The 9th Annual Viola Awards Gala took place on Saturday, March 4, 2017, at High Country Conference Center in Flagstaff, Arizona. Ten different awards were given out in eight categories, plus two Viola Legacy Awards. Below are photos of the Gala event action – photobooth images are on a different page. Click on an image to see full size.
2017 Viola Awards Gala – Action Photos
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- Abby Chan from Dark Sky Aerial accepts the Performing Arts Award.
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- Abby Chan from Dark Sky Aerial accepts the Performing Arts Award.
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- Alison Busche wins a Best Dressed Award
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- Alison Busche Best Dressed
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- Alison Busche Best Dressed
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- Storytelling nominee Melissa Sevigny
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- Dapper Dre’s Best Dressed
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- Dapper Dre
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- Dark Sky Aerial’s feature performance
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- Dark Sky Aerial during Viola Social Hour
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs during Viola Social Hour
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs during Viola Social Hour
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs during Viola Social Hour
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs during Viola Social Hour
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- Dark Sky Aerial performs during Viola Social Hour
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- David Christiana accepts the Visual Art award from Flagstaff Neurosurgery’s Dr. Safavi
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- David Christiana acceptance speech
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- Deborah Raymond acceptance speech for Nando Schellen
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- Deborah Raymond acceptance speech for Nando Schellen
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- Deborah Raymond acceptance speech for Nando Schellen
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- Dr. Safavi from Flagstaff Neurosurgery
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- Dapper Dre’s Best Dressed
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- Erin Evans with Dapper Dre
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- Elizabeth Hellstern accepts the Storytelling Award from Naked Mobile’s Samantha Krechel
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- Elizabeth Hellstern acceptance speech
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- Elizabeth and JT go over the schedule
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- Elizabeth says it’s JT’s fault
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- Elizabeth Vogler and John JT Tannous
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- Elizabeth Vogler and Kyle Darden
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- Ellen Tibbetts
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- Viola Babbitt’s great great granddaughter Emma Dorn
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- Erin Evans
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- Erin and Rob Evans
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- Nominee False North performs
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- Nominee False North performs
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- Emcee Garrison Garcia
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- Emcee Garrison Garcia
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- APS sponsor Janet Dean
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- Jillian Worssam acceptance speech
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- Jillian Worssam, winner in Excellence in Science Education
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- Jillian Worssam, winner in Excellence in Science Education
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- Steve Warburton created the 2017 Viola Awards
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- Executive Director John JT Tannous
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- Klee Benally accepts the Storytelling Award
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- Klee Benally accepts the Storytelling Award
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- Klee Benally accepts the Storytelling Award
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- Klee Benally accepts the Storytelling Award
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- Klee Benally accepts the Storytelling Award
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- Kristopher Kohl accepts the Emerging Artist award
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- Kristopher Kohl accepts the Emerging Artist award
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- Kristopher Kohl performs
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- Kristopher Kohl performs
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- Kristopher Kohl accepts the Emerging Artist award
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- Le Trebuchet wins a Best Dressed Award
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- Findlay Automotive sponsor Mark Monthofer
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- Mayor Coral Evans takes in the Gala
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- Mayor Coral Evans takes in the Gala
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- Michael Vincent wins Excellence in Leadership
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- Michael Vincent wins Excellence in Leadership
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- Mindy Bell wins a Best Dressed Award
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- Mother Road Trio performs
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- Mother Road Trio performs
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- NAU President Rita Cheng
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- Robert Breunig accepts the Viola Legacy Award
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- Naked Mobile sponsor Samantha Krechel
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- Shawn Skabelund and Janice ChenJu Chiang accept the Perfoming Arts Award
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- Shawn Skabelund and Janice ChenJu Chiang accept the Perfoming Arts Award
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- Shawn Skabelund and Janice ChenJu Chiang accept the Perfoming Arts Award
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- Sheila White accepts the Excellence in Arts Education Award
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- Sheila White accepts the Excellence in Arts Education Award
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- Viola Social Hour with Dark Sky Aerial
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- Nominee Curt Walters
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- Nominee Curt Walters
