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October 20, 2009 --
Wine Spectaular a Huge Success. Thank YOU!
October 16, 2009 --
Advance Copy of Wine Spectacular
Program and Auction Items
October 15, 2009 -- Tutored
Tasting with E & J Gallo Wines
October 9, 2009 -- Last
Call for Ticket Sales
September 22, 2009 -- Champagne Diamond
Reverse Raffle Featuring a Ladies Tennis Bracelet and Men's
Tag Watch
September 10, 2009 -- Stefan
Duncan, renowned artist, to attend and paint at the Rotary
Club of Lake Norman Huntersville's 11th Annual Wine
Spectacular Charity Event
August 20, 2009
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11th Annual Wine Spectacular Charity Event Hosted by The
Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville
Wine Spectacular a
success
 THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR A SUCCESSFUL 2009 WINE SPECTACULAR
The Rotary Club of Lake Norman - Huntersville would like to
thank all attendees, event sponsors, beneficiaries and our
gracious hosts at Northstone Country Club for this year's
(2009) Wine Spectacular! Congratulations to those who won
some terrific auction and raffle items. Thanks to you, it
looks like we raised nearly $75,000 for local beneficiaries,
The Hope House, USO, Special Olympics, Angels and Sparrows
Soup Kitchen and The Lake Norman Free Clinic!
We have some photos (click
here) of this year's event here that will continue to
provide us all with great memories of the evening!
We would also value your feedback by completing our event
survey. You can do that by
clicking HERE.
We are already planning the 12th Annual Wine Spectacular for
Saturday, 16, 2010 so mark your calendar. If you would like
to get a jump start and let us know now that you would like
to participate as a sponsor, attendee, or food server, or
winery, or as a donor, go ahead and complete our
Contact Form now.
More details will be published as they become available.
Watch our
website for the announcement and more details.
The Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville
A not-for-profit organization
P. O. Box 2306, Huntersville, NC, 28078
http://www.LakeNormanRotary.com
October 16, 2009
The Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville
A not-for-profit organization
P. O. Box 2306, Huntersville, NC, 28078
http://www.LakeNormanRotary.com
Advance Copy of Wine Spectacular
Program and Auction Items
 As
a ticket holder for this year's
Wine Spectacular,
we are excited to offer you a sneak preview of the evening
and an advance review of all the wonderful auction and
raffle items that will be available throughout the evening.
Just simply click
this link
to our web site to look at all the goodies or browse through
each of the links below to plan the items that you will want
to bid on. If you know of someone who is planning on
attending the event as your guest, a friend or loved one who
has not yet
purchased a ticket, please feel free to forward this
email to them so they can, hopefully, secure one of the few
remaining tickets and review the Program.
It is going to be a FUN evening - see you
there!
Silent Auction Items
-
Chardonnay Table
(this table will close @ 8:15pm)
Silent Auction Items
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Cabernet Table(this
table will close @ 9:15pm)
Silent Auction Items
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Merlot Table(this
table will close @ 9:30pm)
Live Auction Items-
(Will begin @ 8:30pm)
Raffle Items-
Purchase Raffle tickets at the door (1 ticket for $5, 3
tickets for $10, 10 tickets for $20). The raffle items will
be given away throughout the event and 50% of the cash will
go to one lucky raffle ticket holder. You must be present
to win.
The Entire Auction Catalog
NOTE: You will
need a PDF reader to open and read the Auction Items.
Here is an overview of the evening:
The evening at-a-glance
6:30 pm VIP Tutored Tasting - E&J Gallo,
"Aromas and Sensory Tasting of Wine."
7:00 pm General Tasting
7:30 pm Welcome Annoucements &
50/50 Raffle
Begins
8:15 pm Closing Silent Auction
Chardonnay Table
8:30 pm
Live Auction Begins
9:15 pm Closing Silent Auction
Cabernet Table
9:30 pm Closing Silent Auction
Merlot Table
9:45 pm
Champagne Diamond Reverse Raffle
Final Round
10:00 p.m Celebration Dance
The 11th Annual Wine Spectacular Auction" at
6:30 pm on Saturday, October 17 at
Northstone Country
Club
in Huntersville. The 11th Annual Wine Spectacular Auction
and Tasting will take place on Saturday October 17th, 2009,
7pm at
Northstone Country Club
benefiting area charities. Limited tickets are still
available for $75.00 and can be purchased online at
www.lakenormanrotary.com
or in person at the door on a first-come, first-served
basis. A sell-out is anticipated so order tickets now.
If more information is needed, please contact
Chris Jones, Event Chairman, 704-765-1196
Chris.Jones@TheBordleyGroup.com
October 15, 2009
The Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville
A not-for-profit organization
P. O. Box 2306, Huntersville, NC, 28078
http://www.LakeNormanRotary.com
For Immediate
Release
 A special limited seating, by invitation only,
"tutored wine tasting" will be offered at the 11th Annual
Wine Spectacular Auction" at 6:30 pm on Saturday, October 17
by the Rotary Club of Lake Norman at
Northstone Country Club in Huntersville. The Tasting
will be conducted by Ms. Christine Ruotolo of from EJ Gallo
Wines and will explore "Aromas and Sensory Tasting of Wine."
Mr. George Erdle, noted wine expert and writer who helped
arrange the Tasting, says "it will offer some exciting
information for both the wine connoisseur and those
interested in enjoying wine with friends over a meal. It
offers an opportunity to refine an attendee's abilities to
select wines and pair them with their favorite foods." This
unique event also offers each Wine Spectacular ticket holder
a special "gold dubloon" which entitles them to a special
pouring taste of an exquisite 2005 Ramey Larkmead Reserve
Cabernet Sauvignon. Other exciting evening activities
include the popular "Champagne Diamond Reverse Raffle" that,
this year, features a diamond ladies tennis bracelet and a
gentleman's Tag watch, valued at over $8,000! The 11th
Annual Wine Spectacular Auction and Tasting will take place
on Saturday October 17th, 2009, 7pm at
Northstone Country Club benefiting area charities.
Limited tickets are still available for $75.00 and can be
purchased online at
www.lakenormanrotary.com or in person at the door on a
first-come, first-served basis. A sell-out is anticipated so
order tickets now.
The Wine Spectacular will feature delicious food, live
entertainment and dancing, as well as the opportunity to
taste and purchase many fine wines. The main event of the
evening includes live and silent auction items featuring
golf packages from area courses, vacation homes and trips,
salon and spa services, autographed sports memorabilia,
certificates from various restaurants and businesses in the
Lake Norman area, trips to the zoo, various hotel stay
amenities, and private in home dinners with the season 4
contestant from Hells Kitchen - Ben Caylor, just to name a
few! Renowned artist, Stefan Duncan, will donate a piece
from his collection, "Light Through it All," to be auctioned
LIVE and will be attending the event, bringing with him a
number of his paintings that will be available for purchase
and donating a portion of the proceeds to this year's
beneficiaries, Additionally, Mr. Duncan will be working on a
painting LIVE at the event and is planning on donating it at
the event! Details can be found at this website
link.
Contributions may qualify for a tax deduction as the Rotary
Club of Lake Norman - Huntersville is a non-profit 501c3
charitable organization.
Click here for the tax id. #. Beneficiaries include the
Lake Norman Free Clinic,
USO of North Carolina,
Angels & Sparrows Soup Kitchen,
The Hope House and
Special Olympics - Lake Norman. For sponsorship and
ticket information, please visit the
website or type
http://www.lakenormanrotary.org/winespectacularcharityevent/index.htm
into your browser. If more information is needed, please
contact Chris Jones, Event Chairman, 704-765-1196
Chris.Jones@TheBordleyGroup.com
October 9, 2009
The Rotary
Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville
A not-for-profit organization
P. O. Box 2306, Huntersville, NC, 28078
http://www.LakeNormanRotary.com
For Immediate
Release
 The 11th Annual Wine Spectacular Auction and Tasting
will take place on Saturday October 17th, 2009, 7pm at
Northstone Country Club benefiting area charities.
Tickets are $75.00 and can be purchased online at
www.lakenormanrotary.com or in person at the door
(first-come, first-served; tickets may sell-out beforehand).
The event will feature delicious food, live entertainment
and dancing, as well as the opportunity to taste and
purchase many fine wines which have been hand selected by
Mr. George Erdle, noted wine editor and wine connoisseur.
The main event of the evening includes live and silent
auction items featuring golf packages from area courses,
vacation homes and trips, salon and spa services,
autographed sports memorabilia, certificates from various
restaurants and businesses in the Lake Norman area, trips to
the zoo, various hotel stay amenities, and private in home
dinners with the season 4 contestant from Hells Kitchen -
Ben Caylor, just to name a few! A Champagne Diamond Reverse
Raffle will feature a diamond ladies tennis bracelet and a
gentleman's Tag watch, total package valued at over $7,000!
Details can be found at this website
link.
Contributions may qualify for a tax deduction as the Rotary
Club of Lake Norman - Huntersville is a non-profit 501c3
charitable organization.
Click here for the tax id. #. Beneficiaries include the
Lake Norman Free Clinic,
USO of North Carolina,
Angels & Sparrows Soup Kitchen,
The Hope House and
Special Olympics - Lake Norman. For sponsorship and
ticket information, please visit the
website or type
http://www.lakenormanrotary.org/winespectacularcharityevent/index.htm
into your browser. If more information is needed, please
contact Chris Jones, Event Chairman, 704-765-1196
Chris.Jones@TheBordleyGroup.com
For
Immediate Release
September 22, 2009
The Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville
A not-for-profit organization
P. O. Box 2306, Huntersville, NC, 28078
http://www.LakeNormanRotary.com
For additional information contact Chris Jones
704-765-1196 chris.jones@TheBradleyGroup.com
The Lake Norman Huntersville Rotary Club will be conducting
its 11th Annual Wine Spectacular on Saturday October 17,
2009 at the Northstone Country Club in Huntersville, North
Carolina. The event starts at 7 pm and will feature
delicious food from Northstone, live entertainment and
dancing, as well as the opportunity to taste and purchase
many fine wines, which have been hand selected by Mr. George
Erdle, the noted wine editor and wine connoisseur. There
will also be silent and live auction of rare wines and other
items that range from golf packages, vacation homes,
certificates from various restaurants, private in home
dinners and opportunity to buy paintings by Stefan Duncan.
One of the premier events of
the evening is the Champagne Diamond Reverse Raffle that
will feature a ladies tennis bracelet and a gentleman's Tag
watch valued at $5000. The beneficiary of this event will be
the USO of North Carolina at Charlotte Douglas Airport.
The USO of North Carolina is a
Non-profit, Non-Governmental citizen's organization that
serves and supports Military and their families. The USO of
North Carolina at Charlotte Douglas Airport is open 17 hours
a day, 365 days a year and serves as a transit lounge for
the Military and their families. It provides food, TV, DVD,
Video games, internet and wi-fi facilities to over 20,000
servicemen and women and their families every month.
The price of the entry to the
main event is $75 per person and the price to participate in
the Champagne Diamond Reverse Raffle starts at $40. With the
expected sale of 150 tickets for the Champagne Diamond
Raffle, the odds of winning the Diamond are 150 to one! It
is necessary to be present at the main event to participate
in the Champagne Diamond Raffle. For those Friends and
Patrons of USO who are unable to attend the Event but still
would like to donate to USO, three categories of Friends of
USO have been created at $50, $100 and other category. One
hundred percent of these donations will go to USO.
For purchasing the tickets or
to make a donation please call Chris Jones at 704-765-1196
or go to website: http://www.lakenormanrotary.com.
Stefan Duncan,
renowned artist, to attend and paint at the
Rotary Club of Lake Norman Huntersville's 11th
Annual Wine Spectacular Charity Event
What goes better with wine than art? The Rotary
Club of Lake Norman - Huntersville is pleased to
announce that renowned artist, Stefan Duncan,
will donate a piece from his collection, "Light
Through it All," to be auctioned LIVE on October
17 at the 11th Annual Wine Spectacular at
Northstone Country Club now offering
ONLINE TICKETS. Mr. Duncan be attending the
event, bringing with him a number of his
paintings that will be available for purchase
and donating a portion of the proceeds to this
year's beneficiaries, The Lake Norman Free
Clinic, The Hope House, USO of NC, Angels
and Sparrows, Special Olympics of Lake Norman
and other local charities. An image of this work
is shown above. Mr. Duncan's manager, Kristen
Oliver, states, "It is really one of my
favorites. 'Light Through it All' is a 30 x 48
acrylic painting and is listed at $2100." The
Rotary Club of Lake Norman - Huntersville is
very appreciative of Mr. Duncan's generosity.
Additionally, Mr. Duncan will be working on a
painting LIVE at the event and is planning on
donating it at the event!
 The
11th Annual Wine Spectacular Auction and Tasting
will take place on Saturday October 17th, 2009.
The event is being held at the
Northstone Country Club located in
Huntersville, NC and begins at 7 pm. This year's
event will feature delicious food, live
entertainment and dancing, as well as the
opportunity to taste and purchase many fine
wines which have been hand selected by Mr.
George Erdle, noted wine editor and wine
connoisseur. The main event of the evening
includes live and silent auction items featuring
golf packages from area courses, vacation homes
and trips, salon and spa services, autographed
sports memorabilia, certificates from various
restaurants and businesses in the Lake Norman
area, trips to the zoo, various hotel stay
amenities, and private in home dinners with the
season 4 contestant from Hells Kitchen - Ben
Caylor just to name a few! A Champagne Diamond
Reverse Raffle will feature a diamond ladies
tennis bracelet and a gentleman's Tag watch!
Rich Sampson, Club President, states "as
Rotarian's we firmly believe in 'Service above
Self.' Over $100,000 has been donated to local
charities over the years." Tickets are $75.00
and can be purchased online at
www.lakenormanrotary.com or in person. For
more information on the event or if you are
interested in becoming an advertising sponsor or
auction item donor please call 704-765-1196 or
visit the website at
http://www.lakenormanrotary.com
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Rotary Membership...
...is an American-born tradition to enable and
advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace
through the improvement of health, the support
of education, and the alleviation of poverty.
The Rotary Club of Lake Norman Huntersville,
a 501c(3) non-profit raises funds to help local
and international charitable causes. To learn
more about visiting the Club for breakfast on
Thursday at the Northstone Country Club in
Huntersville, contact us at
lkrotary@gmail.com.
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August 20, 2009
The Rotary Club of Lake
Norman-Huntersville
A not-for-profit organization
P. O. Box 2306, Huntersville, NC, 28078
http://www.LakeNormanRotary.com
For Immediate Release
For additional information contact Chris Jones
704-765-1196 Chris.Jones@TheBordleyGroup.com
11th Annual Wine Spectacular Charity Event Hosted by The
Rotary Club of Lake Norman-Huntersville
The Lake Norman Huntersville
Rotary Club will be conducting its 11th Annual Wine
Spectacular on Saturday October 17th, 2009. The event is
being held at the Northstone Country Club located in
Huntersville, North Carolina and begins at 7 pm. This years
event will feature delicious food from Northstone, live
entertainment and dancing, as well as the opportunity to
taste and purchase many fine wines which have been hand
selected by Mr. George Erdle, noted wine editor and wine
connoisseur!!!! However, the main event of the evening will
be our AUCTION!!!!
We have incredible auction
items this year that range from amazing golf packages from
area courses, vacation homes and trips, salon and spa
services, autographed sports memorabilia, certificates from
various restaurants and businesses in the Lake Norman (LKN) area, trips to
the zoo, various hotel stay amenities, and private in home
dinners with the season 4 contestant from Hells Kitchen - Ben Caylor just to name a few! We will also be having a
Champagne Diamond Reverse Raffle that will feature a
diamond ladies tennis bracelet and a gentleman's Tag watch!
As Rotarian's we firmly believe
in "Service above Self' and over the last several years, we
have contributed in excess of $100,000 to local charities
including The Lake Norman Free Clinic, The Ada Jenkins
Center and the American Red Cross. With our countries economic
crisis this year the need to serve others is greater than
ever and as such we have chosen to lend our support to the
following beneficiaries;
-The Lake Norman Free Clinic
which offers health care services to the uninsured and the
under-insured residents of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson
and Mooresville on Wednesday evenings will be our main
benefactor this year. Please feel free to visit
LKNFreeClinic.org for more information.
-The Hope House in
Huntersville, North Carolina will be this years
benefactor of the Silent Auction. The Hope House offers
transitional housing and support for single mothers and
their children. For more information on The Hope House
please go to
www.HopeHouseFoundation.org.
-The Angels and Sparrows Soup
Kitchen in Huntersville, North Carolina is the recipient to
this years Live Auction and helps to fight hunger in
Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson, as well as in the
unincorporated areas of North Mecklenburg County. To learn
more about the soup kitchen please visit
www.angelsandsparrows.org.
-The USO of North Carolina at
Charlotte Douglas airport will be the benefactor to our
Champagne Diamond Reverse Raffle. The USO of NC enhances the
quality of life for our U.S. Armed Forces personnel and
their families worldwide to create a cooperative
relationship between U.S. Military communities and civilian
communities. For more information regarding the USO of NC please
visit
www.uso-nc.org.
-The Special Olympics of North
Carolina which provides year-round sports training and
athletic competition in a variety Olympic-type activities
for both children and adults will be this years benefactor
to the Door Raffle. Pleases visit
www.sonc.net for more information regarding the Special
Olympics.
Please mark your calenders and
SAVE THE DATE of October 17th, 2009 to be our guest at the Lake
Norman-Huntersville Rotary Wine Spectacular Charity Event. Tickets are
$75.00 and can be purchased online at
www.lakenormanrotary.com or in person from one of our
club members! We hope to see you there!!!!!!
For more information on the
event or if you are interested in becoming an advertising
sponsor or auction item donor please call 704-765-1196 or visit our website
http://www.lakenormanrotary.com
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