Mardi Gras

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

16th Annual Friends of the Fine Arts Center Gala & Auction

New Orleans meets New England in a Mardi Gras Celebration

A Benefit for Education Access Programs

Honoring Artist of the Year Michael Haley

Saturday, February 5, 2005

7:30-12 Midnight

The Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House

Black Tie or Festive Best

Live and Silent Auction items

Over 100 treasures will be auctioned off in the silent and live auctions. Some of the items include, vacation getaways, a trip to Billy Taylor's favorite New York jazz club, lovely fine jewlery and artwork and much much more!

Music and Fine Dining

At 7:30 p.m. the doors open to a sumptuous Log Cabin New Orleans style cocktail party and feast including a cash bar, raw bar, crab cakes, muffulettas, tenderloin, gumbo. Plus, desserts from your wildest dreams with crème brulee cheesecake, pecan pie and bread pudding with bourban sauce.

Spice up your night with the New Orleans music of Easy Street Six, the Big Easy dance tunes of The Jeff Holmes Band, and the sassy jazz of the Ethel Lee Ensemble.

Tickets

Patron $75/person--general admission

Individual Sponsor $125/person--includes a reserved seat and program recognition

Call: 413-545-2511 or 1-800-999-UMAS for tickets

Corporate Sponsorships are available starting at $500. Please call for details.

Seating is reserved for individual and corporate sponsors. All others are open seating. Valet parking provided.

Artist of the Year

Join us as we honor Conway resident Micheal Haley'65 with our 2005 Fine Arts Center Artist of the Year Award. Michael is producer, assistant director and actor with 60 feature films and 18movies for television to his credit, including five-time Golden Globe nominee Closer and the seven-time Emmy Award winning HBO miniseries Angels in America.

Sponsors

Northampton Cooperative Bank

The Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House

The Daily Hampshire Gazette

WEIB 106.3 Smooth FM

Applied Mortgage Services

Banknorth

Chicopee Savings Bank

Finck & Perras Insurance

Florence Savings Bank

PeoplesBank

Realty World Sawicki

Upton Massamont Realtors

Connecticut Valley Oral Surgeons

Dr. & Mrs. William A. Darity

Hunt & Piech Dental Group

Valley Psychiatric Services, Inc.

Greenfield Savings Bank

Pioneer Valley Periodontics

Jones Town & Country Realty

Les Campbell's Skymeadow Gallery

Gala Committee

Nancy Hamel, Chair

Ivan Adames

Bob Antil

Carol Campbell

Carol Moore Cutting

Trudy Darity

Deborah Garlick

Nancy Goldstein

Joan Haley

Beverly Hill

Merilee Hill

Nancy Lattuca

Lynne Leavitt

Jennifer Lind

Betsy McInnis

Jennifer Michelson

Marty Ann Pappas

Paul Peelle

Maureen Raab

Tini Sawicki

Renee Spring