April
29, 2009
Dear
Secretary,
Please read
this at your next meeting:
This year’s
Charity Ball will be hosted by the Magic
Ponies the Worthy Matrons and Worthy Patrons
of the local Chapters. It will be held on
Saturday, June 20, at the India Shrine
Center, 3601 N.W. 36th Street in
Oklahoma City. The theme is a Country
Western Dance. Suggested attire could be a
denim ensemble, or your best-pressed jeans,
country western shirt and boots. This means
ladies as well as the men! Dress for
comfort; no formals or suits, please. The
price of admission will include a catered
dinner, a dance with Dale Wehba for our
Country-Western DJ, a basket auction, and a
formal booth.
The tickets
are $25 each. If you would like to reserve
an entire table(s) for your group, the cost
is $200 per table. Each table seats eight.
Individual seating and table reservations
will be on a first-come, first-served
basis. Please send your reservation
requests to: Gayla McClure, 1410 N.
Washington, Elk City, OK 73644. Her phone
number is: 580-821-1764.
All
reservations must be accompanied by a check
for the amount of the tickets or tables
requested. Reservations must be received no
later than June 10th In order to
finalize our arrangements with the caterers.
We also have a seating limit in the Shrine
Center. No tickets will be sold at the
door.
The doors
will open at 5:30 PM, and reservation
check-in will begin at this time. As no
tickets will be mailed, you will check-in at
the hostess table near the door to receive
your table number for your seating
placement. The dinner will begin at 6:30
PM.
Highlight of
the evening will be the auction of Chapter
Theme Baskets. The baskets will be sold in a
live auction, featuring an inspiring
auctioneer and we will have a Silent
Auction. All monies raised will go to
Oklahoma Diabetes Research.
We are asking
chapters to put together a theme basket for
donation. Please prepare a card and affix it
to your basket. The card should include your
Chapter name, the theme of the basket, a
description of the contents and the
estimated value. This will help our
auctioneer start at an appropriate value for
the basket. Please bring your Chapter basket
with you to the Ball. If you are unable to
attend the Ball, please contact your
District Deputy to make arrangements to pick
up the basket.
A Formal
Booth will be another fundraiser for this
event. Look through your closet and see if
you have a formal or two that you might
donate. Sister Barbara Benton has donated
formals so we will have a booth for
Barbara’s formals. Please bring your formals
with you to the Ball. If you are unable to
attend the Ball, arrangements can be made to
pick up the formals.
Spouses,
Significant Others, Rainbow, DeMolay, and
Job’s Daughters are all welcome at the same
cost per ticket. However, we ask that you
not bring children to the event. Alcoholic
beverages will not be allowed.
Come on out
for a fun evening and support our Charity
Project by “Waltzing with the Stars.”
Sincerely,
Judy
Dixon
Worthy Grand Matron
