BARRISTERS BIG BAND BENEFIT BALL AUCTION ITEMS
1. Voice Lesson Package with CBA Chorus Director Becky Patterson (Becky Patterson)
2 One-Hour Voice Lessons with Becky Patterson
Value: $120.00 Minimum Bid $60
2. Chicago Area Orchestra Ticket Bonanza (Greg Zinkl)
Two tickets each to concerts for Lake Shore Symphony, Classical Symphony/Protege Phil
showcase, Chicago Youth Symphony, and the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra
(Carmina Burana box seats).
Value: $200 Minimum Bid : $75
3. Basket of Fun (Christine Rhode and Michelle Brenner)
Basket with bottle of fine wine and wine carrier, $25 gift certificate to "The Patio" restaurant
(known for its barbecue ribs, salmon and chicken), Christmas CD, Big Band CD and Orchestra
CD.
Value: $80 Minimum Bid : $40.
4. Private Performance of the Barristers Big Band (John Vishneski)
Have the Barristers Big Band (25-piece ensemble with vocalists) play at your office party,
wedding or private party. Up to three hours of music and dancing.
Value: $2,500 Minimum Bid: $1000.
5. Private Performance of the Scales of Justice (John Vishneski)
Don’t need a full 25-piece big band? Have the Scales of Justice (5-8 piece combo) play at your
office party, wedding or private function.
Value: $500 Minimum Bid: $250.
6. Good Spirits (Marilyn Heraty)
A wicker basket filled with a variety of beverages, including wines, champagne, bourbon, vodka,
and some tasty treats for snacking, e.g., caviar, smoked oysters, and chocolates.
Value: $300 Minimum Bid: $150.
7. Original Painting Inspired by the Sound of Music (Dolores Kenney)
An original oil painting of a mountain peak entitled "Climb Every Mountain" (inspired by
"Sound of Music"). It is a dramatic picture and about 22 X 26 inches overall (framed).
Value: Priceless Minimum Bid: $200
8. A Classical Night Out in Elgin (Dorothy Voigt)
Come and enjoy beautiful music in the suburbs. Enjoy a $90 gift certificate for tickets to Elgin
Symphony Orchestra. [http://www.elginsymphony.org/.] The Elgin Symphony Orchestra is
Illinois' premier regional orchestra. The ESO performs at Hemmens Theatre in downtown Elgin
and performances are broadcast on WFMT 98.7.
In addition to the gift certificate for the ESO, you can enjoy a CD featuring the ESO playing
Aaron Copland's Suite from The Tender Land, a Copland Piano Concerto and Old American
Songs Volumes 1 and 2 with the St. Charles Singers.
As a memento of your ESO visit, also included is a mug from Sunset Hill Stoneware featuring
the ESO logo.
But wait there is more. You also have a $75 gift certificate to Villa Verone
http://villaverone.net, a well reviewed local Italian restaurant within walking distance of
Hemmens Auditorium. The gift certificate can be used in the Geneva or Sycamore locations if
you prefer.
To carry all of this home, you have a nice rounded wooden box with a handle which can be used
for storing many things or as a purse.
Value: $200 Minimum Bid: $100.
9. Elegant St. John Handbags and Accessories (Carolyn Kitty)
St. John evening handbag and wallet
Value: $400 Minimum Bid: $50
St. John travel wallet/clutch bag
Value: $400 Minimum Bid $50
St. John Home peacock hors-d'oeuvre cocktail picks
Value: $200 Minimum Bid: $50.
10. Chanel Handbag (Rebecca Burlingham)
Brand new Chanel purse. It has a Chanel card of authenticity with a serial number on it and is in
the original wrapping and Chanel box.
Value: $1200 Minimum Bid: $500.
11. Tickets to The Lyric Opera (Pat Mehler, Ray Mehler)
Two (2) tickets to The Lyric of Opera of Chicago, 2011/2012 season.
Location: Dress Circle, 4th row, center section on the aisle.
Five (5) operas are on Friday evening. Aida is on a Thursday evening.
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Choose from one of the following operas: The Tales of Hoffman, October 21, 2011; Lucia di
Lammermoor, October 28, 2011; Boris Godunov, November 11, 2011; Ariadne Auf Naxos,
December 2, 2011; Rinaldo, March 16, 2012; Aida, March 22, 2012--Thursday.
Value: $360.00 Minimum Bid: $180.
12. Ticket for CSO with Muti and Yo-Yo Ma (Mark Helner)
One ticket for a performance by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Center. Main
Floor, Row N, Seat 28. Richardo Muti conducting. Yo-Yo Ma guest cellist.
Value: $44 Minimum Bid: $22
13. Private Performance by CBASO Concertmaster, Sara Su Jones (Sara Su Jones)
Sara Su Jones, the concertmaster of the CBASO and a professional-level violinist, will perform a
private recital with piano accompaniment at your home or other location of your choice (with a
piano) in the Chicago area, including the suburbs. Sara Su's regular recital partner is pianist
Tatyana Stepanova, a former first-place winner of the Russian National Piano Competition who
has performed at Symphony Center with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
A "house recital" typically runs 35-45 minutes; the date and time would be arranged by mutual
agreement. If you wish, you may select the works to be performed from Sara Su's repertoire list,
including sonatas by Franck, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Vivaldi, and Handel, and a wide
variety of virtuoso works and popular encore pieces.
Value: $500 Minimum Bid: $200
14. King Tut Banner from the Field Museum (Greg Borzo/Terry Kennedy)
This banner was used to publicize the King Tut exhibit at the Field Museum in 2006. It is very
elegant, with a color image of King Tut on a black background. The words "King Tut" appear in
large gold letters and then "The Field Museum" appears in smaller while letters.
The banner is made of heavy, cloth-like vinyl, 30 by 51 inches, with horizontal slots at the top
and bottom to hold and weigh down the banner. This banner is truly a collector's item. Very few
exist, and probably none are in such good condition, since this one was apparently never hung up
or used and is virtually new, with no marks, tares or scratches.
Value: Priceless Minimum Bid: $200
15. Bach Week Festival Ticket for May 1st (Nicole Schall-Ployner)
Bach Week Festival - Sunday, May 1 at 7:30 P.M.
The Bach Week Festival is dedicated to bringing the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and his
contemporaries to life with the Chicago area's finest musicians. The May 1 concert from this
year's festival features JS Bach's C Minor Concerto for Two Harpsichords, with festival Music
Director Richard Webster and Jason Moy at the keyboards, the E-Flat Major Suite for
Unaccompanied Cello, performed by the CSO's Katinka Kleijn, and the seldom-performed
Easter Oratorio. In a nod to the royal nuptials falling on the same weekend, the Bach Week
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Festival Orchestra and Chorus will also present GF Handel's dazzling coronation anthem Zadok
the Priest. The performance will be at Nichols Concert Hall, one of the best venues for chamber
music in Chicagoland, at 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston IL.
Value: $100 Minimum Bid $50
16. Jewelry Bonanza (Candice Davis)
Beautiful Periwinkle Double Stranded Austrian Crystal Bracelet and Matching Earrings with
Platinum plate fastening and ear wires
Value $45 Minimum Bid $20
Austrian crystal bracelet “bundle”. Four stretch bracelets in periwinkle and white Swarovski
Crystal to be worn together or singly. The more the merrier!
Value $55 Minimum Bid $25
Coordinated stretch bracelets in black crystal, silver and peach with matching earrings.
Value $25 Minimum Bid $10
Beautiful stretch bracelet composed of rosy red natural stone and silver beads with matching
earrings. Value $35 Minimum Bid $10
Funky handpainted lidded box in green and blue. Great for recipes or other treasures! Size - 8
by 5 ½ by 5 inches. Hand crafted by Kimberly Louise
Value $25 Minimum Bid $10
17. Beach House in Michigan for a Week (Kathy and Dirk)
Welcome to Harrisville, Michigan…The scent of cedar and wood smoke, the quiet lapping of the
crystal clear waters of “Tranquility Bay” on the sunrise side of the lower peninsula. The ErwinVanKoughnett Cottage nestles quietly on miles of golden sugar-sand beach. Watch the sun and
moon rise out of the calm waters of Lake Huron. The comfortable-chic interior has three
bedrooms and two baths on two levels, sleeping as many as nine. Walks in the woods and to the
nearby lighthouse/museum, s’more-roasting beach fires and swimming, kayaking and fishing –
all of these leisurely pursuits await you and your family. The cottage is a seven-hour drive
from Chicago – long, perhaps, but definitely worthwhile if you are looking to relax with the
family in north woods comfort. The kids will be able to roam free, catching frogs, toads and
butterflies while Mom and Dad relax on the deck or in the hammock. Take your bicycles and
golf clubs, beach toys and camera for fun your family will cherish forever!
Value: $3000 Minimum Bid: $800
18. Eight-Bottle Wine Tasting Certificate (2) (Vic Morello)
Have a wine tasting party. Vic Morello of PRP Wines International will come to your home and
provide a tasting of eight different fine wines for up to 12 guests.
Value: $350 each Minimum Bid: $100 each
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19. The Perfect Case of Wine (2) (John Vishneski)
Start a wine cellar or improve an already existing wine collection. Bid on one of two perfect
cases of wine from the band leader’s personal wine cellar. Each case contains a selection of red
and white wines and port from around the world. All perfectly stored at 55 degrees since
purchase. Value: $1000 each case Minimum Bid per case $250
20. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Performs with CSO (Judy Grubner)
Two tickets for the April 30th performance of the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Troop
performing with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Symphony Hall.
Value: $40 Minimum Bid $15
21. Light up the Darkest Night
A pair of beautiful Dansk Brass Candlesticks in excellent condition.
Value: $200 Minimum Bid $100
22. Great Baby Gifts (Candice Davis)
Adorable Hand Crocheted Baby Blanket –Fabulous baby gift! Lovingly hand crafted by Aunt
Lora! Wedgewood Blue 25 x 30 inches.
Value $35 Minimum Bid $15
Wonderful gift for a new baby girl! Baby layette size 6 months in pink prints– handmade by
Grammy’s Jammies (1 receiving blanket, 1 changing pad, 1 pair PJs, 1 sleepsack, 1 washcloth, 2
burp rags, 2 bibs, 2 caps, 1 pr. Socks) All natural cotton. Guaranteed to please!
Value $30 Minimum Bid $15
A fabulous gift for a new baby boy! Baby layette size 6 months in Blue prints – handmade by
Grammy’s Jammies (1 receiving blanket, 1 changing pad, 1 pair PJs, 1 sleepsack, 1 washcloth, 2
burp rags, 2 bibs, 2 caps, 1 pr. Socks) All natural cotton. Parents rave!
Value $30 Minimum Bid $15
23. Conduct The CBASO! (David Katz)
Make your conducting debut leading the Chicago Bar Association Symphony Orchestra on the
Daley Plaza on Law Day, May 2012 in John Philip Sousa's "Stars & Stripes Forever." Musical
skill is welcome, but absolutely not necessary as you entertain the audience and delight yourself,
family, friends and neighbors in this timeless classic performed with panache as only the
CBASO can! Exact date in early May TBA (date selected by the Young Lawyer's Section and
the CBA.) One opportunity available.
Value: Priceless Minimum bid $100
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24. A One-Hour Conducting Lesson with the CBASO and Maestro David Katz (David Katz)
Are you a musician? Do you read music, sing in a choir or play an instrument? Here is your
chance to discover what conducting is all about. David Katz, music director of the Chicago Bar
Association Symphony Orchestra, invites you to join him and the orchestra for a full-length onehour conducting lesson in front of the lawyers' orchestra. (If you have seen David's acclaimed
one-man play MUSE of FIRE, about the art of conducting, then you know what a great teacher
he is and what a wonderful lesson it will be.) David will help you pick the piece you will conduct
(selected from music on the CBASO's 2011-12 season) and then help you bring it to life in front
of the musicians. At the Daley Center on a mutually scheduled Wednesday evening in early
2012. Two opportunities available.
Value: Priceless Minimum bid $150, each
25. A three-CD Collection from the CBASO's own Music Director (David Katz)
A three-CD collection from the CBASO's own music director, including his debut album with
Michigan's acclaimed Adrian Symphony Orchestra (featuring Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe Suite
No. 2, plus music by Bernstein, Griffes, Brahms and more), an all-Mozart concert with
Connecticut's formidable Candlewood Chamber Orchestra (featuring the Mozart Flute & Harp
Concerto), and the Fontenay Chamber Players in Ravel's Introduction & Allegro, and much
more. An ADDITIONAL 4th CD features our soprano soloist for CARMINA BURANA, Patrice
Michaels, with the Chicago Chamber Musicians.
Value: $100 Minimum bid: $25
26. Four Tickets for the 2011 Production of Christmas Spirits (Terry Murphy)
Come see the annual spoof musical extravaganza presented by Chicago Bar Association lawyers.
These lawyer-performers entertain and inform with tremendous singing and acting talents while
making good natured fun of all things legal and political in Chicago and the Nation.
Value: $60 each Minimum bid: $20 each.
27. Group or Private Dance Lessons from Dance Chicago (Nancy Ford of Dance Chicago)
Learn to dance from the professionals who provide the dance lesson for the Ball. Choose either
5 private lessons or 7 group lessons. People of all skill levels, from beginners to advanced
dancers, discover more about dance at Chicago Dance. Students have been getting fit, having
fun and building romance in all styles - Salsa, Tango, Ballroom, Swing, Hip-Hop and Latin since 1976. The School Directors for the last 11 years, World Champions Gregory Day and
Tommye Giacchino, have taken their passion for dance along with their extensive experience and
dedication to make Chicago Dance the 'Best Place in Chicago for Dance Lessons' according to
Chicago Magazine.
7 Group Lessons: Value: $126 Minimum bid $50.
5 Private Lessons: Value : $257 Minimum bid $100.
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