the chauffered custom Maybach that takes your party from your humble castle to the hotel and back the next day. Hungarian Duck Dinner. Tired of grilled dragon? Chef Father Maurus' famous Hungarian duck dinner for 24 guests is a Priory Auction favorite! Your evening will begin with a fine reception followed by the "Canard de Maurus” in the Priory Refectory, served by the creator and his monastic colleagues.
Alumni in colleges from the East to the West have sent in sweatshirts from their new schools—each will be a separate bidding item. What a great way to encourage a student’s dreams!
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Tour of San Francisco – by AIR. With a little fairy dust and a turbo Skyline plane, you and two others can experience an aerial tour of San Francisco, Alcatraz, Angel Island, Sausaulito, Half Moon Bay and the Golden Gate. What a great gift to share with your best friends! A nice case of Windsor to enjoy with dinner or an ultra-extravagant bottle (vintage 1949) valued at $2,500—auction-goers will find these wines and dozens of bottles in-between. There’s a rumor of that special Pinot from “Sideways” making an appearance. You definitely will find a triplet of wines from Ridge Vineyards-Monte Bello (1998, 1999 and 2000), bottles of Chateau Latour/ Pauillac Bordeaux and other fine French Bordeaux for the investors, and some delicious, affordable bottles to pour right away with friends.
Help Two Scholarship Funds. The winning bidders for a hand-crafted surfboard owned and loved by Mandy Paige Hafleigh, Class of 2004, who died last November, and a hand-crafted wood bench created by friends of Eugene Koenig, who died in November 2003, will be helping to build these students’ memorial funds at the Priory. Priory Fund-A-Wish. While the “wishes” supported by the auction might properly be termed “needs,” the Headmaster each year brings a new project forward that truly is a “heart’s desire” kind of wish. Last year, it was funds to continue the Priory Bridge outreach program. What will this year’s be? Stay tuned—the Headmaster might not reveal it until the end of the evening. Priory Faculty and Staff’s Ingenious Offers. Priory faculty and staff have come up with a bumper crop of truly generous ideas to tempt you and to support their school. You will find tutoring from Newman and Trudelles, an evening of live music with Broceliande, 10 “first choice” locker locations next year, bowling and surfing and dinner and shopping for students with favorite faculty, bartending by a favorite headmaster and dean of students and—here is a real find—once-a month deliveries of hand-made and hard-to-find Philippine specialty foods from Mary and Josie Castaneda. This is only the beginning. All the details are at the auction Web site. Ride in a musher’s sled for the first 20 miles of the 2006 Iditarod Sled Dog Race. You will be a passenger behind a team of 12 of the world’s best canine athletes as they set out on the “Last Great Race” from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska on March 4, 2006. Your dogs and musher will do the work, you’ll sit in the sled and wave to the crowd for the first 20 miles of the race. This dream package includes air fare and four days of lodging and events.
Priory students created a gorgeous sushi service, a set of 8 beautiful kiln-formed plates, eight sauce dishes, and a service platter. The plates are 8”x8” square black with gold borders and a different flower on each plate. You must see them to appreciate the craftsmanship.
