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    Renee and Clanton Black at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Jim and Deborah Secunda with Tom and Lynn Myrick at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Jackie Poston, Martin Foil, and David and Celeste Poston at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Guests at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Martin Foil, Ben Barry, and Karen and Larry Keating at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Traumatic brain injury survivor Philip Foil, the inspiration behind the event, is surrounded by friends and family at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Christy Anne Betler and Rob Betler at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Phil Harris and Sarah Vavra at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Guests at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Jim Netzel and David Roberts at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Raj and Shilpa Kasuganti at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    John and Amy Duguid with Rick and Laurie Anderson at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Ashley and Doug Merritt at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Atmosphere at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Kay Niblock and Martin Foil hit the dance floor at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Scott and Robin Whitock with Angela Parker and Steve Blume at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Mike White, Quincy Foil, Patricia Flachs and Bruce Flachs at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Kate Giraldo and David Abernathy at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Kayla Swart at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Beth Delahiter, Chris Westmoreland and Natalie English at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Atmosphere at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Angela Parker at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Robin Whitlock at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Hinds' Feet Farm executive director Marty Foil and his wife, Lisa, help raise funds for the nonprofit that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury during the annual Checkered Ball. Held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton, it was founded by Marty's mother, Puddin Foil, and her friend Jo Eng in 1992 and has raised millions of dollars over the years. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Beth Delahiter, Kathleen McKay and Brian McKay at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Guets at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Ernest and Priscilla Perry with Hadley Perry Pacheco, Julie Lopett and Jack McCollum at the Checkered Ball, a fundraiser for the nonprofit Hinds' Feet Farm that helps those with traumatic and acquired brain injury, held at the Urban Garden at the Ritz Carlton. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Sarah Campbell Tucker, Currie Engel, Adelaide Gorelick and Kate Hudson at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Mary and Currie Engel at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    The event's co-chairs Currie Engel and Judith Cohen with their mothers Mary Engel and Tamara Cohen at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Sarah Campbell Tucker and Burnet Tucker at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Nadine Russell and Imani Russell at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Guests including Imani Russell received a pair of opera glasses at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Guests at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Maestro James Meena greets Imani Russell at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Maestro James Meena with event co-chairs Judith Cohen and Currie Engel at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Guests at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Lenise Pereswith Juliana and Isabella Peres at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Mothers at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Kathleen Jameson and her daughter Bella at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Liz and Catherine Gore with Christin and Lucy Pedlow at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Liz and Catherine Gore at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Atmosphere at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Kate Hudson with family friend Margaret Ullrich at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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    Three generations - Debby Miller, Adelaide Gorelick and Stacy Gorelick - at Opera Carolina’s Ma Mere et Moi group of young opera enthusiasts and their mothers who meet for a Brunch with the Maestro before attending a matinee performance of Opera Carolina's productions. (Photo by Daniel Coston - Special to the Observer)
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