Sale conducted by: Amherst Auction Services, LLC 131 Faulconerville Dr. Amherst, VA 24521 (434) 381-6077
Endstation Theatre
Company will hold a "Skills Auction" at the old livestock market-- now newly
named the Amherst Farm and Vineyard, on Sunday May 18, 2008 from 3 PM to 5:30
PM. Music will be provided by FAST, a local band led by Mark Magruder. Barbecue
is provided by Jim Myers of Daddy Bims Barcecue. Amherst Auction Services will
be auctioneers. All services and all skills are donated, and all proceeds go
towards the costs of producing the first Blue Ridge Summer Theatre Festival to
be held at the Sweet Briar Campus in July. (For information on the Festival go
to www.endstationtheatre.org/ )
The entrance fee for the auction on May 18, which also includes the music, will be $5 per person and $12 per family, including children and
grandparents. A plate of barbecue will be $6.50. The auction will be held in two
sections, with music in between. This will be the first auction and party event
to be held at the Amherst Farm and Vineyard, entrance on Route 29 going South
just South of Route 151, the BP station and Apple Mart. The site was previously
the Amherst Livestock Market, site of many, many auctions!
The following items have
been offered for auction (Donors listed in alphabetical order):
AMY ALLEN Amy Allen will design and create a
package of made-to-order stationery for the winning bidder or their
organization.
JACKIE BEIDLER Jackie Beidler of Beidler Reality will
do a Comparative Market Analysis of a house for the winning bidder. If you are
not sure if you want to sell your house in this real estate market, but you want
to know how much it would go for if you did think about selling it now, get a
free Comparative Market Analysis of a home. (This is NOT an appraisal. Jackie
will compare the subject property with what has sold over the last year. Square
footage, location, number of acres, condition, etc. all play into
it.)
FRANCES BUTLER Frances Butler teach the winning bidder how to
make a simple quilted item. ELINOR
CALDWELL
Elinor
Caldwell will teach winning bidder to cross stitch. A two hour lesson. Includes
cross stitch materials from Monticello.
WAYNE FERGUSON/ELKWOOD
SALON Wayne
Ferguson of Elkwood Salon in Amherst offers the winning bidder a woman's or
man's haircut at the salon. KRISTA FRANCO Scenic Designer for Endstation Theatre
Company will give a two hour “faux finishing” lesson with paint! (Prior to
August 1, 2008)
KRISTA FRANCO Krista Franco, scenic designer for Endstation Theatre
Company will design a poster or Graphic Design for the winning bidder. (2 hours
prior to August 1, 2008)
MIKE GALLAGHER Endstation Board of Directors member
will cut the winning bidder's lawn (up to two hours)
LYNN
HANSON Will help the winning bidder write and edit a press release
or article for an organization. FATHER JAMES
HUBBARD
Father
James Hubbard will read or tell a story at the winning bidder's
event. ANNE
HURLEY
Anne
Hurley, Manager of the Amherst Farm and Vineyard will teach a one-hour lesson in
making a necklace with glass beads and pearls. All materials included.
HILARY
JENKINS
Hilary
Jenkins will do two hours of yard work at winner's home (in Amherst area).
NED
KABLE
Ned
Kable will read for one hour to a shut-in or someone who likes being read to
(such as a small child or an older person with low vision).
SVET
KANEV Svet Kanev will teach a winning bidder a two-hour chess
lesson. Svet Kanev, who is the winemaker for Rebec Vineyards, is a very good
chess player, who learned in Bulgaria, where he grew up.
GEOFF KERSHNER
Geoff
Kershner, Artistic Director of Endstation Theatre Company, will teach the
winning bidder a weight training lesson in a gym.
REBECCA MASSIE
LANE Rebecca Massie Lane, for the past 18 years curator of the
Sweet Briar College galleries, will help the winning bidder research the value
of a piece of art.
MARK MAGRUDER Mark Magruder, leader of the FAST band, will teach a
one-hour Blues guitar lesson to a winning bidder.
MARK MAGRUDER Mark Magruder, Professor of
Dance at Sweet Briar College, will teach a winning bidder a one-hour Yoga
instruction MAYS PAINTING/JUSTIN MAYS OR CARINA
LEE Carina Lee
and/or Justin Mays of Mays Painting will give to the winning bidder a one-hour
lesson on “how to paint like a pro.” Perfect for the person whose spare bedroom
needs a new coat of paint! DONNA MEEKS Donna Meeks will do a one-hour
consultation about your garden at the home of an Amherst area winning bidder.
Donna Meeks is the Grounds Superintendent and Horticulturalist at Sweet Briar
College and participates in the family business Gardenscape,
Inc.
KATIE MEEKS Katie Meeks of Rebec Vineyards will conduct a special
“Wine Tasting 101” lesson & tour at Rebec Vineyard's Tasting Room off rote
29 North of Route 610. ED
MIKENAS
Ed
Mikenas, local free lance musician and the new organist at the Amherst
Presbyterian Church donates one one-hour hand drum lesson. LOU OGDEN / LOU'S
ANTIQUE
MALL
Lou
Ogden of Lou's Antique Mall will look at three of the winning bidder's antiques
and estimate their value. Winner can telephone and make an appointment to bring
them to her Amherst Store on 2nd Street in Amherst, or if you live in Amherst,
Faulconerville, Monroe or Madison Heights you can make an appointment for Lou to
come to your house and value larger furniture items there. JEFF
PRICE Jeff Price of Virginia Limeworks and Endstation Board member
will give the winning bidder a choice of a quick sketch portrait or caricature
lesson.
JEN STATON Endstation Board member and caterer and special events
coordinator Jen Staton provides the winning bidder a Dessert Reception for 25
people.
MIKE STATON Mike Staton will teach one day of rock climbing
instruction to a winning bidder. BECKY STEWART / BLUE RIDGE
SQUARES Becky Stewart and Chuck, who is the caller for the Blue Ridge
Squares, will host a two hour square dance for the winning bidder's organization
or party. The Squares are Amherst's own Square Dance Company. Chuck will teach
dances and call them.
KITTY SWANSON Kitty Swanson will teach a winning bidder how to knit
an Aran fisherman's sweater (you may request another type of sweater lesson or a
Needlepoint lesson in the basket weave stitch instead.)
For more information call
434-989-3215. This is a rain or shine event.
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