A Week in Athens, Greece with optional added 3 days and 2 nights in Crete Enjoy a wonderful week in a luxury one bedroom apartment in Athens with and additional $500 for extras. You will receive concierge service in planning tours, recommending restaurants, and airport transport. In addition, you may opt to add on 2 nights and 3 days at the donor s beautiful Swansnest bed and breakfast in Pithari, Crete. Airfare not included.!
FIVE-COURSE DINNER FOR 8 by EXECUTIVE CHEF JOHN NORMAN at the home of LINDA & PAUL WESTON on ROUND LAKE, CHARLEVOIX Chef John Norman, Executive Chef for Wine Guys (Palette Bistro and City Park Grill), will design a 5-course menu of original flavors just for this evening. It will be not just a meal, but an experience that is guaranteed to elicit ooohs and aaahs. Linda and Paul Weston's spectacular home in Charlevoix atop the bluff looking south over Round Lake is the setting for this evening's dining experience.!!
TWO NIGHTS at THE GRAND HOTEL MACKINAC ISLAND ROUND-TRIP TRANSPORTATION on SHEPLER S FERRY A fast and comfortable ride aboard a Shepler Ferry will begin your step back in time. This offering includes, one room for two persons, for two nights, between June 8-October 30, 2016, subject to availability. Meals during your stay include dinner on arrival day, breakfast and dinner on the second day, and breakfast on departure day for two persons. Value: $1800
5 DAYS IN LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA IN 3,000 SQ. FT. CONDO $75 DINING CERTIFICATE PLUS MORE.. Enjoy 5 days in a Wally and Bob Klein's beautiful 3,000 sq. ft. condo 2 blocks from the beach, in the area called La Jolla Shores. The unit will very comfortably accommodate two couples in its two master bedroom suites. Enjoy a enjoy a meal at one of the hottest restaurants in town and just one short block from your home Piatti s who has given you a $75 gift certificate. You will be treated to a private tour of the Salk Institute. Dates Available: July through October 15. (Best weather and fewest crowds are during September and October)
GUEST CONDUCTOR FOR GREAT LAKES SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Now is the chance for your 15 minutes of fame! You will have the experience of a lifetime when you pick up the baton, look into the eyes of the GLCO musicians, make a move of your arm and magically bring forth beautiful music. Dr. Robert Pattengale will give you some basic conducting lessons and familiarize you with the selection. During rehearsals with the musicians, Dr. Libor Ondras will instruct and coach you. Get ready Maestro!
TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN DINNER FOR 8 by CHEF RAFINA GROVE at THE HOME OF RAFINA AND BOB GROVE Rafina was a professionally-trained chef in her native Russia, where she used her talents for over 20 years before moving to Charlevoix. Fortunately for area residents, she loves to share her culinary skills and her heritage. The setting for your dinner in the Grove's gorgeous home on Lake Charlevoix is as beautiful as Rafina's presentations. The unique and delicious dinner will be accompanied by carefully chosen wines to compliment the dishes.
BOAT RIDE FOR 4 THROUGH LES CHENEAUX IN CLASSIC CHRIS-CRAFT DINNER FOR 4 AT LES CHENEAUX CULINARY SCHOOL RESTAURANT LODGING FOR 4.PLUS MORE Alex Watson will take you on a serene, 90-minute cruise through Les Cheneaux, a beautiful 36island Lake Huron archipelago aboard one of his two, professionally-restored late 1940's 25' Chris-Craft Sportsmans. The Les Cheneaux Golf Club has provided a gift certificate for four 9hole rounds of golf. You will cap off your day with a fantastic dinner at the Les Cheneaux Culinary School Restaurant with the $200 certificate they have provided for you. When ready to settle in, it's just a short walk to your motel, The Lakeview Motel.
TWO NIGHTS AT THE SWEDE SPOT INDIAN POINT, BEAVER ISLAND ROUND-TRIP TRANSPORTATION on the BEAVER ISLAND FERRY DINNER at the BEAVER ISLAND LODGE Enjoy 2 nights and 3 days on BI during Baroque on Beaver in Ingrid and David Nedwick's charming 2-bedroom lakeside cottage, The Swede Spot. It's location on a high bluff on the north shore of the island offers magnificent views of Lake Michigan and Garden Island. Round-trip transportation from Charlevoix on the Beaver Island Ferry and a tour of the island are provided by the Beaver Island Boat Co. You will also enjoy a wonderful dinner at the Beaver Island Lodge with your $50 dining certificate.
TRIO OF VIOLINS BIDDER'S CHOICE Add to your musical art collection with one or all of these beautiful painted violins, painted by wellknown local artists especially for GLCO and generously donated to Crescendo. "Vivaldi Up North" by Linda Boss "Rock and Roll Concerto" by Edith Pair "Fire" by Margie Guyot A very special thanks to our generous and talented artists and Jim Slough for donating the violins.