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32 The GOLDEN TICKET BY CHRISTINA GEYER. PHOTOGRAPHY STEVE WRUBEL. T here could be few more coveted invitations in town than the one requesting your attendance at the NorthPark Ambassador dinner. The intimate affair is as exclusive as they come: The select few influencers chosen to serve as NorthPark Ambassadors are allowed to invite just one guest and a representative from the charity of their choice. The result is a perfect mix of philanthropists, civic leaders, and stylish types — seated across two long tables in the gorgeous dining room at the Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek. Call it a power dinner: Conversation topics range from upcoming fund-raising initiatives and events to how to solve some of the largest issues facing our community. Pair lively conversation and a dynamic crowd with Hall wines — a definite perk of vintner Kathryn Hall serving as a NorthPark Ambassador — and you have a recipe for success. But those talented NorthPark Center organizers had more in mind: They flew 19-year-old piano prodigy Arsenii Mun — second-prize winner of the inaugural Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition — in from St. Petersburg, Russia, to perform throughout the evening. SEEN: NorthPark Center's Kristen Gibbins, Kristin Casner, Andrea DeValdenebro, and David Haemisegger, along with his daughter Sarah Haemisegger, who has moved home to Dallas to work at NorthPark, following in the footsteps of her mother, NorthPark proprietor Nancy Nasher; as well as NorthPark Ambassadors Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, Kimberly Alexander, Cami Goff, Kathryn Hall, Kim Hext, Linda Kao, Pat McEvoy, Lynn Mock, Jessica Nowitzki, Lisa Shirley, Courtney Sinelli, and Robert Weatherly. A DIPLOMATIC DINNER AT THE ROSEWOOD MANSION ON TURTLE CREEK. John & Cami Goff Andrea DeValdenebro, Kristen Gibbins David Haemisegger, Sarah Haemisegger Jessica Nowitzki Kimberly Schlegel Whitman Linda Kao, Joseph Lu Lynn & Presley Mock Kimberly Alexander, Yodit Tewolde Kathryn Hall, Justin Whitman Erica Hoelscher, Kim Hext Courtney Sinelli