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Photos: Celebrities Everywhere at Annual Festival of Arts Gala!

Marcia Gay Harden, Christopher Knight (Peter Brady!) Hal Linden, Richard Karn, Jerry Mathers (the Beave!) and Laguna Beach's own Annika Dries hung out in the canyon for the afternoon ...

The red carpet was rolled out on Saturday, Aug. 25, for the stars who came to celebrate the 80-year anniversary of the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters.

Academy and Tony Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden hosted the evening, while Grammy and Golden Globe-Award-winning composer/singer/songwriter Christopher Cross entertained a crowd of nearly 3,000. Cross is best known for his 1980s hits "Sailing," "Ride Like the Wind," and "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)."

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Celebrities Donna Mills (Knotts Landing), Jerry Mathers (Leave it to Beaver), Richard Karn (Home Improvement), Hal Linden (Barney Miller), Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch), Robert David Hall (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation), Barry Bostwick (Spin City, Cougar Town, The Rocky Horror Picture Show), Seamus and Juliana Dever (Castle), and Bruno Gunn (Hunger Games: Catching Fire) were all in attendance.

Non-actors included Laguna Beach's own 2012 Olympic gold medalist Annika Dries, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist Al Joyner, and attorney Gloria Allred.

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The event raised $230,000 for the Festival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters.

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