The swan song of the “Sedalia Stars” dance competition and some new twists to the live auction will highlight the State Fair Community College Foundation’s fifth annual fundraising gala March 9 in the Stauffacher Center for the Fine Arts on the Sedalia campus.
The gala, “A Sapphire Soirée,” will include a social hour, dinner, live auction, entertainment by pianist Cynthia Groff and the SFCC Jazz Choir directed by Ron Sayer, and the foundation’s fifth and final dance competition.
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