Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
avenue markeTplace –<br />
chriSTmaS in ocTober<br />
Marketplace Chairmen:<br />
Mary Belle Connick and Colleen Barber<br />
October 22, 2009 — This new fundraiser<br />
for the school sold out a seated luncheon<br />
sponsored and catered by Clancy’s<br />
and included a full day of festivities, food,<br />
music and shopping. The holiday marketplace<br />
featured over 110 merchants. With<br />
over 400 people in attendance, we were<br />
able to raise a net income of approximately<br />
$20,000. Congratulations to the<br />
committee that organized this premier<br />
event: Mary Belle Connick and Colleen<br />
Barber, Valerie Bayle, Julie Ann Connick,<br />
Denise Galloway, Ingrid Garvey, Kelley<br />
Good, Anne Guillot, Charlotte Hebert,<br />
Erin Leutkemeier, Sarah Ott, Beth Owens,<br />
and Wendy Thomas. Special thanks<br />
to our sponsors: Mary Beth Rittiner —<br />
State Farm Agent, New Orleans Party<br />
Rentals, Brian and Mary Larson and all<br />
of our volunteers.<br />
Members of the Marketplace Committee:<br />
Beth Owens, Ingrid Garvey,<br />
Kelley Good and Valerie Bayle.<br />
14<br />
<strong>THE</strong> BRIDGE | WINTER 2010<br />
AuCTION – LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT'S SATuRDAY NIGHT!<br />
November 7, 2009 — With bright lights in front of the New York skyline<br />
and a musical performance by Flambeaux, the Nims Fine Arts Center was<br />
transformed in a New York minute into the Big Apple. While sipping on their<br />
“South of Manhattans,” over 300 guests served as the studio audience for<br />
a very entertaining performance by our host and auctioneer Bryan Batt.<br />
A standing ovation goes out to our generous sponsors: Whitney National<br />
Bank, East Jefferson General Hospital, Wells Fargo Advisors, Mediterranean<br />
Tile and Marble and Frischhertz Electric for underwriting an event<br />
that auctioned off over 160 items with a net profit of $103,000. Patrons<br />
bid on diamond jewelry, sports memorabilia, creative class creations,<br />
MADMEN memorabilia and trips to New York and Las Vegas! The night<br />
would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of our<br />
2009 Auction Committee: Machele Payne, Jennifer Hardie, Kellie Hardie,<br />
Ann Mitchell-Wypyski, Doran Roemershauser and Kristy Vanderbrook. We<br />
also want to applaud our sponsors, donors, faculty, staff and volunteers<br />
who worked hard to make this a fundraising success for the school.<br />
Live Auction winner Eric Skrmetta putting that final bid in on the Pajama Party.<br />
Special thanks to our in-kind sponsors who provided us with so many<br />
generous items that were essential to the evening’s enjoyment: Air Effects/<br />
Sky-Tracker, LLC, The Antoine Family and Artisan Fine Wines, Bourbon<br />
House, Brown Forman Spirits, Bryan Batt, Crystal Clear Imaging, Chef<br />
Greg and Mary Sonnier of Gabrielle’s at the Uptowner, Dickie Brennan<br />
and Company, ETC! Eatery.to.go.Catering, Flavorbox Catering, Houston’s,<br />
Le Bon Vie Studio, Lisa Musso Film Catering, Lucky Dogs, New Orleans<br />
Party Rentals, Pepperoni Café, Ristorante Filippo, The Plant Gallery, The<br />
Royal Sweet and Walter J. Barnes Electric Company.
Change language