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The 2008 Song & Dance Celebration honoring Carol Channing was held in the Ventetian Room of the Fairmont Hotel on September 26, 2008.
Performing were Mistress of Ceremonies JoAnne Worley, actress and singer Carole Cook, vocalist Valerie Pettiford, actress Alice Playten, with a special guest appearance by Chita Rivera.
Miss Channing -- who could not attend due to a recent fracture to her hip and femur -- was present on a pre-recorded audio greeting to the guests. In attendance were her husband Harry Kullijian, former Secretary of State George Shultz and Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, plus General Co-Chairs Wilkes Bashford and Michael Barcun, among others.
Miss Channing was honored for her more than six decades in theater, film and music, and the work of the Dr. Carol Channing & Harry Kullijian Foundation for the Arts, which seeks to bring arts back into the schools.
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