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Ballet Austin Guild’s Vive le Vin at AT&T Center

The Ballet Austin Guild and the Ballet Austin board of directors are not mutually exclusive …

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Brooke Holmes and Darlene Byrne

The old-style guild and the new-style board work hand in hand, and membership overlaps …

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Betty Oltorf and Louise Hein

And the two tribes joined for Vive le Vin, one of the guild’s top annual events, at the AT&T Center (I appreciate what the phone company does in support of various local groups, but oh I wish a more euphoniously named organization underwrote the UT executive education and conference complex) …

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Cynthia Tays and Marilyn Rose

Several conversations buttressed my opinion that the ballet remains the buzziest large arts troupe in town …

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Samantha Segar and Steven Burton

Zach Theatre, with its recently unveiled plans for a third hall, is not far behind. The ballet, however, is already there, with paid-for education center, paid-for Long Center and a well-earned national reputation.

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Stephanie Nick and Sandy Bennett

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