The Eugene Symphony Presents

46th Anniversary Gala Auction

The Board of Directors of the Eugene Symphony cordially invites you to attend the 46th Anniversary Gala Auction benefiting the Eugene Symphony's education and community engagement programs.

Friday February 17, 2012 Danail Rachev, Music Director & Conductor, Janet & Jim Kissman, Gala Chairs, Sid Voorhees, Auctioneer, Don Essig, Master of Ceremonies, Caitriona Bolster, 2012 Advocate for the Arts Award Recipient

6:30 Cocktail Reception & Registration,  8:00 Dinner, Live Auction & Advocate for the Arts Award Presentation,  10:00 Dancing to Swing Shift

Ticket Information
$150 per person
$1,200 for a Gala table for 8
$2,000 for a Concierge Level Gala table for 8
For tickets call 541-687-9487 ext. 115 or email gala@eugenesymphony.org

The Hilton Eugene will offer a room discount of 25% for Symphony guests on February 17, 2012. Hilton room reservations: 541-642-2000.

Make a note of the destination package dates below, now! (In chronological order)

Portland Sports: March 15-16, 2012• 4 tickets to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championships in Portland
• Two Family Employee Passes to the Nike Employee Store, tour and lunch with the Creative Director of Apparel
• Exclusive tour of the Adidas Village campus with a 50% discount at the employee store
• Lodging at the Inn at Northrup Station in Portland

Two Weekends in Portland: March 31 - April 3 & May 11 - May 14, 2012• Artists Repertory Theater: Race
• Oregon Symphony: Ohlsson Plays Mozart
• Portland Opera: Candide
• Portland Center Stage: Black Pearl Sings
• Lan Su Chinese Gardens and an original Chinese brush painting, by a local artist
• Embark on a Portland Spirit Cruise of your choice
• Lodging at the Inn at Northrup Station

New York #1: April 15 - April 21, 2012• Private tour of the Steinway & Sons factory on Long Island with lunch and chauffeured transportation
• 2 tickets to a New York Philharmonic concert featuring Mahler Symphony No. 1 and Yuja Wang performing the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
• 2 tickets to The Metropolitan Opera’s production of La Traviata with Natalie Dessay and Dmitri Hvorostovsky
• Private guided tour of the best of the East Side Village art scene with lunch
• 6 nights lodging at The Muse and a travel allowance

Weekend in Washington, D.C.: May 3 – 7, 2012• 2 tickets to the National Symphony Orchestra Pops: Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On with John Legend, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings
• 2 tickets to the Washington National Opera: Nabucco by Verdi
• 2 tickets to the Holocaust Museum
• 2 tickets to Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey Into Night at the Arena Stage
• Travel Allowance

New York #2: May 16 - May 21, 2012• 2 tickets to Carnegie Hall: Emanuel Ax, piano
• 2 tickets to Tony-Award Winning Show, Book of Mormon
• 2 tickets to Godspell with a private backstage tour with star Lindsay Mendez
• 2 tickets to Peter and the Star Catcher with a private backstage tour by Marco Paguia
• 2 tickets to Spiderman
• Private guided tour of the best of the East Side Village art scene with lunch
• 6 nights lodging at The Muse and a travel allowance

Seattle: May 17 - May 21, 2012• The 5th Avenue Theater: Damn Yankees
• Seattle Symphony: Mozart's Requiem
• 2 tickets to the Seattle Opera: Madama Butterfly by Puccini
• Experience Music Project Museum
• City Tour: 90 minute Land and Water Ride the Ducks Seattle

San Francisco: June 9 - June 14, 2012• San Francisco Opera: The Magic Flute
• San Francisco Symphony: Philadelphia Orchestra & Charles Dutoit
• 2 tickets to American Conservatory Theater: Across the Universe
• Four tickets to the California Academy of Sciences
• A Bay Cruise, A City Tour, and Fisherman’s Wharf activities including the aquarium, riding the cable cars, SS Jeremiah O’Brien Liberty ship, and much more!
• Lodging at the Drisco Hotel in Pacific Heights and a travel allowance

Chicago: June 22 – 24, 2012
• 2 VIP tickets to a Grant Park Music Festival performance at Millennium Park
• Post-concert dinner hosted by Grant Park Music Festival Executive Director, Paul Winberg
• VIP tour of Chicago’s Millennium Park and Jay Pritzker Pavilion designed by Frank Gehry
• 2 tickets to the Chicago Symphony Riccardo Muti, conductor Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1, Robert Chen, violin
• 3 nights stay at the luxury Hotel Fairmont Millennium Park and a travel allowance
• Travel by limousine to and from the airport

Eugene Sports: June 28, 2012• 4 tickets to Day 7 of the Olympic Trials at historic Hayward Field
• $1000 in Columbia Sportswear merchandise, including jackets, hats and gear
• Private tours of the Matthew Knight Arena, John E. Jaqua Athletic Center and Ford Alumni Center
• Gift certificate to Eugene Running Company

Santa Fe: August 7 - August 11, 2012• 2 tickets to the Santa Fe Opera: Tosca by Puccini and The Pearlfishers by Bizet
• Buffet dinner for 2 at the opera house prior to the performance of The Pearlfishers
• 2 tickets to the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival concert including Brahms’ Horn Trio featuring Eugene favorite Inon Barnatan, piano
• Lodging and travel allowance

Ashland: Under the Stars in the Rogue River Valley: August 15 - 19, 2012• 4 nights in a beautiful suite in the Winchester Inn in Ashland
• Two performances in the reknowned outdoor Britt Music
Festival in historic Jacksonville in celebration of its 50th year, and Maestro Peter Bay’s 20th year
• Two performances at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in
Ashland: As You Like It in the Outdoor Elizabethan Theater and Romeo and Juliet in the Bowmer Theater
• A varied and lovely experience greets you with these exceptional offerings with outstanding musicians and actors performing in one of the most gorgeous areas in Oregon
• Daytime is for touring some of the area’s attractions: 18 vineyards, Crater Lake and historic downtown Ashland and Jacksonville

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Either Aug 18 – 21 or 23 – 26, 2012• 4 night stay at the Highlands House, a beautiful private home with water and island views, a hot tub and 2 separate master suites
• Tickets to the Chamber Music Festival
• Meet, greet and drinks with Festival Artistic Director and renowned pianist, Jon Kimura Parker
• Whale watching in the San Juan Islands

Philadelphia: October 25 – 28, 2012• Attend a Philadelphia Orchestra concert of Bernstein and Brahms featuring violinist Joshua Bell, at the landmark Academy of Music, oldest opera house in the U.S.
• Enjoy dinner with Danail and Elizabeth
• Private tour of the venerable Curtis Institute, hailed as a “gem on the global stage” and school of Samuel Barber, Lang Lang and Jennifer Higdon
• Take a Declaration of Independence tour
• Visit the Liberty Bell, Second National Bank of Portraits and other places of historic interest
• Passes to the Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Enjoy 3 nights at the Palomar Hotel in historic Rittenhouse Square and a travel allowance

You Choose the Date Packages!

Bulgarian Dinner for 8 by Chef DanailMaestro Danail Rachev will prepare a spectacular multi-course Bulgarian dinner for you and your friends in the home of Mary Ann & Niles Hanson. Dinner entertainment by Swing Shift’s, Slighty Retro Jazz Quartet.

A week in for 2 in Provence, Nyons• Stephanie & Phil Kimmel's Provence, Nyons pied-a-terre
• Trip planning, appetizers and wine with Stephanie & Phil
• Travel Allowance

A Valley Boys Backyard Performance• Delacata Southern Fried Cuisine will cater for up to 50!
• Keg of beer of your choice!
• Invite your closest friends to an outdoor summer bash at a location of your choosing, featuring live music performed by popular local band, The Valley Boys

Golf on the Bandon Coast: March 2012 or November 2012 - March 2013• Enjoy a 3 night stay for up to 4 people at Bandon Vistas oceanfront South Unit
• Four rounds of golf at Bandon Crossing Golf Course, PGA’s favorite hidden gem
• Choose between an indoor spa experience or a horseback adventure on the beach

Exclusive King Estate Experience• Overnight stay for up to 4 persons in a cottage at the spectacular King Estate Winery
• King Estate experience includes a VIP winery tour and wine tasting
• Enjoy a fabulous dinner. . . or two . . . at their award winning Estate Restaurant with a $500 dining credit

Weekend on 5th Avenue, Eugene• A two night stay in a suite at the exciting new Inn at the 5th Avenue
• Dinner and two breakfasts at Marché
• Two bottles of Spangler Vineyards Double Gold Medal 2009 Petite Sirah
• Tickets to the David Minor Theater & Shelton-McMurphey Johnson House
• Spa Treatment at Gervais Salon & Day Spa
• $100 gift certificate to Melange
• Custom music-themed pillow by Pillow Talk
• New Twist gift certificate

Tu Tu’ Tun Lodge on the Rogue River: Package must be used in May, June or October of 2012.
Spend a romantic weekend at the fabulous Tu Tu’ Tun Lodge near the Oregon Coast on the Rogue River!
• Stay in a luxurious King room with fireplace, deck with hot tub and unparalleled views of the beautiful Rogue River
• Enjoy an exciting day-long river trip on a mailboat
Have a delicious gourmet dinner in the private Tutuni cabaña on the river’s edge

Eugene Beer, Food, & Wine• Private tour for 2 of Ninkasi Brewing Factory including a case of beer, t-shirts and pint glasses
• Private tour for 6 with brewmaster at Oakshire Brewing Company
• Private tour for 10 at Hop Valley Brewing Co. with beer tasting
• Wine Barrel Tour for 2 to Brigadoon Wine Company, Pffeifer Vineyards, “Winemakers Without Walls” and High Pass Winery
• Wine tasting for 6 at Authentica Wines
• Four bottles of Spangler Vineyards Double Gold Medal 2009 Petite Sirah
• A grab bag of goodies including: 8 pints of Coconut Bliss Ice Cream with your choice of flavors, Diana Stobo’s Naked Bliss: Book of Smoothies, Gift Certificates to Sweet Life Patisserie,
Vanilla Jill’s and Full City Coffee

Events you can buy tickets for only at the Gala!

Elizabeth Racheva & Victor Steinhardt Private Recital: Sunday, September 23, 2012A Culinary Concert by Elizabeth Racheva, Soprano and Victor Steinhardt, Piano in the Gerlinger Lounge on the University of Oregon campus. Elizabeth and Victor will serve up a musical feast of epicurean delights and there will be a reception with wine and hors d’oeuvres

Sweet Cheeks Brunch with DanailMaestro Danail Rachev will join us for an exclusive brunch at Sweet Cheeks Winery to celebrate his upcoming season with the Eugene Symphony.

The Best of Eugene! Highlighting . . .
• Two nights in luxurious Casablanca Romance Suite at C’est La Vie Inn
• Private tour of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of The Long Now with the University of Oregon Art Dept. Head, followed by lunch at Marché Cafe
• Tickets to Eugene Concert Choir Hot Latin Nights, Wells Fargo Broadway in Eugene Blast! and Cirque Dreams - Pop Goes the Rock, Eugene Ballet Company
• Gift certificates to The Very Little Theatre, Actors Cabaret of Eugene, Lord Leebrick Theatre Company, The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts, Oregon Bach Festival, and a season subscription to ChamberMusic@Beall
• Dining at Ambrosia, The Rabbit Bistro & Bar, Belly, Marché
• Two autographed books by local creator, Jan Eliot of Stone Soup
• Hair treatment at Moss Hair Studio

A beautiful one-of-a-kind rug from Oveissi & Co.!Fine Tabriz, Hand Knotted in India, all wool pile; cotton foundation
Size: 8’0”x10’3”
Red field/Beige border
Value: $6000

Conduct the Symphony at the Summer Concert, Johann Strauss Sr.’s Radetzky March• Music-themed quilt, 4 coasters, and wine bag all made by Paula Pottinger
• Commemorative score and baton
• Private conducting lesson with Danail