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Article: Fez-tivities for the love of opera.(LIFE)(PARTY LINES)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Byline: Kevin Chaffee, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
THE EVENT: The Women's Committee of the Washington National Opera's Midwinter Gala in the Imperial City of Fez.
TAKE ME TO THE CASBAH: Wailing singers, throbbing drums and the sound of musicians on traditional Berber instruments echoed throughout the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Saturday night as guests arrived for the much-awaited Moroccan-themed event. Few could resist exclaiming in wonderment at the mini palm trees, pastel-hued tents, Moorish lamps and tables set with multicolored roses that transformed the Great Hall into a pasha's paradise - or, mere steps away in an adjacent "souk," gawking at the ...