So who here went to the ballet coronavirus party?

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Anonymous wrote:Was there anyone actually at the Gala? It looked like everything was pre-recorded, except the hosting by Ashley, Sara and Corey.

+ the ballet company director who got sick during recording and a number of tech staff for the recording.

Is that the lady who was sitting across the table from Ashley in the video?

No, on-set Ashley was across from the Gala Co-Chair, Sara Lange. The bartender in the middle was WB company member Corey Landolt.

Ah so "bar tender" is the male dancer who was infected.

Can we talk about why on earth they made a male ballet dancer bar tend? Such disrespect for his artistic craft and the personal investment he makes in it. How humiliating to be asked to do that.

OMG people need money. Dancers, actors, singers often have side gigs to make ends meet.

Seriously, have you eaten out in NYC? Half the waitstaff is trying to make it in the performing arts. And they [used to] make good money waiting and bar tending.

There is a difference between choosing to do this on your own before or while you pursue a craft, but, being asked to do a job outside the scope of your employment by your institution because they know you're desperate for money is something different. If WB is raising money, then I certainly hope they are paying all their dancers to dance, not to bar tend for the rich folks. It's like asking someone to serve coffee at the meeting.

I didn't watch, but, really, they needed a bartender for a virtual fundraiser?

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Anonymous wrote:Was there anyone actually at the Gala? It looked like everything was pre-recorded, except the hosting by Ashley, Sara and Corey.

+ the ballet company director who got sick during recording and a number of tech staff for the recording.

Is that the lady who was sitting across the table from Ashley in the video?

No, on-set Ashley was across from the Gala Co-Chair, Sara Lange. The bartender in the middle was WB company member Corey Landolt.

Ah so "bar tender" is the male dancer who was infected.

Can we talk about why on earth they made a male ballet dancer bar tend? Such disrespect for his artistic craft and the personal investment he makes in it. How humiliating to be asked to do that.

OMG people need money. Dancers, actors, singers often have side gigs to make ends meet.

Seriously, have you eaten out in NYC? Half the waitstaff is trying to make it in the performing arts. And they [used to] make good money waiting and bar tending.

There is a difference between choosing to do this on your own before or while you pursue a craft, but, being asked to do a job outside the scope of your employment by your institution because they know you're desperate for money is something different. If WB is raising money, then I certainly hope they are paying all their dancers to dance, not to bar tend for the rich folks. It's like asking someone to serve coffee at the meeting.

I didn't watch, but, really, they needed a bartender for a virtual fundraiser?

I didn't see it that way at all. It was fun to get to know a dancer and see him do something else, also somewhat glamorous. And it's not like he was toiling away making a hundred cocktails. He was playing a part for the gala, making a couple of cocktails.

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Serving ladies who lunch is not glamorous. The dancer would probably never say this out loud but doubtless was not happy with the “role.”

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Anonymous wrote:All of these women don't add up to 10% of a Louise Linton IMO.

Agree. I find Louise legitimately interesting and stylish. Louise, come back to DC!

Right?? Mike Pence officiated at her (husband’s third) wedding! The federal private jet instagram! The fabricated African savior book! She has it all.

Behold this bish throwing away her reusable grocery bag and lysol-ing her groceries for no sound reason:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VgLtEnoOm/?igshid=6m7bwht9wzce

Behold a true morning routine. Maybe Ashley should have tried this instead of the bootcamp.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-GDARxn77n/?igshid=knmnqsnjc0ty

OMG this is gold. The bit where she Lysols the Lysol can....

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Anonymous wrote:All of these women don't add up to 10% of a Louise Linton IMO.

Agree. I find Louise legitimately interesting and stylish. Louise, come back to DC!

Right?? Mike Pence officiated at her (husband’s third) wedding! The federal private jet instagram! The fabricated African savior book! She has it all.

Behold this bish throwing away her reusable grocery bag and lysol-ing her groceries for no sound reason:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VgLtEnoOm/?igshid=6m7bwht9wzce

Behold a true morning routine. Maybe Ashley should have tried this instead of the bootcamp.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-GDARxn77n/?igshid=knmnqsnjc0ty

OMG this is gold. The bit where she Lysols the Lysol can....

She is a total treasure. Everything she does is equal parts offensive and delightful.

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Anonymous wrote:All of these women don't add up to 10% of a Louise Linton IMO.

Agree. I find Louise legitimately interesting and stylish. Louise, come back to DC!

Right?? Mike Pence officiated at her (husband’s third) wedding! The federal private jet instagram! The fabricated African savior book! She has it all.

Behold this bish throwing away her reusable grocery bag and lysol-ing her groceries for no sound reason:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-VgLtEnoOm/?igshid=6m7bwht9wzce

Behold a true morning routine. Maybe Ashley should have tried this instead of the bootcamp.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-GDARxn77n/?igshid=knmnqsnjc0ty

OMG this is gold. The bit where she Lysols the Lysol can....

She is a total treasure. Everything she does is equal parts offensive and delightful.

It's like if Ivanka Trump were fun. And thin.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, the lady and the bartender at the table with ashley were both infected. Remember she felt sick, so she was probably coughing/sneezing etc.

Since this is technically the health forum ... important factoid I just learned recently: People who cough or sneeze produce heavy virus-laden droplets that fall quickly to the ground. Infected people who are NOT coughing and sneezing release lighter virus-laden aerosols when they breathe and talk, and those lighter particles can float in the air for much longer for others to breathe in. Researchers at least suspect that this is how asymptotic or only mildly symptomatic people can be super-spreaders. You can’t rely on coughing (your own or others’) as the measure of whether someone is spreading virus. [/end PSA]

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Anonymous wrote:Were there two articles? I only see one article,

The second one was in the Theater and Dance section, by a dance critic 2 days ago.
The first was in the Lifestyle section, by a "feature reporter" ("reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers.") 2 weeks ago.

WaPo now needs a third article by a reporter whose livelihood doesn't depend on maintaining friendships with dancers and philanthropists.

Wow—I just saw this stunningly off-base article from 7/13 which focuses on how the Ballet “somehow” messed up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-washington-ballet-thought-a-virtual-fundraiser-was-safe-but-it-still-may-have-put-artists-at-risk/2020/07/13/a70bf050-c2da-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

It says that Ashley “got sick the day after the party” and notes that Julie Kent wasn’t at Ashley’s dinner party. Like they (Including the journalist) are all scratching their heads to understand how this happened.

The author is significantly in error. Ashley may have tested positive right after the party, but OBVIOUSLY she was already sick at that time, and she was obviously already sick at the time of the gala.

They are really trying to sweep her inexcusable actions under the rug. Journalist included.

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Anonymous wrote:Were there two articles? I only see one article,

The second one was in the Theater and Dance section, by a dance critic 2 days ago.
The first was in the Lifestyle section, by a "feature reporter" ("reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers.") 2 weeks ago.

WaPo now needs a third article by a reporter whose livelihood doesn't depend on maintaining friendships with dancers and philanthropists.

Wow—I just saw this stunningly off-base article from 7/13 which focuses on how the Ballet “somehow” messed up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-washington-ballet-thought-a-virtual-fundraiser-was-safe-but-it-still-may-have-put-artists-at-risk/2020/07/13/a70bf050-c2da-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

It says that Ashley “got sick the day after the party” and notes that Julie Kent wasn’t at Ashley’s dinner party. Like they (Including the journalist) are all scratching their heads to understand how this happened.

The author is significantly in error. Ashley may have tested positive right after the party, but OBVIOUSLY she was already sick at that time, and she was obviously already sick at the time of the gala.

They are really trying to sweep her inexcusable actions under the rug. Journalist included.

I don't defend her at all. I think what she did was horrible. However, its not obvious she was sick at the party. Pre-symptomatic transmission isn't just possible, but some speculate you are MOST contagious in the days before you have symptoms.

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Anonymous wrote:Were there two articles? I only see one article,

The second one was in the Theater and Dance section, by a dance critic 2 days ago.
The first was in the Lifestyle section, by a "feature reporter" ("reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers.") 2 weeks ago.

WaPo now needs a third article by a reporter whose livelihood doesn't depend on maintaining friendships with dancers and philanthropists.

Wow—I just saw this stunningly off-base article from 7/13 which focuses on how the Ballet “somehow” messed up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-washington-ballet-thought-a-virtual-fundraiser-was-safe-but-it-still-may-have-put-artists-at-risk/2020/07/13/a70bf050-c2da-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

It says that Ashley “got sick the day after the party” and notes that Julie Kent wasn’t at Ashley’s dinner party. Like they (Including the journalist) are all scratching their heads to understand how this happened.

The author is significantly in error. Ashley may have tested positive right after the party, but OBVIOUSLY she was already sick at that time, and she was obviously already sick at the time of the gala.

They are really trying to sweep her inexcusable actions under the rug. Journalist included.

I don't defend her at all. I think what she did was horrible. However, its not obvious she was sick at the party. Pre-symptomatic transmission isn't just possible, but some speculate you are MOST contagious in the days before you have symptoms.

But she'd already been tested BEFORE the party! She knew she was sick and knew that it was probably the corona.

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Anonymous wrote:Every single person at that party should be suing for negligence.

Don’t you mean they should be sued for negligence by all the other people they may have been in contact with after the party? They made the choice to attend an illegal gathering and then put anyone else the encountered (children, grocery store workers, co-workers, childcare providers, etc) at risk because of their irresponsible choices.

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Anonymous wrote:Were there two articles? I only see one article,

The second one was in the Theater and Dance section, by a dance critic 2 days ago.
The first was in the Lifestyle section, by a "feature reporter" ("reporter covering Washington's social, political and philanthropic power brokers.") 2 weeks ago.

WaPo now needs a third article by a reporter whose livelihood doesn't depend on maintaining friendships with dancers and philanthropists.

Wow—I just saw this stunningly off-base article from 7/13 which focuses on how the Ballet “somehow” messed up.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-washington-ballet-thought-a-virtual-fundraiser-was-safe-but-it-still-may-have-put-artists-at-risk/2020/07/13/a70bf050-c2da-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html

It says that Ashley “got sick the day after the party” and notes that Julie Kent wasn’t at Ashley’s dinner party. Like they (Including the journalist) are all scratching their heads to understand how this happened.

The author is significantly in error. Ashley may have tested positive right after the party, but OBVIOUSLY she was already sick at that time, and she was obviously already sick at the time of the gala.

They are really trying to sweep her inexcusable actions under the rug. Journalist included.

I don't defend her at all. I think what she did was horrible. However, its not obvious she was sick at the party. Pre-symptomatic transmission isn't just possible, but some speculate you are MOST contagious in the days before you have symptoms.

But she'd already been tested BEFORE the party! She knew she was sick and knew that it was probably the corona.

This is incorrect. The party was Thursday, she tested Friday and got the results Monday.

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Anonymous wrote:Has no one mentioned that the "director" of the "summer camp" Chloe Kaplan had COVID early on and made a big dramatic stink on IG about how sick she was with it? Then goes and runs a summer camp for the rich women she sucks up to as her "business". She is a phony and a hypocrite.

YAS, PP. How has no one mentioned this? Thanks for keeping the thread alive!

https://georgetowner.com/articles/2020/04/08/a-covid-positive-parents-morning/

OMG She is insufferable. The whole lot deserves each other. Gag.

Such bad writing! Like a Carrie Bradshaw diary entry. Emotionally stunted and trying to be cute but not too cute.

Ugh. And in the article she talks about how she has her “most reliable and germ-free caregiver” come to babysit their (asymptatic) child while she and her husband are unwell with coronavirus. No mention whatsoever of concerns that the caregiver might get sick from them (or did I miss something?)

That was her trying to be cute that her child was asking to STOP playing IPad. Gag.

This is what I took away from that Georgetowner article.

1. Author did not care that caregiver could become sick with coronavirus.

2. Author had to brag her husband yelled from "three floors away." (I have a big house, everyone!)

3. She can interpret her husband's thoughts about how he felt a certain way about her having more symptoms than him?? She must be magic.

4. She is all about herself.

Sorry, posted in the wrong spot. To be fair, the "caregiver" is the iPad. She was trying to be cute but came across as unclear.

Ohh, if true that was absolutely unclear. How can you be sure? Does she know she comes across as insufferable?

"I take a bite of cereal. Nope, still can’t smell or taste. Ugh. I immediately report this aloud, rubbing it in by saying if I can’t taste a cocktail on my birthday I’ll be devastated".

She is completely insufferable, trust me.

What's funny is that she's deluded herself into thinking that she's been accepted and is a part of the "in crowd", but what she doesn't realize is that she's only ever been seen as the hired help and that's all they'll ever see her as.

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Anonymous wrote:Every single person at that party should be suing for negligence.

Why? She didn't know she had it. This is the risk you take when you attend something like this. I think throwing the party was dumb, but anyone who attended who hasn't been living under a rock understood the risks.

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What's funny is that she's deluded herself into thinking that she's been accepted and is a part of the "in crowd", but what she doesn't realize is that she's only ever been seen as the hired help and that's all they'll ever see her as.

What seems clear to me is that the "in crowd" is only "into themselves". This town is insufferable.