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Alicia
Bythewood,
Khephra
and
Susan
Taylor
Photo
by:
John
Wegorzewski
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Sag
Harbor's
Susan L.
Taylor
&
Khephra
Burns
host
"Thanks-for-Giving"
Party
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Sag
Harbor
award
winning
author
and
Editor
Emerita
Essence
Magazine,
Susan
L Taylor
& her
husband
author,
playwright
&
producer
Khephra
Burns
hosted a
poolside
�Thanks-for-Giving�
party
last
week at
their
Azurerest
home to
thank
supporters
and
committee
members
of the
recent
On Our
Toes in
the
Hamptons
Gala to
benefit
Evidence,
A Dance
Company.
The
annual
benefit
gala was
the
brainchild
of
Taylor
to
showcase
African-American
culture
on the
East End.
Nine
years
ago she
and
Reginald
Van Lee
organized
the
first
gala at
a
private
home.
Since
then
thanks
to the
long
term
support
of such
corporate
supporters
as
Noel
Hankin,
Moet
Hennessey,
Felicia
Daniels,
Continental
Airlines,
Booz
Allen
Hamilton,
Prudential,
Verizon, Baume & Mercier, Barbados Tourism Board and scores of individuals,
the
event
has
become
the
premiere
African-American
cultural
and
social
event on
the
Hamptons
calendar.
Each
year,
the fete
draws
patrons
from all
across
the
country .
Midway
through
the late
afternoon
affair,
Susan &
Khephra
invited
the 100+
guest to
join
them in
a circle
around
the pool
for a
prayer
of
thanks
and
inspirational
words
from the
couple
and
Evidence,
A Dance
Company
founder
&
artistic
director
Ronald
K.
Brown.
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