joan Jakobson |
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Nancy Hunt and Henry Schleiff
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Nile and Gayle King |
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Quincy Jones and Jeni Stepanek, Mattie’s Mom |
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Nile and Katie Couric |
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Joe and Joanne DiMaggio Jr. and Debra DiMaggio |
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Jeni Stepanek, "Mattie's Mom" |
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Quincy Jones giving Creation a little musical advice!
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Maureen and Steven Van Zandt with Creation band members Raechel and Molly.
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Paige Peterson, Joan Jakobson, Joe Armstrong, Peggy and Henry Schleiff |
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Dana and Michael Goldstein, CEO Toys R Us Children's Fund and Nancy Hunt |
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Nancy Hunt and Caryl Stern, COO Anti-Defamation League |
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Lanz and Nile |
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DJ Honda and Sophia Chang |
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AWARDS CEREMONY |
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Quincy Jones receives the Mattie J. T. Stepanek Peacemaker Award from Jeni Stepanek, Mattie’s Mom |
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Quincy Jones acceptance speech |
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The Creation band receives a Special Recognition Award from Steven Van Zandt |
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Molly and Creation accept their award |
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Diane Robina, President Comcast-Sony Networks accepts Corporate Visionary Award from Henry Schleiff on behalf of The Comcast Family of Companies |
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Guy Vickers, President of the Tommy Hilfiger Foundation presents Tommy Hilfiger with the Visionary Award |
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Tommy Hilfiger gives his acceptance speech |
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Sir Elton John accepts the We
Are Family Foundation Humanitarian Award
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Sir Elton John accepts the Humanitarian Award
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LIVE AUCTION |
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Nile, Little Steven and Montel Williams auctioning off a Gibson Les Paul guitar |
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Kate Pierson from the B-52’s signing the Les Paul guitar
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Quincy Jones gets some help signing a guitar from Jeni Stepanek’s dog, Micah |
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CONCERT- feat. CHIC, Taylor Dayne, Martha Wash, & Sir Elton John |
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Claude Nobs, Founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival introduces Nile Rodgers and CHIC |
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Sylver Logan Sharp, lead singer of CHIC takes the stage |
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Jessica Wagner and Jerry Barnes of CHIC rock the house |
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It’s A Party! |
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Nile and Jerry Barnes work the rhythm section |
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Taylor Dayne takes the stage! |
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Nile Rodgers and Taylor Dayne |
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Martha Wash of the Weather Girls belts out “It’s Raining Men”!
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Nile welcomes Sir Elton John to the stage |
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Sir Elton rocks the house with “Philadelphia Freedom” |
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And, then “That’s Why They Call It The Blues” |
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Everybody back on stage for the finale – “We Are Family” |
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It’s been a GREAT night! |
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AFTER THE SHOW |
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Taylor Dayne and Creation band member Raechel |
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Creation band member Raechel with Nile Rodgers |
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All photos courtesy of Shahar Photography,
Sophia Chang, and Wire Image |
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