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May 29, 2012 / by Stafford / Make A Comment / Filed under Events
Hosts the Art Family
Big Thanks to the many who made Fur Ball 2012 a smash!
Special Thanks: Pam McCutcheon & Cory Vellinga of Montana Auction Group; Chico’s Art Family; Chico’s hardworking Special Event staff; the Syzygy Jazz Combo and Tom Garnsey for paying the bass player; Balance Magazine’s Woman of the Year, Yvonne Venturino and our Volunteer of the Year, Ellie Howell; Art preview show host Patricia Buckley of the Drawing Room; No cost media coverage: KBZK TV, KGLT, KBZM, and the Bozone; the important business sponsors; event and financial donors; and our record-breaking number of guests and auction participants. Click on title to see full post.
May 8, 2012 / by Stafford / Make A Comment / Filed under Events
We encourage everyone to support our Business Sponsor, Bozeman K9 Classic Run! Don’t miss out on this fun, dog-friendly run.
Event: K9 9K run OR walk- about 5.5 miles! Also1 mile fun run/walk for young puppies, elderly or disadvantaged dogs. Come start your spring training right by running with your best friend – your DOG!
When: Saturday, May 19, 2012. 9K walk starts at 9am. 9K Run starts at 10am. One mile fun run/walk starts at 11am, starting and finishing at Bogert Park. Great community dog festival afterward.Rain, snow or sunshine!
Where: Run/walk starts at S. 3rd and Goldenstein and travels along subdivision roads and ends with the last three miles on Bozeman’s trails! Finish is at Bogert Park with a big dog festival with booths, demonstrations, food, and more fun for all!
Register here: http://racemontana.com/Search/event.aspx?id=6433
May 8, 2012 / by Stafford / Make A Comment / Filed under Events
Stafford Animal Shelter’s 13th Annual Fur Ball is Friday, May 18 at 6 p.m. at Chico Hot Springs.
Tickets are only $75 - a small price to make a big impact that includes a lavish world tour for your taste buds with cuisine, beer, sake and wines from the Mediterranean, South America, the U.S.A and Asia. Enjoy Jazz Combo Syzygy – teens so talented they’ll blow your socks off!
See auction items in our (items still being added daily!) Fur Ball Auction Catalog. This year’s Fur Ball auction includes a wide selection of miniature art originals with the theme: Small Art/Big Impact.
Most of the work can be seen at a special Preview Art Show at the Drawing Room 117 East Callender Street, Livingston through May 16, 2012. The work there will have a special “buy now” price for those who’d like the purchase it and are unable to attend the Fur Ball. Artists include: Parks Reece, John Garre, DG House, Bob Spannring, Suzanne Schneider, Lynn Chan, Stacey Herries, Lindsay Pichaske, Kelsey McDonnell, Linda Barnsley, Sarah Angst, Stephanie Cochran, Laurie Yarnell, Betsey Hurd, Gwen Strachan, Kammie Roberts and more.
Fur ball will feature live and silent auction items in addition to the art, including a getaway to California’s Wine Country, a Santana Sovereign Tandem Bike, dinner with author Christopher Paolini, Elichai Fine Jewelry Sapphire necklace and earing set, a helicopter tour of the Galt ranch featured in the television show “Last American Cowboy”, Tributary Tomcat Tandem Inflatable Kayak, original original paintings by Parke Goodman and Edd Enders, handcrafted furniture from Fine Custom Rustics and Jamie Schwarz, Beef Tenderloin dinner for Eight from Zac’s Montana Kitchen, autographed classic photos of Johnny Cash and Arnold Palmer, a large instant wine cellar collection, handmade artisan jewelry and ceramics, a giant shoe chair, spa services, pet products and a diverse range of local adventures including fishing, dog sled, horseback, motorcycle, river, and ski experiences. Local businesses and individuals have generously donated over a hundred unique items and services to the auction. Local businesses and individuals have generously donated over a hundred unique items and services to the auction.
If you are unable to attend the event, you can buy tickets to the Luxury Raffle – only one hundred $50 tickets will be sold (and only 30 left!)– and let an attendee know which auction item you would like if you are the lucky winner. There are a wealth of auction items to choose from and many are displayed in the windows of local businesses.
Supporting the Fur Ball means getting great deals on unique experiences and goods – and it’s a small price that adds up to a big impact in caring for the hundreds of lost, abandoned and abused pets we welcome every year. To learn more and purchase event and raffle tickets, phone 406/222-1313 or buy securely online in the box at the top right of this page!
May 2, 2012 / by Stafford / Make A Comment / Filed under Uncategorized
Multi-media work by Vicki Fish
Art exhibit of miniatures at the Drawing Room 117 East Callender Street Livingston, Montana runs through May 11, 2012. Preview Work by Parks Reece, John Garre, DG House, Bob Spannring, Janie Camp, Christine Sutton, Suzanne Schneider, Lynn Chan, Stacey Herries, Lindsay Pichaske, Kelsey McDonnell, Linda Barnsley, Sarah Angst, Stephanie Cochran, Laurie Yarnell, Betsey Hurd, Gwen Strachan, Vicki Fish, Kammie Roberts and more. Bid on art at exhibit with a “buy now” price and all unsold work will be available at Stafford Animal Shelter’s Fur Ball May 18 at Chico Hot Springs. Visit http://staffordanimalshelter.org/category/events/ to see images, buy event and raffle tickets and learn more or call 406/222-1313.
