Medicne Horse First Annual Fundraiser - Thanks For Making It A Success!

Saturday August 16, 2008

Thanks to everyone who braved the weather to attend our Boots & Bucks Bar-B-Q and Concert Fundraiser. It was a smashing success and a great time. It was wonderful to see so many of our great friends. All of our tickets sold and the silent auction items all went to good homes. We all had some great BBQ and a super concert by Elephant Revival Concept.

A special thanks to our cowboy emcee, Dr. George Russell, who kept us on track and opened the show with a poetic serenade.

Thanks to our underwriters and sponsors who helped make the event Possible.

Matching Grant Contributors
Thanks to Myra Michelle Eby for becoming our first matching grant donor with a check for $10,000!
Please contact Executive Director, Kathy Johnson, for more information on this incredible matching grant program. Donations to this fund are being matched by a very special sponsor.

Underwriters
Molson Coors Brewing Company
Dan Lewis
The Scott Candrian Family
Oskar Blues Brewery
Stranahan's Colorado Whiskey
Diana Slough

Trail Boss Sponsors ($1000 Donation)
Jack Walker Enterprises
Aerogrow International
Linhart Public Relations
First National Bank
Jack and Ginger Graham
Dr. George Russell
Global Casinos
EasyLite
Rochdale Investment Management

Buckaroo Sponsors ($500 Donation)
Doris K. Rensi and the late Eugene J. Rensi
MTech
Biomedical Technologies
Dr. Eben Carsey

Wranglers ($250 Donation)
Barbara Runser
Don and Elaine Kirchoffner
Kim Knuth and Mike Davis
Bill and Sarah Unger
Joyce and Louie King

Thank you to our generous silent auction donors, our board, staff and our wonderful volunteers. Special thanks to Steve Gresick.

Thanks to the benefit committee: Diana Slough (chair), Kathy Johnson, Tony Johnson, Abby Howard, Dr. George Russell, Pearl Heater, Carey Candrian, Kim Copeland.

Music by Elephant Revival Concept and BBQ by Smoke Shack Barbecue

From the Daily Camera: "The Elephant Revival Concept (E.R.C.) is a collaboration of five very talented, dynamic and distinctive songwriters, musicians and singers who meld into something in-all-ways wonderful. Although a relatively young musical entity E.R.C. consisting of Daniel Rodriquez of Mystic CT. (guitar, vocals, banjo,), Bonnie Paine of Tahlequah OK. (vocals, djembe, washboard, cello) Bridget Law, of Boulder CO. (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), Dango Rose, of Chicago IL. (upright bass, mandolin, banjo vocals), and Sage T. Cook of Waynoka OK. (banjo, mandolin, upright bass, vocals) has already acquired a large, diverse, and loyal following in Colorado, New Mexico, The Ozark Plateau and New England. The music is virtually all original with all members contributing songs and compositions. The ensemble is influenced by traditional forms and has strong roots in reggae, bluegrass, rock, folk, hip-hop and jazz. Overall the sound is new musical wine in a new bottle with a powerful vitality that gets a room moving and dancing, strong word that gets an audience thinking, amidst the power of trance."

To see a video of Elephant Revival Concept performing , please click here. To check out their myspace page, please click here.

Your tax-deductible donations are certainly appreciated. For more information, please call 720-406-7630.