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You are invited to
Cinco de Mayo
Please join us in a celebration of the spirit of Mexico— and the spirit of the Priory. Visit with old friends and new acquaintances while mariachis serenade you. Stroll through a romantic mercado of an era long ago.
Woodside Priory School’s Twenty-Sixth Annual Auction!
Imagine this new Father Martin creation in your home!
by Jennifer Hammer and Karen Hill, Auction Co Chairs
Saturday, May 5, the event begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood City, where guests will enjoy cocktails and sumptuous appetizers while they greet friends, enjoy a gala atmosphere, and bid on unique silent auction items. Heralded by a costumed mariachi band, our guests will then be ushered into the Grand Ballroom for dinner. While you sample a delectable first course, our very special auctioneer, Head of School Tim Molak will lead off the much anticipated auction.
Tim will tempt you to raise your bid paddles again and again as the fun continues. This is when the evening really gets to be exciting! Next, find your way to the fantastic dessert bar served in the Grand Foyer—or, stay in the Ballroom and dance the night away to the sounds of Latin Safari, the popular San Francisco band.
What a memorable evening! And what a wonderful way to assure that small class sizes, outstanding faculty, and the other ingredients to an excellent Benedictine education will continue.
Annual gifts, including auction proceeds, provide about 15% of the cost of a Priory education.
Surprises will abound in the auctions. Here are a few that are sure to prompt some excited contests.
Father Martin’s classic clock will of course catch all eyes. But—imagine this new, additional Father
Martin creation in your home! Every connoisseur of fine wines and woodworking will want to own this beautifully constructed black walnut wine cabinet.
The upper cabinet holds wine glasses and accessories and is embellished with a delicately crafted hand carving of hanging grapes created by Father Martin’s friend and the Priory’s former trustee, Al Ebneter. The lower part of this lovely maple cabinet will hold up to 30 bottles of your favorite wines.
Is this your year for the clock?
“Winning the clock” is a dream many bidders bring to the party, and this year’s prize is 7 feet of richly grained eastern black walnut—twenty-third in his series of hand crafted masterpieces. This clock’s German mechanism features a beautiful moving moon dial, lyre pendulum and a choice of different chime melodies. This grandfather clock is reminiscent of the 18th and 19th century clocks constructed by some of the master clockmakers
in England. It is the more cherished in the Priory community because it is from the hands of our grand Father Martin.
. . .for that trip of a lifetime?
Raise your paddle for a romantic Danube River Cruise for two from Viking River Cruises, plus 180,000 American Airlines travel points for your airfare and hotel accommodations. It’s eight days and seven nights, from Budapest to Nuremberg (or
Surround yourself with the vibrancy of Mexico today as you dine amidst multi-colored silk wall hangings illuminated to reflect the luminous palette of a Mexican sunset.
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