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computing world, there is always something to delight every auction bidder – and everybody gets excited enough to hover over at least one special item as the bidding closes.
In addition to the gift certificates, guests will gaze lovingly over hundreds of delectible objects that enhance the home, the garden, the office, the sports locker, the garage – and most definitely themselves! Someone may even find a ruby or two to bid on.
The party this year is in a new location – the Palo Alto Hills Country Club. “I loved it the minute I saw it. It’s a beautiful setting, the parking is convenient, and their reputation for great food is well-deserved. I tasted it. Also, our party is growing and we will be more comfortable in this slightly larger facility,” said Donna.
Best of all, the evening enhances a very serious
business, centered P r i o r y
that of preserving values- education at Woodside School. This is the only social
fund-raising activity of the year and it supports such necessities as small class size and development opportunities for the faculty. How often can you do something special for yourself and your school and your sense of values, all at the same
time?
After the silent auction and the hors d’oeuvres, the dancing and the dinner,
the dessert and the conversation, a live auction and laughs will cap the
evening. Two items deserve to be
declared National Treasures – the
glamorous, one-of-its-kind Bentley,
and the famous, hand-crafted
grandfather clock, fourtheenth in a
series of originals by that master woodworker, Father Martin. Who will
win them? Finding out will be the showstopper cap to a rare gem of an evening.
C. Dobervich
“Ruby,” a mannequin mascot for the upcoming ball, is the
essence of the Fifties Woman. She is swathed in
red silk and sequins, originally from the
designer shop at Bonwitt Teller on New York’s Fifth
Avenue, most
recently from Trappings in Time Antique
Clothing in Palo Alto.
This ’81 Cabernet magnum from Page Mill wineries was made especially for events such as the Ruby Ball. The commercial bottling
has already sold out everywhere, said Dane Stark, Page Mill
vintner. “The grapes are from a well-established vinyard
in the Childs Valley, Napa County and the wines we’ve made from this
vinyard are drinking beautifully back to 1976.
This will drink beautifully right now and will age longer,” he said.
Tom Hennig and Tennessee Ernie Ford entertain at the 1981 Priory Auction. Ford was at that time a Portola Valley resident.
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They’re back! Father William’s famous lobster dinner will again be on the bidding list. Our popular former Prior plans to attend the Ruby Ball and hopes to personally prepare and serve the feast to the winning bidder.