Did You Make Your Reservation for the Tricky Tray and Auction?
Posted Friday, February 12, 2010 by PTANews.
One of the most fun (adult) evenings of the school year is coming up fast. Have you made you reservations for the Seventh Annual Clinton Tricky Tray and Auction? We sold out last year and had to turn some people away, so if you’re interested in coming, please submit your form and check as soon as possible. We also want to thank everyone who has donated prizes to this event.
Thanks to past Tricky Trays we’ve been able to buy a climbing wall for our gym, brand new playground equipment, and subsidize a complete audio/visual renovation of our auditorium. This is our biggest fundraiser of the year and your support is greatly appreciated.
If you are donating a prize, but haven’t given it to us yet, please send it our way within the next week. We are busy putting together the program for the event and want to be sure all prizes are included.
Please contact Cecelia Cancellaro (ccancellaro@verizon.net) or Karen Betheil (kbetheil@verizon.net) and we can arrange for a pick-up or drop-off. The deadline for our program is next Wednesday, so let us know as soon as possible.
Lastly, we have lots and lots of great prizes and thought you might like a glimpse of just a sampling. Below you’ll find some excerpts from the Silent Auction portion of the evening. We’ll excerpt more in future emails and we’ll also treat you to a sneak preview of our live auction items, including our new live auction group dinners that are being offered for the first time.
A sneak preview of some Silent Auction prizes:
DINING AND ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY:
Mexican Dinner for Six Delivered to Your Door. Includes authentic Mexican food, margaritas, and a CD of Mexican music. All homemade and donated by the Smiley-Lipp family. Weekends only and minimum two weeks’ notice. Value: $200
Indian Vegetarian Dinner for Four Delivered to Your Door. Includes lentil soup, paneer butter masala (homemade cheese with peas), aloo gobi (cauliflower and potato curry), and basmati rice. All homemade and donated by the DasBender-Bender family. Weekends only and minimum two weeks’ notice. Value: $125
Martha Stewart and More Cookbook Extravaganza. Includes Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes by Martha Stewart, Everyday Food: Great Food Fast by Martha Stewart, and So Easy: Luscious Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Week by Ellie Krieger. Donated by the Ash-Milby Family.
Value: $80
An Evening of Wine Appreciation with Award-Winning Chef and Certified Sommelier Scott Lahey. Scott, a Clinton parent, will conduct a wine tasting for eight people in your home at a mutually agreed-upon date. Scott will bring six wines from various parts of the world. Learn about Chardonnay (it doesn’t have to taste like buttered popcorn!). Taste a reasonably priced sparkling wine that gives expensive champagne a run for its money. Get a crash course in evaluating wine and the best food-pairing tips. Value: $400
One bottle of Champagne Michel Loriot Millesime 2002 Brute 1.5L, which received a score of 94 points from Wine and Spirits Magazine. Donated by Bonhomie Wine Imports of South Orange. Value: $110
Waring Pro Electric Martini Maker, donated by Brides Magazine. Value: $190
Homemade Cake (carrot, chocolate, vanilla) for up to 12 people, baked and decorated (you choose the theme) by Clinton parent Elisabeth Antoine, who teaches cupcake decoration for kids at Whole Foods.
Value: $50
TICKETS CATEGORY
The Rachael Ray Show in New York: Two tickets to be in the live studio audience of this Daytime Emmy-winning talk show. Tickets must be used by April 2010 and require two weeks’ notice for availability. All audience guests must be 16 years of age or older. Value: Priceless
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center: Two tickets to see a performance in December 2010. Available performance dates will be selected by the Ailey organization in November 2010. The ticket recipient must phone in to claim their tickets between November 1—November 23 (by 6:00pm). Value: $180
Paper Mill Playhouse, in Millburn: Two tickets to “Smokey Joe’s Café”
for any Wednesday, Thursday, or Sunday evening performance from April 7th until May 2nd. Value: $115
Big Apple Circus, in Cunningham Park, Fresh Meadows, NY: Winner will receive four mezzanine seats to a weekday evening performance (after 6:30 pm) between May 16 and June 6, 2010. Recipient must phone in to redeem certificate for tickets. Value: $100
FASHION AND JEWELRY CATEGORY:
Lauren Scherr silver rhinestone evening bag, donated by Brides Magazine. Value: $225
BCBG Max Azria feather evening bag, donated by Brides Magazine. Value:
$175
Tory Burch Leather-Trimmed Black Nylon Tote, donated by the Clinton families. Value: $225
Tiffany & Co. 1837 Interlocking Circle Pendant, a timeless Tiffany favorite, hallmarked with the year the company was founded. Pendant in sterling silver and 18K rose gold on a 16” chain. Donated by the Trewick family. Value: $400
Lia Sophia Couture stretch bracelet with 80 jet, hematite, and black diamond cut-crystals in a silver matte setting. (Retired with the most recent catalog, no longer available for purchase). Donated by Clinton parent and Lia Sophia advisor Robin Leonard. Value $156
Kenneth Cole cufflinks in red agate and silver. Value: $65
Tecnica boots with white bovine fur and rabbit fur trim (size 9), donated by Brides Magazine. Value: $289
