Miami, FL – September 28, 2017 – Make-A-Wish Southern Florida and InterContinental Miami celebrated the 23rd Annual InterContinental Miami Make-A-Wish Ball VIP Kickoff Party at the InterContinental Miami in anticipation of this season’s gala Mystical Music Box on Saturday, November 4, headlined by singer Lenny Kravitz. Actress and filmmaker Gabrielle Anwar will return as celebrity emcee of The Ball and NBC’s The Voice winner Alisan Porter will return as the evening’s opening act. The evening concluded with an endearing speech by Make-A-Wish Southern Florida Wish recipient’s father, Carlos (nickname Fred) Moreira whose son, Davi, had his wish granted to visit Disney after recovering from leukemia. With tears in his eyes, “Fred” described how happy it made his son to have this extraordinary experience when facing one of the toughest challeges of his young life.

Robert Hill, Norm Wedderburn, & Brett Rose

John Lenahan & Canor Pato

Steve & Gwenn Vecchitto

Wanda Trouba & Erin Briede

Norman Wedderburn, Shareef Malnik, Gabrielle Anwar, & Robert Hill

Norman Wedderburn, Shareef Malnik, & Robert Hill

Shareef Malnik & Gabrielle Anwar

Gabrielle Anwar & Shareef Malnik

Shareef Malnik & Gabrielle Anwar

Norman Wedderburn

Robert Hill

Voytek Faber & Erika Conrad

Andrew & Sandy Alfano

Illy Wedderburn & Francesca Loi

Gabrielle Anwar & Danny Jelaca

Saenya Simms & Camille Perkins

Leah Hartstone & Carl Senechal

Claus Blohm & Monique Graciotti

Yvonne Hila & David Roth

Jennifer Judice, Lisa Gang, & Lee Lentz

Kim Tabor, Ameen Killidar, Vainav Killidar, & Bich-Ly Ludwig