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PHOTOS: Aquarium Hosts Star-Studded "Pink Penguin Fundraiser"

More than 600 guests turned out Saturday night to support the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund.

The hosted more than 600 guests and celebrities who came out to support the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund on Saturday night. 

Special effects lighting, curtains, and table linens transformed the inside of the aquarium into a pink and white dreamland for the night.  Three themes unified the celebration: food, music, and team spirit in the fight to find a cure for breast cancer.

 

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Emcee Fingers of WBAB and Carol Baldwin greeted Foundation honorees before the musical guests turned the Sea Lion Colosseum into a sound stage.  Robbie Rosen of American Idol, Lita Ford, Zebra's Randy Jackson, and Long Island's own country artist Lisa Matassa performed. Actors Billy and Stephen Baldwin accompanying their mother, Carol, mingled with visitors and posed for photos with any and all who asked. 

During the event, guests visited the "casino" where they won tickets that could be used toward prizes in the Chinese auction. Guests were also able to wander outside to a koi pond patio to bid on the items available in the Silent Auction.

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