The concert was co-hosted by gossip columnist Liz Smith and actor Denis Leary and featured the New York Pops under the baton of David Charles Abell. ***
At left (from top): Lea Salonga; John Lloyd Young and Neil Sedaka; Diana DeGarmo; Denis and Ann Leary; Anika Noni Rose.
Below: Mother Jenny Swindal, daughter Haley Swindal and grandmother Joan Steinbrenner.
photos by Aubrey Reuben