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Dannielynn Birkheadis channeling her innerJanet Jackson.
Larry, 49, revealed that the attire Dannielynn, 15, was wearing once belonged to the “Escapade” singer in anInstagram poston the joint account that he shares with his teenage daughter.
Noting that her ensemble “was purchased as a part of Janet’s@juliens_auctionsbenefitting charity,” Larry continued, “Ironically, Janet is expected to attend tonight.”
At the event, Dannielynn and Jackson posed together for photographs alongside Larry. The father-daughter duo has long attended the event, which is where Larry first met Smith.
Chris Barnstable-Brown, one of the event’s organizers, tells PEOPLE that Dannielynn “looked gorgeous” while wearing her “homage” to Jackson. “She is getting so tall,” he adds of the teen. “She’s almost as tall as her dad now.”
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Jackson, meanwhile, Barnstable-Brown says, looked like a “goddess in the flesh.” He adds: “Janet Jackson came in and when just absolutely couldn’t be any sweeter.”
“She was so sweet and down to earth, and she was mingling with guests,” Barnstable-Brown says. “She was talking to everybody.”
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Jackson, Dannielynn, and Larry were just some of the guests to attend the star-studded gala, which raises money for theBarnstable Brown Diabetes Centerat the University of Kentucky.
Over the past thirteen years, the event has raised and donated approximately $17 million to aid the medical center.
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Other guests at the event includedJason Aldean,Sam Hunt,Justin Hartley,Sofia Pernas,Richie Sambora, andMorgan Wallen, to name a few.
Barnstable-Brown tells PEOPLE that many of the singing celebrities in attendance jumped onstage for “impromptu” performances.
Among them included Aldean, 45, who performed a “10-minute rendition” of his song “Little Pink Houses” — which Barnstable-Brown says, “Had the crowd all chanting.”
Hootie and the Blowfish’sDarius Ruckeralso performed onstage, and Barnstable-Brown notes that his son Jack was in attendance at the event recording his set during what marked a father-son getaway for the duo.
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“Seeing them all jamming and doing their dances and stuff like that was just totally spontaneous, but it was a ton of fun,” Barnstable-Brown tells PEOPLE.
source: people.com
