Christmas Home Tour Tannenbaum Ball

Tannenbaum Ball Rings In Yule Season

The annual Tannenbaum Ball, a black-tie event sponsored by the Gillespie County Historical Society, will be held Saturday, Dec. 11. This will be the organization’s 12th ball after a cancelation in 2020.

The event will again be held at St. Mary’s Holy Family Center with a seated dinner catered by Side Street.

There will be an open bar and dancing to the music of The Flying GTs, as well as silent and live auctions.

Funds raised from the Ball will go to help the museum complete its accreditation efforts from the American Alliance of Museums.

One winning prize ticket for a $5,000 Visa gift card will be drawn during the evening, although the winner need not be present to win. Only 100 tickets will be sold for $100 each.

“Proceeds from this event are vital to our ongoing ability to serve our community and continue our mission to preserve and tell the story of the Texas Hill Country,” said Caroline Eidson, GCHS board member.

Early sponsor table reservations are encouraged.

Tables for eight are available at four sponsorship levels again this year: Historian - $1,750 Preservationist - $2,500 Founder - $5,000 Meusebach - $10,000 Individual tickets are $175.

Homes Tour

The organization also hosts an annual Christmas Tour of Homes, featuring five or six of Gillespie County’s outstanding residences decked out in holiday finery.

But due to the continuing pandemic, that event has been postponed for a second year in a row.

About

The Gillespie County Historical Society was formed in 1935 to make sure the community remembered its roots and founders.

The first Pioneer Museum was located in the Vereins Kirche on Marktplatz. In 1955, the Society bought the historic Kammlah House and eventually expanded its complex t0 11 acres and nine buildings located on the southeastern corner of Main and Milam Streets. The society has more than 40,000 artifacts within its collection.

Online

For more information about the Gillespie County Historical Society or other events or displays at the Pioneer Museum, visit www. pioneermuseum.net/gillespiecounty-historical-society.html.

Supporters sit down for a meal at the annual Tannenbaum Ball, a fundraiser sponsored by the Gillespie County Historical Society to help preserve the history of the founders and those who built this region into what it is today.