Photo Coverage: Inside the 23rd New York Cabaret Convention- Day 2

The annual New York City Cabaret Convention -- conceived, launched, and brilliantly sustained for the past 23 seasons by The Mabel Mercer Foundation --has honored many specific people and events across the past two decades. Legendary performers, composers, lyricists, and their anniversaries have all had their day and their due as the Convention grew in visibility, stature, and acclaim.

This year, the 23rd Cabaret Convention, October 17-19 at Jazz at Lincoln Center/Frederick P. Rose Hall, will continue the extraordinary levels of entertainment provided by Smith and his compatriots, as well as provide happy, personal memories of the Mercer/Smith coalescence upon which the Foundation plans to thrive in the future.

Check out photos from day two below!

The premiere Donald F. Smith Award is made possible by the generosity and dedication of Adela and Larry Elow. In Smith's name, they have pledged an annual $5,000.00 grant for the next three years in encouragement of a cabaret artist who embodies the passion, talent, glamour, and dedication to presentation and the Great Popular Songbook beloved and championed by Mr. Smith and exemplified by Ms. Mercer. Similarly, The Noel Coward Award is being offered (for the third consecutive year in 2012) in conjunction with the London-based Noel Coward Foundation, who provide a $5,000.00 grant to a recipient whose outstanding ability and performance flair typify the individual, personal versatility of its namesake.

For further information about "Celebrating Donald Smith/The 23rd New York Cabaret Convention," please address The Mabel Mercer Foundation, 160 East 48th Street, #1P, New York, NY 10017, (212) 980-3026, www.mabelmercer.org or info@mabelmercer. Rick Meadows is the Managing Director of The Foundation; Artistic Director is KT Sullivan, Co-Director is Alyce Finell and Associate Director is Jason Martin.

Photo Credit: Stephen Sorokoff

Rose Hall

Jazz at Lincoln Center Dressing Room

Don Rebic

Andrea Marcovicci

Colleen McHugh & Ann Hampton Callaway

Marilyn Maye & Billy Stritch

Clint Holmes & Tim Sullivan

KT Sullivan

Hosts Andrea Marcovicci & Jeff Harnar

Andrea Marcovicci & Jeff Harnar

Jennifer Sheehan & T. Oliver Reid

Maude Maggart

Andrea's Back

Andrea Marcovicci

KT Sullivan & husband Steve Dow ney

Billy Stritch

Marilyn Maye

Marilyn Maye & Billy Stritch

Marilyn Maye

Daryl Sherman

Anna Bergman

Todd Murray & Anna Bergman

Todd Murray

Karen Akers

Jeff Harnar & Karen Akers

Clint Holmes

Todd Murray, Daryl Sherman, Billy Stritch, Marilyn Maye, Jeff Harnar, Colleen McHugh

The 23rd New York Cabaret Convention

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Stephen's life seems to have always revolved around a camera and a piano. He studied at Manhattan School of Music and performed in the "Borsht Belt" during college vacations, where in the true DIRTY DANCING tradition he met his wife Eda. Stephen was a Board Member of the First All Children's Theater and his wife, a classical pianist, is a Board Member of Barrington Stage Co. In between he made time to be CEO of a multi national machinery company and President of a domestic Textile Mfg. Co. In retirement, he now takes pictures of his 5 grandchildren and various other performers.

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