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and purples of violets, the golds and bronzes of marigold blooms, the rich fruit tones of raspberries, cherries and figs, plus the colors of honeysuckle, lilac flowers, and pinks.
Velvet curtains will be pulled back at eight o’clock and guests welcomed “backstage,” where many visual and bidding surprises are in store. Each table will resemble a Renaissance still life and the food will be predictably distinctive and delicious, as has been true in past years at Hotel Sofitel. Our chef is researching an English Renaissance dish that he might add to surprise and delights the guests.
Not only are the rooms lovely to look at, the treasures are delightful to behold! Something for every interest and need and pocketbook will be
on display. The wines and restaurant certificates, professional services, sporting events and memorabilia, jewels, vacations, performing arts tickets and more will indeed live up to one actor’s exclamation— ‘O, wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful!’ (Act iii Scene 2)
Gifts from faculty, students, staff, and especially the monks are always highly prized, and many favorites will be back: elegant art glass from students, Father Maurus’s duck dinner served in the refectory, Father Martin’s and Brother Edward’s Down East Lobster Dinner, and the Headmaster’s Council dinner for 20. Faculty and staff will
have a variety of tutoring, training and activity
opportunities up for bids.
A tradition is being revived this year with the
third edition of the Priory Community Cookbook.
It will feature drawings from students and alumni, bits of historical information (especially about
the culinary history of the school), and, of course, delicious recipes submitted and tested by dozens of volunteers. Mrs. Louise Davies and her committee of Priory friends published the first cookbook in 1962.
Dozens of volunteer parents, students, faculty and staff are devoting many hundreds of hours
to assure the success of this important event. It is the Priory’s one big fund-raiser for the operating budget. Every year, auction proceeds help to close the gap between the tuition and actual cost of a Priory education.
“Come to have fun, bid high and bid often! The cause is a good one,” said Wayne Davison.
Bidders can whet their appetites for special items by checking the online catalog, which is updated daily. Go to www.woodsidepriory.com/ auction . Below is a sampler from the list:
• Relax for a week in the luxury beachfront home “Hale Mar” on the beautiful island of Hawaii. Three bedrooms, two baths, a 38-foot lap pool, workout equipment, and the joy of watching the Pacific tides come with the house. • Go backstage at the site of contemporary
Bid on two pairs of tickets to the San Jose Grand Prix, the Champ Car World Series with seats in
the gold grandstand (top eight rows). Enjoy a pit walkthrough and a paddock pass!
As You Like It Schedule of Events
Gift-Giving Launch Party—March 10, 2006. Guests played Renaissance games while enjoying modern cuisine and making their donations. The ambiance was typical of a small village fair, perhaps in Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford- on-Avon.
Online Auction – ( March 27 to
April 10). Go to www. wpsauction.org. Bargains galore, raffle tickets, and anyone can play.
Auction Raffle Tickets—On sale now; will continue until 300 are sold. Win $10,000 in cash or tuition credit! Second prize is $1,000. You need not be present to win.
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Luncheon on May 6, 2006 for all of the auction chairs since the first, chaired by Jan and Oscar Piper and Bev and Robert Doyle on Nov. 7, 1983
Auction and Ball
May 7, 2006
Hotel Sofitel, Redwood Shores
5:30 p.m. Registration, Cocktails and Hors d’oeuvres
5:30 p.m. Silent Auction, photos, entertainment
8 p.m. Dinner; salad auction,
entertainment
9:30 Grand Auction
10: 30 Dancing to live band until
midnight