Been curating the Tranzac’s silent auction to achieve our 10k goal for soundproofing. We are more than halfway there thanks to a recent donation of more than $1000 from choir! choir! choir! I approached a few friends about contributing auction items, the amalgamated results make a unique blast of choices.
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Artwork by John Abrams, Rae johnson, Casey McGlynn, Bridget Melody Aloi, Jesi Jordan (and maybe) Lido Pimienta.
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Music lessons from Owen Pallett, Micah Barnes, O Susanna, Dave Wall, Kritty Uranowski and Doug Paisley.
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One offs – Carolyn Taylor of Baroness Von Sketch will write a song about your name, filmmaker Alan Zweig will include a cameo of you in his next movie, rapper Akeem Raphael will write a rap about you, Long Branch and Shadowy Men drummer Don Pyle will give you a haircut or Precious Chong will give you a 5 minute spot at the comedy bar.
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Passes to Mariposa, the Music Gallery and the Jewish Film Festival.
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Signed books by authors Gary Barwin “Yiddish For Pirates” and Carl Wilson “Let’s Talk About Love”
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Musicians that will play on your recording like Ravi Naimpally (tabla), Colleen Allen (saxophone), Rebecca Campbell (background vocals) or Katasha James (background vocals).
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It will be up and ready for bids next week. (and more items to come still)