PORT ANGELES — “The Rhapsody Continues: Welcoming a New Era” is the theme of the Port Angeles Symphony’s most important fundraiser of the year, to be held at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St., on Saturday, March 28.
This is the “Applause!” auction and dinner, for which tickets are $75 per person; reservations are available by phoning the symphony office at 360-457-5579.
The evening starts at 6 p.m. with wine and hors d’oeuvres, while guests bid on silent auction items and enjoy live music by an ensemble of players. Then comes dinner, with a choice of pan-seared salmon, grilled sirloin steak, Marsala chicken or vegetarian butternut squash ravioli.
Also, the winner of the Golden Ticket Raffle, another symphony fundraiser, is announced during the live auction.
Tickets for this drawing are still available through the symphony office. The winner of the Golden Ticket gets to choose and take home any item from the live auction.
Packages to go up for bid include:
n A seven-day Holland America cruise.
n A weeklong stay at a five-star resort in New Orleans’ French Quarter with gift certificates to nearby restaurants.
n A stay at the Apa Kabar Villas in Bali, Indonesia.
n Trips to Victoria.
n A winemaking package for five guests to serve on a blending panel to create the next vintage of Rhapsody in Red, a wine especially for the symphony, with Camaraderie Cellars winemaker Don Corson.
n A concert on the patio at Camaraderie Cellars with wine and picnic fare.
n A private tour of the new Nippon Paper Industries cogeneration facility for up to six guests.
“Seventy percent of our fund-raising budget comes from this event,” said Mark Wendeborn, executive director of the Port Angeles Symphony.
In addition to its season of orchestral concerts, the 83-year-old Port Angeles Symphony presents six chamber concerts in Port Angeles and Sequim, the Adventures in Music educational program for students across Clallam County and the Peninsula-wide Young Artists Competitions every winter.
To learn more about the organization’s activities and musicians, visit portangelessymphony.org.
