Hello all:
Thank you to everyone that attended our 2 events in Dallas this weekend.
My sincere gratitude to all attendees, volunteers, coordinators, sponsors and special guests.
Our special guest from California was non other than TV produer, writer & director Tim Minear! If you were fortunate enough to spend a few moments chatting, you'd realize that he's probably of of the funniest, no-holds-barred people you'd ever meet. He was very candid and gracious as well.
Saturday night we had a music showcase of local women singer/songwriters that was very well attended by about 50 people. This was a special time for myself, coordinators and volunteers to gather and relax a bit before Sunday's movie screening. Tim talked with everyone and autographed numerous items as well.
Sunday afternoon's sold-out movie screening with capasity of 350 seats was well attended and I hope that everyone felt it was a special event. Beth Nelson, this year's global organizer took to the stage with me for introductions and anouncements.
Tim Minear delivered an awesome Q & A session, and then it was time for the Big Damn Movie.
Afterwards, we handed out the raffle prizes and then it was time for the auctions. A set of autographed scripts from Tim Minear's "Firefly" episodes which went for $170.00, and then it was time for the Big Damn Bag Auction. Oh my! The winning bid was $1,200.00!
A special thank you for the attenance of a large crew of Austin Browncoats, Beth Nelson the global organizer for 2008, and Rogue Scholar this year's organizer from Houston.
I will be following RoseIvy's lead and will send out a formal thank you e-mail to all attendees with sponsor links and further donation information.
We still have some items left over when time allotments prevented additional auctions. Hopefully, in the very near future, we'll put them items on-line for auction and add those funds raised to our total donation. Also, I've applied for a grant donation and am waiting for that approval.
At this moment, the total of our donation for North Texas is
$4,232.14.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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TaraInTexas on Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.