Hooray for Benicia Ballet!

Last month Benicia Ballet Theatre held a Silent Auction and Wine Tasting fundraiser, the culmination of many weeks of hard work by myself and many BBT parents, volunteers, and board members. I wanted to share some of the pictures from the event since it was quite beautiful (if I do say so myself), and held in the newly renovated historical Arsenal building in Benicia.  I’ve always loved this building, having grown up in it, and spent my childhood and adolescence dancing among the original brickwork and big open windows, and it has an interesting history as well: it was a staging area during the Civil War for Union troops from the West, and remained a garrisoned post until 1898 when troops were assigned to duty in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. 

So you’ll see with the hardwood floors, exposed brick, and beautiful natural light, this was the perfect space for some balletomanes to come together for the afternoon in support of a great organization.  I was so impressed and grateful for the support of the local businesses that donated items for our silent auction, it is really inspiring to see the community band together for non profit organizations, it’s one of the things I like best about belonging to a small community.

A sampling of some of the silent auction items 

A fun photo of our band for the evening - Groove Management

Janice helping perfect our displays!

So festive and fall-ish!

We were also lucky enough to have a favorite local Benicia band, Groove Management play some great jazz standards for us.  These high school musicians did a fantastic job and had me tapping my toes all evening long.

The event was definitely a success, and raised a nice amount of money to support future performances and endeavors of Benicia Ballet Theatre.  I’m sure there will be more fun events such as this one in Benicia Ballet’s future; fundraising and raising awareness about the benefits of dance and performance both for Benicia Ballet Theatre and for other non profits with great goals will always be an ongoing process, one that I’m happy to help in and excited to see reach new heights.  Hooray for Benicia Ballet!