On Oct. 12, community leaders became maestros at the Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s annual gala at the Omni Parker House. Guests had the chance to conduct musicians at a cocktail party before enjoying themselves at a dinner and auction honoring the orchestra’s own technical director, Emerson Kington, as well as Manulife Financial’s James D. Gallagher and John Hancock’s MLK Scholars Program, which provides summer jobs for local teens. The 200 guests helped raised more than $300,000.
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Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s Annual Gala
By Dana Bisbee | Nov. 10, 2017
Event co-chairs Peter Fiedler, vice president for administrative services at Boston University, and wife Dieuwke Fiedler, yoga teacher at Great Pond Sangha
Jo Frances Meyer, executive director, and event honoree Emerson Kington, technical director, both at Boston Landmarks Orchestra
State Rep. Jay Livingstone conducting the party orchestra
Sue Pucker and husband Bernard Pucker, owners of Pucker Gallery
Laura Connors, board chairwoman at Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and event honoree James Gallagher, executive vice president and general counsel at Manulife Financial
On Oct. 12, community leaders became maestros at the Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s annual gala at the Omni Parker House. Guests had the chance to conduct musicians at a cocktail party before enjoying themselves at a dinner and auction honoring the orchestra’s own technical director, Emerson Kington, as well as Manulife Financial’s James D. Gallagher and John Hancock’s MLK Scholars Program, which provides summer jobs for local teens. The 200 guests helped raised more than $300,000.
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