2016 Gala: A Night of Cabaret

The Gala Event for the 2016 Carmel Bach Festival Opening at the most prestigious private country club on the Monterey Peninsula.
Date: Friday, July 15, 2016
Time: 05:30 PM
Price: $300
Venue: Monterey Peninsula Country Club
Come in your best nightclub attire, black tie optional

Our annual gala heralds the jubilant start to the Carmel Bach Festival’s 2016 season. This year, our Gala will be held at the nationally acclaimed Monterey Peninsula Country Club in Pebble Beach. The evening includes cocktails, dinner with wines provided by Lambert Bridge Winery, our popular Wine Bin and a new addition of a Whisky Bin. We are proud to feature veteran New York cabaret singer, stage actor, humorist, and novelist William Kinsolving who will perform songs from the Great American Songbook.

Proceeds from our Gala allows the Carmel Bach Festival to broaden our artistic and educational impact throughout our region on a year-round basis.
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FOUR GREAT AUCTION ITEMS
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Passport to the 2017 Carmel Bach Festival’s 80th anniversary season

Two tickets to every concert in the Carmel Bach Festival’s 2017 season with
exclusive concierge ticket service | July 15 – 29, 2017

+ Reserved parking at the Sunset Center
+ Requests handled by Box Office Manager
+ Invitation to attend post-concert receptions with CBF musicians
+ No hassle exchanges

Value $5,000; Opening bid: $500.
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Can You Feel the Beat?
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A rare opportunity for up to eight people to sit on stage during a 2017 Carmel
Bach Festival rehearsal and to experience the music from the other side of the
footlights. Includes tea and post-rehearsal conversations with Artistic Director
and Principal Conductor, Paul Goodwin.

Value $1,000; Opening bid: $200.
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Tesla Mania

Includes a private tour of the Tesla factory in Fremont, California, for eight
people, catered lunch at the Tesla campus, the opportunity to learn more
about the Tesla technology and other “behind the scenes” news and your
chance to test drive a brand new Tesla on the premises.

Value $1,000; Opening bid: $500.


Dinner with you, David Gordon, Andrew Megill, and 18 of your friends

The iconic Sardine Factory on famed Cannery Row is the site of your private gathering as you and up to 18 of your guests dine in the majestic Wine Cellar with Carmel Bach Festival dramaturge David Gordon and Associate Conductor Andrew Megill. Private events in the Wine Cellar are a symphony of choreographed food, wine, music and service. The Sardine Factory, known for its local, sustainable, and fresh menu, pairs nicely with the ebullient personalities of David and Andrew. The chefs will build a unique menu just for you to pair with the exquisite wines provided by Tournesol Winery. A night to remember!
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Value $5,800; Opening bid: $1,000.

Featured Performer
William Kinsolving
William has appeared as an actor under-, off- and on Broadway, as well as a saloon singer in smoky Greenwich Village nightclubs. For additional creative diversion, he has acted and/or directed in Oregon, at the Stratford (CT) Shakespeare Theater, Harvard, Dartmouth, Café La Mama, and won the Best Actor of the Year award from the San Francisco Chronicle for performing at the Berkeley Repertory Theater. Ineluctably transitioning to a second career as most do, Kinsolving wrote a play, was awarded a Ford Foundation Playwriting Grant, and had the play produced by the Stratford Ontario Shakespeare Festival. This led to the first of some 54 films on which he worked for every major studio (and several distinctly minor ones) in Los Angeles, London and Rome as screenwriter and script doctor. He regressed happily to nightclub and fundraising performances, accompanied by the likes of Peter Duchin and Emmanuel Ax when the great David Lewis was unavailable, singing at the Algonquin Hotel’s late lamented Oak Room and for one of the late Brooke Astor’s better birthday parties among many other less name-dropping venues. Three new plays are in “development.” One, FORGERY, is based on the infamous Shakespeare forgeries that captivated London in 1796. Another, SINGLE, is a contemporary farce set in the Napa Valley wine country. The third is called THEATRE FARCE, and is exactly that.
Gala Co-Chairs:
Kevin Cartwright and Aimee Darby

Gala Committee:
Anne and Peter Albano
Sandie Borthwick and Gloria Souza
Carlotta and Knox Mellon
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Honorary Commitee:
Rosalind Gray and Robert Davis
Nancy and William Doolittle
Susan DuCoeur
Roberta and David Elliott
Lyn and Kent Evans
Jackie and Peter Henning
Carol and Don Hilburn
Sharon and Stan Meresman
Julie and Dave Nee
Jeanne and Cyril Yansouni
Buy your wine or whisky bin cards today for the opportunity to win thousands of dollars worth of fine wine or whisky for just $100. The wine bin includes over 40 bottles of wine from vineyards all over California, France, Italy and Spain. Some outstanding wines included in the bin are the Bacio Divino 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon, Silver Oak 2002 Cabernet Sauvignon, DuMol 2006 Pinot Noir. Our whisky bin will be a collection of 9 single malt whiskys that will impress the most discerning whisky connoisseur. To order your card, call our office and choose your lucky playing card! The Wine and Whisky Bins will be displayed at our annual gala
A Night of Cabaret, where we will also choose the winning card. If you are unable to attend, we will represent you and your card at the Gala. Don't miss your opportunity to win this fabulous prize!