Boys and Girls Club Presents: Taste of Sedona June 8, 2008

Boys and Girls Club Presents:

Sedona Tast at
Los Abrigados Resort in Sedona Arizona

Sedona Taste is known as the social event of the year with fabulous cuisine from the area’s finest restaurants, fine wine and a celebration of youth to kick off the summer. Boys & Girls Club of Northern Arizona (BGCNA) is proud to offer a lineup that will make the much-anticipated event even more exciting.

Sedona's finest restaurants participate in this event including Joey Bistro, Manzanita Inn, Reds, Stakes & Sticks Sports Bar & Celebrity Grill, T. Carl's at the Radisson Poco Diablo Resort, and the Open Range Grille & Tavern. Pink Jeep Tours is the Title Sponsor. Platinum Sponsors are the Barking Frog Grille and Redstone Cabin.

Other sponsors include Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village, El Portal Sedona, and others.

Enjoy the energetic and soulful sounds of Heartbeat, featuring Theresa Robertson on vocals. Joining her will be some of Sedona's finest musicians: Steve Douglas, on bass, Kevin McQuaid on drums, Bob Murbahan on guitar, David Mills on Keys and Greg Aitken on sax and vocals.

Dance and listen to Heartbeat, this versatile and captivating group, playing your favorite Pop, R & B, and Jazz Standards. Their unique and soulful renditions of songs that span decades and styles will be sure to entertain you as well as get you up and moving.

The 13th Annual Sedona Taste will be held on June 8, from
4 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Los Abrigados Resort & Spa.

The week before the main event, BGCNA will host its inaugural black-tie auction and dinner, the Summer Dreams Gala, on May 31, beginning at 5:30 p.m. Guests are invited to enjoy cocktails and dinner on the rooftop and in the Andalusia Conference Room at Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa. The evening will also include a live auction hosted by auctioneer Rowlan Hill, with such exciting items as a Hawaii getaway, a Napa Valley wine tour, and fine jewelry and art.

The Gala will also feature live entertainment by celebrated Irish tenor and Broadway star Dennis McNeil, who has graciously donated his time and talent in support of the Verde Valley’s youth. Another genial donation has been made by Page Springs Cellars, which will pour fine wines at the event.

Tickets for the Gala are limited and cost $250 per person, which includes admission to Sedona Taste. Tables of eight may also be purchased at a discounted rate of $1,600, or $200 per person.

Tickets to Sedona Taste are $75 per person and are available now at Boys & Girls Clubs, Bashas’, Los Abrigados Resort, Weber’s IGA, Pink Jeep Tours, Sedona Rouge Hotel & Spa, National Bank, Poco Diablo Resort, Tlaquepaque, Kokopelli Suites, Oak Creek Brewery, First State Bank in Cottonwood and Country Bank in Cottonwood.

Sedona Taste has brought much success to the organization in the past 12 years and continues to be a vital fundraiser.
For more information, visit www.sedonataste.com or call 928-282-0122.

Article contributed by Hayley Bruemmer, Boys & Girls Clubs of Northern Arizona.

Posted May 20, 2008.

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