Theme: "Deep in the Art of Texas"
Date: Sunday, April 13, 2008
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: Salt Lick Pavilion in Driftwood, Texas
Cost: $75.00/per ticket
        (Tickets are available through any Rotarian. Marsha Cooper
        at Broadway Bank will also be happy to take checks.)

As usual, there will be both a live and silent auction. Our entertainer is the violinist and singer, Elana James. She is an internationally acclaimed performer who has been featured at countless concerts and music festivals. She has toured with Bob Dylan and performed with such greats as Johnny Gimble, Willie Nelson, Ray Price and Merle Haggard. Elana is also a regular guest on NPR’s A Prairie Home Companion, and has appeared on WSM’s Grand Ole Opry, NPR’s All Things Considered, World Café, Mountain Stage, E-Town Live, Forty Dollars a Day with Rachel Ray, and many others. Click here to visit Elana's press link.

The 2008 Art Gala beneficiaries include:

• Arts from the Heart
• Barnabas Connection's Back to School Fiesta
• Burke Center for Youth
• EmilyAnn Theater
• Hill Country Community Band
• KAPS' Fine Arts Program
• Literacy Volunteers of Wimberley
• Swimberley
• Starlight Symphony
• Texas State's Bully Proof Project
• Wimberley Art League's Student Art Show
• Wimberley Education Foundation
• Wimberley High School Band Boosters
• Wimberley Players

The following artists have committed to a donation of their artwork:

• Robert Anschutz
• Harry Brashear
• Siri Hutcheson
• JoRene Newton
• Tom Bender
• Margaret Bonney
• Harry Brashear
• Joanna Burch
• Kaye Collins
• Camille Cook
• Robert Cook
• Casey Craig
• Jean Crow
• Leah Dunaway
• Bob Fowler
• Toni Gallucci
• Dan Gauthier
• Norma Green
• Pat Haberman
• Hodgson & Hodgson Studio
• Philip Hoggatt
• Pam Lamoureux
• Bill Meek
• Dylan Meek
• Angela Nelson
• Judith Nicholls
• Diane Parker
• Michael Petty
• Cleve Ragan
• Jeri Ross
• Alfred J. Sanchez
• Keith Sanders
• Michael Schreffler
• Herb Smith
• Walt Stewart
• Sue Anne Sullivan
• Mary Vieregg
• Gary Weeks
• Diana Weems
• Loyal White

All donated artwork will be on display at one of the three following Wimberley banks:

• Broadway Bank
• Ozona National Bank
• Wells Fargo Bank

Sponsors:

• All About Images Now
• Brookshire Bros. Grocery
• Ozona National Bank
• Remington Medical Resort of San Antonio
• The News Dispatch
• The Wimberley View
• Wimberley Flower Shop
• Wells Fargo Bank

Sponsors:

• Allen M. Bridges for Sheriff Campaign
• All Wimberley Lodging
• Aunt Jenny's Attic
• Broadway Bank
• Charles Donelson
• Clifford's Original Wine Bar
• Craig Conlee Auctions
• Deer Creek of Wimberley
• Glenda Nuckols, D.D.S.
• King Feed & Hardware, Inc.
• Lynda L. Morgan, C.P.A.
• Sonja Simmons & Robert Moon
• Steve Klepfer Election Campaign
• The law firm of Mounger & Campbell, LLP
• Tom & Gina Fulkerson
• Will Conley for Commissioner Pct. 3 Re-election Campaign

Some non-art items include:

• Handcarved furniture
• Private accomodations in Paris
• Gift baskets
• Private concerts
• Season tickets to Texas State Theater
• Miniature donkey
• Lodging certificates for stays at Red Corral Ranch
• Two $250 gift certificates at King Feed