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Bardavon Gala 2017: An Evening with ARETHA FRANKLIN!

She is both a 20th and 21st century musical and cultural icon known the world over simply by her first name. The reigning and undisputed “Queen Of Soul” has created an amazing legacy that spans an incredible six decades. Her many countless classics include “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Chain Of Fools,” “I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)”; her own compositions “Think,” “Daydreaming” and “Call Me”; her definitive versions of “Respect” and “I Say A Little Prayer”; and global hits like “Freeway Of Love,” “Jump To It,” and “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me).”

The recipient of the U.S.A.’s highest civilian honor, The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, an 18 (and counting) Grammy Award winner – a Grammy Lifetime Achievement and Grammy Living Legend Award winner, Aretha Franklin’s powerful, distinctive gospel-honed vocal style has influenced countless singers across multi-generations, justifiably earning her Rolling Stone magazine’s No. 1 placing on the list of “The Greatest Singers Of All Time.”

Funds raised by the Bardavon Gala help underwrite many programs that cannot support themselves — education programs and school residencies that bring artists and musicians to local schools, ambitious symphony concerts, special events, and more.

The GALA is made possible through the generous support of the sponsors listed below:

Presenting

James J. McCann Charitable Trust
Marianne Murray & Richard Rowley

Angel

The Canter Family
Diamond Mills
Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union
IBM
Mainetti, Mainetti & O’Connor, P.C.
Rocking Horse Ranch
Dr. Sam & Gail Simon

Benefactor

Hudson Valley Office Furniture
Key Construction Services
Marshall & Sterling
Millman, Harris, Romano Foundation
M&T Bank
Poughkeepsie Nissan
Real Property Abstract & Title Services
Redl Properties
Karen & Nevill Smythe
Timely Signs
TrustCo Bank
Ulster Savings Bank 

Patron

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Hudson Valley Properties
Central Hudson
Clear Channel
Cosimo’s Brick Oven
Darkside Records
Hudson Highlands Properties, LLC
Dorsey Metrology
Barbara & Ross Mauri
Dr. Frank and Eileen Mayle
Meyer Contracting
Package Pavement
Royal Carting
Tinkelman Architecture
Town Square Media
Kim and Jon Urban
Walters Storyk Design Group

Enthusiast

Arnoff Moving and Storage
Arteaga Health & Fitness Centers
The Artist’s Palate
Bailey Pottery Equipment
Adam & Nancy Belok
Chuck Benfer, iHeart Media
Dr. Eric & Irene Brocks
Frank and Pat Cannizzaro
Charlie and Lisa Daniels
Dental Design Studio, the Office of Dr. Richard Whalen
Forrester & Calderin, PLLC
Susan Fowler-Gallagher
Gellert, Klein & MacLeod, LLP
Getler, Gomes & Sutton PC.
Bob Gray and Family
Health Quest
Carole E. Heyl and Family
Lakeland Bank
N&S Supply
Norm Mackay
Law Offices of Patrick Moore
LCS Facility Group
Levine & Levine, P.C.
Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel
RBT CPAs, LLP.
R&C Cleaning
Bill and Carol Rohde
S&O Construction Services, Inc.
Joe Steiniger & Mary McDonald
Stenger Roberts Davis & Diamond
Joseph Tockarshewsky
& Jane Whitman
Maryann B. Tompkins- BPS
“Business Products & Services”
Trailer King
Dr. Nicole Williams