Casino Night
Casino Night Playbill
Learning Gate’s Broadway Themed Casino Night will be 6:30-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 20, 2010 at the Carrollwood Cultural Center (4537 Lowell Road, Tampa, Florida 33618). Chef Jill will tempt us with cuisine from Little Italy and China Town.  There will be beer, wine, sodas, coffee and water. The dress code is anything from casual to flair.
Admission is $35 per person, $60 per couple, if ticket(s) are purchased by Feb. 13th. The price will increase after the 13th. If you are volunteering at the event, you still are required to purchase a ticket. Tickets and sponsorships can be purchased online and in the office.
Basket Contributions
The basket theme for Ms. Beth’s class is Broadway at Home with the Family. We hope to collect items such as the following. Thank you (Allison, Ariella, Caelan, Emily, Hailey, Jacob, Jacqueline, Nathan, Sami, Sarina, and Shelbi) for the items donated so far in blue.
- popcorn (got 2 boxes — thanks!)
- boxes of candy (Spree, Kit Kat, M&Ms, Swedish Fish, Hershey’s bars, Junior Mints, Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds — YUM!) (got it — thanks!)
- canvas storage basket to hold contributions (got it — thanks!)
- broadway movies on DVD (Perhaps you have some you’ve watched several times and are ready to pass along?)
- Beauty and the Beast
- Cats
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
- Chorus Line
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
- Les Miserables (got it — thanks!)
- Lion King
- Mamma Mia!
- Mary Poppins
- Phantom of the Opera (got it — thanks!)
- Rent
- Wicked
- Others? (Got all of the following — thanks!)
- G-force
- Beauty and the Beast
- Peter Pan
- Twitches
- Hairspray
- Free Willy
- Flipper
- The Amazing Panda Adventure
- Shiloh
- Duma
- Horton Hears a Who
- The Man with the Golden Arm
- Suddenly
- Charade
- His Girl Friday
- Father’s Little Dividend
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- Radio
- Space Cowboys
- Finding Neverland
- Elf
- Cheaper by the Dozen
- Other family night at the movies items?
- $30 cash toward above items (Got it — thanks! — purchased blanket for snuggling under together and additional movies)
Please let us know what you would like to contribute, along with its approximate value, by replying to this post below. Then send the item(s) in with your child by Monday, February 8. If the item is sharp, contains alcohol, or poses some danger to students, please drop it off in the office, and let me know, so I can make arrangements to retrieve it. Thanks!
Volunteer Opportunities (Need more hours?)
There are many volunteer opportunities for this event.
- Wrap the basket at the wrap-a-thon in Heron Hall on Wednesday, February 10, 6-8 p.m. If interested, reply to this post below.
- Volunteer on Casino Night (set up, clean up, help during event, transport baskets, etc.). If interested, please contact Michele Northrup (813.948.4190).
- Distribute raffle ticket prizes. Each child will receive a “prize” for the first 25 tickets sold, selected during lunch (10:30-12:30). If interested, please contact Michele Northrup (813.948.4190).
Other Ways to Contribute
Raffle
Donations are needed for the raffle. Please solicit businesses for items or any connections that you have. Examples of items for raffle/auction:
- Week/weekend getaways, if someone has a cabin or beach house
- Pie of the month or anything that someone likes to make that they would do for a specified time period. Janet mentioned a Chili of the month that was donated at another school. The person made chili once a month for a specified time period for the winner. This donation brought in $1000.00.
- Donation of a skill (time and/or product you create)
Donations for the raffle and auction will be accepted until Feb. 19th. Remember that if you are sending in wine, beer, any chocolates containing alcohol and/or any sharp objects, please bring them into the office. DO NOT send these items to the classroom for obvious reasons!
Banner
Solicit businesses for a beautiful BANNER that will be displayed the night of the event. Cost is $100 for the banner with their choice of wording PLUS a link from our website to theirs, PLUS a business card size add placed in the GAZETTE, PLUS they can keep the banner after the event.
There are donation request forms and banner forms in the office that describe Learning Gate and include the tax id.