There’s still time to grab your tickets for Puerto Vallarta Men’s Chorus 3rd Annual DE COLORES Dinner, Dance and Auction at Oscar’s Restaurant this coming Saturday, with doors opening at 6:00 for cocktails in the seaside garden ahead of the rest of the night’s fun. Click here for tickets and more information.
This year’s event is bigger than ever, and the live and silent auctions are full of incredible experiences and items—from trips, tours, and tacos—to baubles, beaded shawls and beachside trips (both around Banderas Bay and abroad) and something to bang—a Grand Piano—to dinners and drinks, we’ve got it.
Come find your friends and make some new ones. And for the auction, bring some bucks to buy your things provided by your PV favorites, from A(ntiques) to Z(ebras)!
Our thanks go to our nearly 200 donors whose generosity have already made us think we’re going to be able to keep reaching “Higher and Higher”, bringing the theme of our most recent Winter Concert to life!
LIVE AUCTION ITEMS
FLOWER POWER!
Sip champagne with 5 friends while learning how to arrange flowers from the tropics and head home with your own bouquet! Gift each of your friends with a ONE YEAR Sustainer Membership to Puerto Vallarta’s Jardines Botánicos, one of the world’s top botanical gardens and enjoy two entrances and discounts in the gift shop and restaurant and invitations to special events all year long!
Donated by Flowers to Go! and Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens with a value of $650 USD
ONE-ON-ONE WITH “THE MUSIC MAN”!
OK, for ONE night only, he’s yours! Enjoy dinner with our very own PVMC Artistic Director Alfonso Lopez at, where else? Café des Artistes, of course. This is your chance to hear his vision, share your ideas about the chorus, and get to know our artist in residence better.
Donated by Alfonso López and Café des Artistes with a value of “Priceless”!
HANG TEN
What could be better? A daycation for 10 (lunch, wine, beer, and sun by the pool) at PV’s posh Villa Verano before heading out to Sayulita to hang out with your group of up to 10. During your 3 night stay at Casa Paz, an amazing four bedroom hilltop Sayulita villa, complete with infinity pool and stunning views of the Pacific, you can chill, “hang ten” with your ten, splash, shop or savor. This “daycation and staycation” can be yours with the highest bid tonight!
Donated by Cory Graunitz and Villa Verano with a value of $1500 USD
SAILING TAKES ME AWAY
Race on the Olas Linda sailboat while the crew does all the work! You are “Rail Meat”, on the high side as the boat rounds the mark and outmaneuvers others towards the finish line! Joined by an experienced racing team in one of the 17 mile races for one of the Saturday January 2016 Vallarta Cup Series, you’ll also enjoy lunch on board and margaritas in the yacht club afterwards with the crew!
Donated by Linda Sweet with a value of $800 USD
OUT OF AFRICA I AND II
Tonight we offer a 5 night and a 7 night safari to Africa. Travel to the private Ezulwini Game Lodge on the edge of the Greater Kruger National Park for a luxurious 5 night stay in two different lodges where you will experience amazing photo safari game drives with an experienced ranger before returning nightly to your sumptuous quarters for culinary feasts. For the 7 night trip, you’ll do the same as above, but begin with two nights at the Maritime Bushveld Estates on the outskirts of Johannesburg, where you will delight in the fauna and flora in this beautiful nature retreat while enjoying sumptuous treats…and wine, of course, along with breakfast both mornings.
RESERVE AMOUNTS APPLY TO THESE TWO ITEMS!
Value: 5 night $4,250; 7 night, $5,500 USD
INSIDE THE ARTIST’S STUDIO
John Dumser and Robert Derr invite you to their home overlooking Banderas Bay for a sunset peek “Inside the Artist’s Studio” for wine and cheese. Learn more about the various media from which these artists create works of art including sculptures and paintings and furniture. Take home an original painting of a Vallarta sunset by Robert Derr after your once in a lifetime “pick one to take home” opportunity!
Donated by John Dumser Arte y Muebles with a value of $3,150 USD.
GOOD KARMA I and II
Enjoy a week long staycation for two at PV’s “over the top” newest luxury boutique hotel, Casa Karma, located on a private beach in Conchas Chinas. Be a tourist in your own back yard! The two of you can explore the town and region with any two of these Learn Vallarta! walking tours—discover El Tuito on a rural organic farm walk, El Centro, Southside, Gringo Gulch, or Tropical Plants. This package is being offered TWICE and will be sold to the highest and second highest bidder!
Donated by Casa Karma and Learn Vallarta! with a value for each package sold of $2,850 USD.
ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN
Whether you play or enjoy having entertainment for your parties, you can finally have a grand time with this 6’7” Kimball ebony lacquer finish Grand Piano featuring Viennese action. The piano was built in the 1980’s, and completely restrung in 2013. What a “grand” addition this piano would be to any PV home!
RESERVE AMOUNT APPLIES TO THIS ITEM!
Donated by PVMC with a Value $12,000 US
SILENT AUCTION DONORS
| Act II Stages Animando Pet Grooming Art Vallarta Bacha’s Mexican Restaurant Banderas Bay Trading Company Bara Barcelonas Tapas Bar Frida Belleza y Spa Boccon di Vino Bravo Café San Angel Casa de Encuentro Cassandra Shaw Jewelry Cerroblanco Jewelry Chez Elena Coco’s Kitchen Cork ‘n Bottle Daiquiri Dick’s Da Vino Dante Dental Integral Des Moines Gay Men’s Chorus Allyn Dixon Don Durreau D’z Route 66 Diner El Barracuda El Patron de Vallarta Elements of Design Evolución Jewelry Fiesta Bar Steve Fischer |
Found Artist Galleria Dante Garbo Gay PV George Fulton GMC Frame Shop Dr. Rachel Grosik HealthCare Resources Iguana Verde International Friendship Club John Dumser Arte y Muebles Jose Promis Kabuki Sushi Kai Doctor Malecón Kaiser Maximillian La Colección Layla’s Restaurant Mama Rosa’s Rick Manthiel Marcelo Mico Pilates Marisco Filo Mediterranean Café and Bakery Dean McIntyre Scotty McIntyre Mario Medellin Mundo de Cristal Muy Guapo Gallery Nacho Daddy’s No Way José! Palm Springs Men’s Chorus Perfect Spa |
Michael S. Peters Pinnochio’s Pizza Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens Puerto Vallarta Men’s Chorus PV Boat Club PV Cupcakes PV Technology Solutions Red Cabbage Café River Café Robert Howell Sabuesas Veterninary Clinic Salon R Salud Sama Martini Lounge Sandrino’s Sapphire Beach Club Serendipity SETAC Superior Tours Tejidos by Todd The Gringo Gourmet The Swedes Tucson Gay Men’s Chorus Turtle Creek Chorale Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus Victor’s Place Vinos America Vista Grill Petru Voichescu Yoga Vallarta Xocodiva |