{"id":520,"date":"2015-02-23T03:53:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T03:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=520"},"modified":"2025-04-21T13:27:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:27:01","slug":"2015-austin-opera-serenata-wine-dinner-and-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/?p=520","title":{"rendered":"2015 Austin Opera Serenata Wine Dinner and Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a title=\"Austin Opera\" href=\"Austin%20Opera Serenata Wine Dinner and Auction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin Opera Serenata Wine Dinner and Auction<\/a>, held on February 21 at Austin&#8217;s Four Seasons Hotel, was a fabulous event. The four course meal was enjoyable, the wine flowed generously, and there was song, dance and, most of all,\u00a0auctions. The event is fundamentally a wine auction, but the steering committee did a fantastic job of creating a program filled with variety; live music and dancing were new treats. My kudos to all committee members as I know firsthand the amount of work and energy it takes to bring the\u00a0event to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>As an Austin Opera Guild member and supporter of <a title=\"Austin Opera\" href=\"http:\/\/austinopera.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ausitn Opera<\/a>, I was particularly pleased\u00a0with the support of local businesses and sponsors, coupled with the strong participation and donation\u00a0of items for both the silent and live auctions. It was a splendid event. Bravo! (Pics <a title=\"Austin Opera\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.10152914527918859.1073741850.6671498858&amp;type=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Renowned artist, <a title=\"Graydon Parrish\" href=\"http:\/\/graydonparrish.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Graydon Parrish<\/a>, coupled with the well-know Austin attorney, <a title=\"Becky Beaver\" href=\"http:\/\/www.beckybeaverlaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becky Beaver<\/a>, provided one of the many wondrous live auction items. (pictured below)<\/p>\n<p>Visit Austin Opera&#8217;s website for information about the 2016 event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521\" style=\"width: 231px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_5209.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-521\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_5209-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Graydon Parrish\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_5209-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_5209-790x1024.jpg 790w, https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/IMG_5209.jpg 1820w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Becky Beaver and Graydon Parrish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Austin Opera Serenata Wine Dinner and Auction, held on February 21 at Austin&#8217;s Four Seasons Hotel, was a fabulous event. The four course meal was enjoyable, the wine flowed generously, and there was song, dance and, most of all,\u00a0auctions. The event is fundamentally a wine auction, but the steering committee did a fantastic job of creating a program filled with variety; live music and dancing were new treats. My kudos to all committee members as I know firsthand the amount of work and energy it takes to bring the\u00a0event to fruition. As an Austin Opera Guild member and supporter of Ausitn Opera, I was particularly pleased\u00a0with the support of local businesses and sponsors, coupled with the strong participation and donation\u00a0of items for both the silent and live auctions. It was a splendid event. Bravo! (Pics here) Renowned artist, Graydon Parrish, coupled with the well-know Austin attorney, Becky Beaver, provided one of the many wondrous live auction items. (pictured below) Visit Austin Opera&#8217;s website for information about the 2016 event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13,40],"tags":[146,148,149,147],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dining","category-entertainment","category-lifestyle","tag-austin-opera","tag-beck-beaver","tag-fine-wine-dinner-and-auction","tag-graydon-parrish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3081,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions\/3081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scottballew.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}