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| 2011 Spring Gala | |
| Save the date - May 19, 2012 | |
| The Details | |
| Date: Saturday,
May 14, 2011 Time: 5:30pm Place: Dining Lodge, Sugar Creek Bible Camp, Ferryville, WI Cost: $40.00/Ticket ($20.00 Tax Deductible) Cash Beverage Service |
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| Dinner Featuring Local Foods, Prepared by Chef Monique Hooker | |
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Hors D'oeuvres Hummus Cups Roasted Vegetable Crostini Baby Potatoes with Greek Pesto Goat Cheese Phyllo Triangles with Roasted Pepper Sauce Shrimp Crepe Pinwheels Artichoke Toast Appetizer Polenta Pizza with Arugula Pesto Sauce Entree Roasted Salmon with Cider Apple Cream Sauce or Chicken Ballotine with Caramelized Ramp Sauce Quinoa Pilaf Fresh Asparagus Salad Belgium Endive and Watercress Roasted Garlic and Lemon Dressing Dessert Warm Bourbon Bread Pudding with Two Sauces Chocolate and Creme Anglaise |
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| Wines by Vernon Vineyards | |
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Wines by the Glass and Bottle La Crosse White - Semi-dry white with fruit and a hint of spice Three Chimneys Red - Drier, full-bodied red with a hint of oak |
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| The Evening's Events | |
| 5:30pm Wine and Hors D'Ouevres / View the Silent
Auction 6:30pm Dinner 8:00pm "Last Call" for Silent Auction bids 8:15pm Live Auction of KidsArt 8:30pm Raffle Drawing 9:00 Dancing |
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| Performing Artist - Simply JP | |
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JP Olsen promises us a
special evening of music. She delivers jazz standards, pop
music, gospel and country crossover with great interpretation
and style. JP has performed on stage with Amy Grant, Billie Rae Cyrus, Anne Murray, Charlie Pride, and Willie Nelson. Her two solo CDs are entitled "A Guy Like That" and "Favorite Hymns of Faith." Preview her great voice on her website. Website |
Directions to Sugar Creek Bible Camp Click here to link to Sugar Creek's website (directions at bottom) Follow the drive as far as you can to the new Dining Lodge |
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| Interested in attending? Contact us at gala@DriftlessAreaArtFestival.com |
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Our 2011 Spring Gala was held in the dining lodge at Sugar Creek Bible Camp near Ferryville.
We enjoyed record attendance and the event raised over $7,500 for the art festival. Beautiful bouquets from Star Valley Flowers graced every table. |
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| Chef Monique Hooker
created an incredible dinner featuring local foods, with
ingredients coming from Organic Valley, Driftless Organics,
Peoples Food Coop, Artos Bakery, Vernon Vineyards, and Kickapoo Coffee
Roasters. Students from North Crawford and De Soto school districts helped prepare and serve the dinner. |
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| Over thirty Driftless Area artists generously contributed over $4,200 worth of art to our silent auction. It was a fine showing of the talents of our visual artists, and we thank them all. |
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The three winning KidsArt pieces from
the 2010 festival were sold in a live auction that brought $1,400 to
the school art programs of the student artists. In addition, a ceramic mask donated by a KidsArt participant brought $400 that will go to support the KidsArt Activity Zone and Gallery at the art festival. |
| Artists Angela Feltes (middle) and Jamie Heinden (right) drew the winning raffle tickets. Monica Swallow of Oconomoc was the lucky winner of Jamie's beautiful photograph "Working Neighbors." Nora Knapik of Soldiers Grove won Angie's handwoven bamboo scarf, and Cynthia Rogan, who lives in the Chicago area, won Nick Smolen's forged iron candlesticks. |
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The evening culminated with wonderful music
by Simply JP. We thank everyone who helped, attended, and bid, and hope to see you at our 2012 Gala. |