Comedy and Cuisine

No we’re not talking basketball. It’s countdown to Comedy and Cuisine time!

Invitations are out and it’s time to plan for your night of fun, entertainment, and chance to be a part of the largest school fundraiser of the year!

Ticket discounts

Tickets are $60 for people who have never attended before. Regular ticket price is $75, same as last year.

March 28, 2009

The event is again planned for the beautiful Hilton Omaha next to the Qwest Center. The night of Comedy & Cuisine is a semi-formal dinner that includes entertainment and live and silent auctions

Get your group bids together for some great live auction dinners!

It’s a tradition of Comedy and Cuisine to have some great dinner packages available during live auction. This is a chance for you and some old or some new friends to bid together for a night of terrific cuisine and fun. Here are just some of the dinners for you to start planning for.

• Dinner with Sheila Haggas- Duschense Head of School A French theme
• Dinner with Mrs. Rourke, Hosted by Mike and Julie Swartz and Tom and Barb Dineen
• Riverfront Dinner at Bob and Mary Kay Gerken’s
• A Progressive Dinner Hosted by the Mortons, Justices, Lammers and Swartzes
• Private Dinner and Tour at the Josyln Art Museum, Hosted by Brooks Joyner
• Dinner for six at Father Steve Boes’ home, Principal at Boystown, to be held at his new home that is in the shape of a cross.

Other Live Auction sneak peeks

Wicked Tickets: Four tickets to the live show coming to Omaha this summer along with after party passes for four.
Principal for a Day: every child wants to be principal for the day! Mrs. Rourke makes this a very special day for the student.
Reserved Pew for First Communion: no worries about where your family will sit for this special event.
Are you a Baseball fan? Watch for the Baseball in Chicago package.
Maybe it’s Basketball you like: Get in on the bidding for a Creighton Men’s Basketball game box, seats for eight along with dinner.

There are many more Live Auction items and hundreds of Silent Auction items available for your bidding pleasure!

Class Art Projects, An evening favorite

Do you know what your kids have been working on? A favorite part of the event is seeing the class art projects that are worked on by each grade and donated to the event for auction. The kids love being a part of raising money for the school. Here is a little information to peak your interest….can you match up the project your child is a part of? A three piece picture designed by the students representing new beginnings, a photographic collage, a Cross representing that special 1st Communion year, a perpetual wooden calendar, a mirror with cooper design work by the students, a table handcrafted with religious symbols designed by students and a book not only authored by the students but full of photos they took on a behinds the scene tour of the Cathedral. There are more projects being worked so make sure you are getting the inside scoop from your kids!

Operetta kicks things off

At each Operetta performance you have the chance to purchase some great gift baskets full of everything from Fancy Chocolates, Italian Cooking items, Scrapbooking material, to Sports baskets. The proceeds from these baskets go to Comedy and Cuisine. Room moms and volunteer parents put these special items together. Also on sale at the operetta will be some fun class pictures of every grade at St. Cecilia’s. These pictures are great memory makers. Come ready to enjoy a great show and have a chance to do a little shopping!

Comedy and Cuisine Chairs

Event chairs for 2009 are Rus and Marci Biven and Mike and Martha O’Connor. Chairs for 2010 are Michael and Kimberly Joyce and Mike and Julie Swartz.

Honorary Chairs

We are pleased that Barry and Mary Agnes Gerken and Bob and Mary Kay Gerken are serving as Honorary Chairs of 2009 Comedy & Cuisine.

Entertainment for the Night

Comedian John Paul Morgan will bring his high-energy talents to Comedy & Cuisine 2009.

Underwriting

Please remember to return your underwriting contributions to Beth Klug at the Rectory. You donations help fund important capital improvements at our school.

Do you want to party all night?

Well if you do the chairs have arranged for a special room rate at the Hilton. Just call the Hilton at 998-3400.

How you can help

More auction items can always be used so please contact the Bivens at 561-9471 or biven@cox.net or the O’Connors at 551-0333 or oirishbug@aol.com to donate.