Essence Magazine:
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CHICAGO—Every day at 5 p.m., a hush falls over the lobby of The St. Regis Chicago. That’s when Deidre Dukes wheels her champagne cart forward and the atmosphere shifts. Guests pause mid-conversation. Phones emerge to capture the moment.
Dukes commands attention in her navy suit, maroon vest and white gloves. At the center of it all is the hotel’s famous sabrage ceremony, part of
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