Salisbury Singers presents A Night at the Opera Saturday May 15, 2010 7:00 pm Silent Auction begins at 6:30 pm First Unitarian Church 90 Main Street • Worcester, MA Purchase tickets on-line at www.salisburysingers.org Auction Items #1 5 Liter Bottle of Villa Banfi Centine Tuscan Red #3 Donated by O’Hara’s Wines & Liquors Solid Hardwood Footstool from Chair City Wayside Furniture Donated by Leonard Curcio Simple curves, hand woven fiber rush seats have defined our work for more than 60 years. For more information, visit www.chaircitywayside.com Value: $69 Opening Bid: $35 402 West Boylston Street Worcester, MA 01606 [email protected] www.oharaswines.com Value: $100 Opening Bid: $50 #2 Necklace by Teresa Goodall #4 Donated by Michelle Dupre Harrington This necklace is made of resin, glass, sponge coral and silver wash beads on linen cord. Beaded area is 10" adjustable tie closure. Using color combinations found in nature, Teresa Goodall creates accessories that work with the today’s casual soft dressing. From a floral garden, to an ocean paradise, Teresa Goodall designs are knotted, wrapped, and made to order by a small talented crew of artisans in Minneapolis. Raised in rural Minnesota, Teresa is a self-taught jewelry designer. Her parents encouraged her creative interests from an early age. Teresa’s father had vast acres of salvaged cars. She would go through the old cars for treasure to be used in her early jewelry creations. Formal training at the University of Minnesota’s design department was cut short to go into business for herself. The first wholesale line was offered to retailers in the spring of 1983. View her other work at: www.gallery5.com/jewelry-teresa-goodall-c-3_217.html Value: $150 Opening Bid: $75 $ 100 Worcester Restaurant Group Gift Certificate Donated by Diane Smith and Margaret Macuga Enjoy a night out on the town at some of Worcester’s best restaurants. www.worcesterrestaurantgroup.com Value: $100 Opening Bid: $50 #5 Fitness Jump Start Programs Donated by Westborough Fitness Together, Karen Isgur, Manager Start your spring training now! One Initial fitness assessment and consultation and two training sessions. New clients only. Value: $300 Opening Bid: $50 #6 Worcester Art Museum One Year Family Membership Donated by The Worcester Art Museum The Worcester Art Museum’s collection is one of high-quality works spanning the past millennia and representing all continents. The collection is especially strong on American and European painting, Asian Art, Greek and Roman and Contemporary art. Membership will allow you free admission for your family (2 adults and 2 children under 17) for an entire year with the possibility to participate in a variety of special membership events. You also enjoy reductions in the gift shop, interesting lectures and discounts on classes. Value: $80 Opening Bid: $40 #7 Worcester Art Museum Admission for Two Plus Docent Services Donated by Jane Pastore Admission for two with a two hour tour of the museum with Docent Jane Pastore designed to suit preference of period and/or artist. www.worcesterart.org Value: $50 Opening Bid: $25 #8 Donated by Naome Fearing and Michelle Graveline In 2002, Waterford celebrated the 50th anniversary of the introduction of the Lismore pattern of crystal. Almost every year since its inception, Lismore has topped the popularity list and has been the biggest selling pattern of crystal in the U.S. and the world. Value: $150 Opening Bid: $35 #11 Waterford Crystal Araglin Fruit Bowl (9 in. diameter) Donated by Michelle Graveline Waterford Crystal has become almost a synonym for the finest quality crystal sought after by collectors and connoisseurs around the world. Each piece of Waterford can be recognized by the signature on the base with the word“Waterford,”the name of the finest crystal in the world . Value: $218 Opening Bid: $50 Two New England Patriots Tickets Donated by Frank Davis, President, World Cultural Tours Two tickets to see the Patriots challenge the Cincinatti Bengals on September 19, 2010. Value: $300 Opening Bid: $150 #9 #10 Two Waterford Crystal Lismore Balloon Wine Stem Glasses with Irish Tea Towel Two Tickets to the Boston Symphony Orchestra Donated by The Boston Symphony Orchestra With this BSO gift certificate, two fortunate people will receive the“best seats available”at the time of your call for either POPS 2010 spring season or BSO 2010/11 season. The earlier one calls for seats for a particular performance, the better your seats will be. Value: $150 Opening Bid: $80 #12 Four Passes to Tower Hill Botanic Garden Donated by Tower Hill Botanic Garden Tower Hill is always in season but especially in spring, summer and fall. Always something exciting, always something new… Tower Hill has many gardens – formal and casual – such as the Secret Garden, the Entry Court, The Lawn Garden, The Cottage Garden, The Wildlife Garden and more. Be sure to visit the 18th century-style, 4,000 square feet Orangerie, which houses many varieties of subtropical plants. Or, maybe you prefer to stroll the Woodland Trails and enjoy the Refuge Pond? One can spend the entire day at Tower Hill and enjoy lunch at Twig’s Café which offers great views over Mount Wachusett. (www.towerhillbg.org) Value: $40 Opening Bid: $20 #13 Bose Wave Radio II 15" x 14" and 2 1/2"-3" deep basin Donated by Bose The Wave® radio II is the latest version of the radio that changed people’s idea of a time-honored medium. Digital electronics and updated speaker technology allow this innovative table top radio to deliver more accurate audio with deeper lows. Its uncluttered design makes it welcome in almost any room. www.bose.com Value: $349.95 Opening Bid: $125 The basin is a hand built stoneware charger, glazed in blue. The form is from a rhubarb leaf. Value: $100 Opening Bid: $50 #16 “Pot Luck” from Jerry’s Hardware Donated by Jerry and Lynne LaComfora #14 “A Night at the Opera” Basket Donated by Margaret Tartaglia and Amanda MacPherson A Nig at th ht Operae For illustrative purposes only. Love to cook? Love wine and good food? Enjoy the makings of an evening of opera at home. Everything you need is in this 18" high basket. Recipes to read, pasta dishes to make, wine, music and fun dessert treats. "Libiamo,libiamo ne'lieti calici che la belleza infiora." Eat and drink to the pleasure of happiness. This basket is sure to fill you with fun, love and music! Value: $100 Opening Bid: $50 #15 Pottery From Marian Lyon Pottery, Hubbardston Donated by Marion Lyons Pieces from her private collection Marion Lyons owned Marion Lyon Pottery for nearly 25 years. These two pieces are from her private collection. Currently, she continues her interests in fine arts by painting in watercolors, acrylics and, most recently, oils. She shares a studio, Lyon & Everett Art Gallery, with her son, Kenneth Rhodes Everett, a painter of wildlife in watercolors and acrylics. Her work is shown in local central Massachusetts art shows. Kenneth received the First Prize in Watercolor at the spring GALA art show in Gardner. For more information, e-mail [email protected] 15 3/4" tall Stoneware Vase This vase is 8" across top and is thrown and hand built stoneware. Tan body with white flowing glaze. Wrap-around feature is transparent blue with impressions of chestnut leaves. Value: $150 Opening Bid: $75 For illustrative purposes only. This decorative garden pot contains everything you need to start your spring gardening: Miracle Gro soil, Potting Garden tools, Men’s & Women’s Garden Gloves, Assorted Flower seeds, Miracle Gro Plant Food and a 50 ft. garden hose – all topped off with a“sprinkling”of Lottery tickets. Jerry’s Hardware 1154 West Boylston Street Worcester, MA 01606-1145 (508) 853-9805 Value: $100 Opening Bid: $50 #17 A Guided Nature Walk Up Mt. Wachusett Donated by Neal Anderson The forests on Mt. Wachusett are the only Old Growth forests east of the Connecticut river in Massachusetts. This June you, and up to four guest, will walk up from the ski area to the summit to learn and experience that environment guided by Dr. Neal Anderson, Professor of Biology (Retired) Value: $75 Opening Bid: $40 #18 Creations by Katherine Donated by Katherine Jasmine Custom-designed jewelry, using the highest quality sterling silver, gold, Swarovski crystals and pearls. This stunning 3 piece jewelry set includes a 24-inch necklace on a diamond-cut sterling silver chain with hand-made, foil-lined, coin-shaped lampwork glass beads in a raised floral motif, Swarovski pearls, and sterling silver accents; matching bracelet and earrings, all in a rich teal green and pink color scheme. The bracelet features a“no man needed”clasp and the earrings have a sterling silver tulip design leverback ear wire. Value: $110 Opening Bid: $50 #19 An Aveda Relaxation and Spa Gift Set from the Failte Salon Donated by Roxana Kennedy/owner #22 Two Tickets to “Always, Patsy Cline” at The Hanover Theatre, Worcester, MA Friday, July 30, 2010 (Golden Circle seats) Donated by The Hanover Theatre The Failte Salon is an Aveda Concept Salon committed to excellence and providing guests with current hair styles, hair color, skin and body care. Failte Salon 275 Oxford Street, North Auburn, MA Phone: (508) 832-8565 Value: $55 Opening Bid: $25 “Always…Patsy Cline”is more than a tribute to the legendary country singer who died tragically at age 30 in a plane crash in 1963. The show is based on a true story about Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk in l961, and continued a correspondence with Cline until her death. The musical play, complete with down home country humor, true emotion and even some audience participation, includes many of Patsy’s unforgettable hits such as Crazy, I Fall to Pieces, Sweet Dreams and Walking After Midnight…27 songs in all. The show’s title was inspired by Cline’s letters to Seger, which were consistently signed“Love ALWAYS... Patsy Cline.” Value: $80 Opening Bid: $45 #20 Color Consulting & Decorating: One Hour Consultation Donated by Melissa Ruttle/Owner Melissa Ruttle, an experienced Manhattan colorist and home textile designer, has the knowledge to provide you with the best solution for choosing all different elements of colors and textiles for your home. www.colorsconsulting.com Value: $75 Opening Bid: $40 #21 Gift Certificate to The Hair Spa Donated by Sharon Thomas/Owner Use this gift certificate to come to The Hair Spa for pampering in an environment that is professional, caring and relaxing. Services include hair care, color, perms, manicures and pedicures. A Paul Mitchell Focus Salon The Hair Spa 225A Grafton Street, Worcester, MA Phone: (508) 832-8565 Value: $50 Opening Bid: $25 #24 Two Tickets to the September 19, 2010 Performance by Intermezzo Donated by John Whittlesey Enjoy a duet concert of chamber music with Gale Fuller, John Whittlesey and James Busby, plus a string quartet (Boston location TBA). It will feature Barber’s Dover Beach, Chausson’s Chanson perpetuelle, and a setting of the Song of Solomon by Hermann Zilcher. Intermezzo was born out of a vision to produce contemporary chamber operas and bring new and exciting works to the musical life in New England. Chamber opera merges the musical and dramatic flavor of grand opera with the immediacy of art song, performed on a smaller, more intimate scale. Our focus is on performing contemporary 20th and 21st century chamber works, particularly by American composers, and sung in English. www.intermezzo-opera.org Value: $50 Opening Bid: $25 #25 Gift certificate to The Castle Restaurant Donated by Marie Harrington The Castle has represented the epitome of fine dining for more than 40 years. The Castle offers two distinctive dining rooms and menus. The Crusader Room, a casual dining room, serves both lunch and dinner in a family style atmosphere. The Camelot Room, a classical dining room, offers the guests such entrees as rack of lamb, Chateaubriand, steak au poivre, and a seasonal game selection nightly.The Castle’s Knights of the Round Table Lounge offers an array of fine wine, cocktails, cordials and specialty coffee drinks for those who enjoy relaxed surrounding and company of good friends 1230 Main Street (Route 9), Leicester, Massachusetts 01524 Phone 508 892-9090 E-mail: [email protected] Value: $75 Opening Bid: $40