Kauffman Center - Friday Red Carpet Event

I volunteered at the Friday Night Grand Opening of the Kauffman Center of the Performing Arts.  I was a greeter outside in a prime location on the drop off drive.  I was awed with the gowns, cars and local celebrities.  All the big names arrived at the drop off drive; Kauffman, Brandmeyer, Helzberg, Hunt, senators, governors, and mayors past and present, in addition to other influential people from the area.  It was truly a red carpet event, photographers, TV stations were all outside as people arrived.  There we helicopters circling overhead.  Limousines of all shapes and sizes dropped of the attendees, which included shuttle bus limo's, stretch, typical limousine and a absolutely stunning 1941 Lincoln Continental City Limousine.  I have searched for the last hour to find this limo photo, as I stood right next to it I studied it well.

The very sad part of all this is that as a volunteer I was not able to take photos.  The photo above was taking inside the Muriel Kauffman Theatre during one of our volunteer training events.

Patti Lapone, Placido Domigo, Tommie Tune and samplings of opera and ballet were all part of the festivities.  You did not have to be in the Muriel Kauffman Theatre to enjoy, the music filled the Brandmeyer Grand Hall spectacularly.  After the show the guest were directed across the street to Bartle Hall for dinner and a fabulous south lawn light show set onto the building's exterior.  Music filled the air and unique dancers greeter the guest as they exited Kauffman Center and headed for dinner.   Fireworks surrounding the building concluded the evening.  It was a night of celebration.