Music of the Mouse

PHOTOS BY HELEN DEMILIO STORY BY TYLER STENTIFORD

When I first heard that Trinity Catholic was planning to build a fine arts center I was eager to do anything I could to help contribute in any way. I reached out to Victoria Sexton and asked if she would be interested in doing an acoustic benefit concert for one evening. She enthusiastically agreed and we brainstormed ideas for possible concerts. We reached out to some of our friends that had gone to Trinity Catholic and were surprised to find that many of them were also very eager to get involved. Soon the acoustic piano and vocal concert grew to a 10 piece band with five alumni vocalists and the TC chamber choir.

We discussed multiple ideas for a concert that was widely appealing and decided to do a show with 18 songs from Disney classics that we all grew up with. This led to us adding a children’s concert for kids and family with character meet and greets in the lobby in addition to the evening concert gala we were already planning.

After many rehearsals with friends, students, alumni, faculty, and staff, we had put together a 90 minute program, which we were very proud of. We decided to add raffles, auctions, photo opportunities, and character meet and greets to our evening lineup to make a truly memorable experience.

In total, we raised over $75,000 for the Colangelo Fine Arts center at Trinity Catholic. However, while we were certainly excited to be able to financially contribute to help make this dream a reality for a school that has given so many of us so much, what we found most rewarding was that students and alumni join together to help contribute to some thing on our campus. For many of us, Trinity Catholic gave us a formative foundation of faith, service, and philanthropy and this is just one example of how we were able to return some of what was imparted in us in our education.