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California Ballet Company:
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MAXINE MAHON - 50th YEAR ANNIVERSARY

Celebratory Dinner

Per Rob Appel

In Maxine Mahon, one can only imagine and marvel at the 50 years of dance - and in particular, classical ballet in the form of the CALIFORNIA BALLET COMPANY - the longest running and continuously performing ballet company in the United States. So, it was on Sunday evening, June 10th, as some 80 guests (former dancers, Board Trustee members, and friends of Maxine Mahon), gathered at the 94th Squadran Restaurant to celebrate and look back-over the 'legacy', that was and IS Maxine Mahon.

At this writer's table, was (L to R) Michael & Adela Polin, Steve Shirley, Maxine Mahon, Joan Maresca, and long-time Cal-Ballet dancer Yuichi Sugiyama with yours truly.

Co-ordinated by long, long-time California Ballet staffer Judy Sharp, and Cal-Ballet Board Trustee Michael McCafferty, the intimacy of the 94th Aero Squadran Restaurant, gave easy opportunities for guests to inter-mingle and catch-up with past friends and colleagues. Among Maxine's immediate family present, was her sister Marlene Jones, Jeff, and son Lane.

The visual enhancement of photos on easels, a power-point system and larger screen of Maxine's past accomplishments - all, gave forth a memorable experience and history of the California Ballet Company, the multiple California Ballet Schools - and of course, the "grand honoree" of the evening - the one and only ..... MAXINE MAHON.

94th AERO SQUADRAN RESTAURANT