BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE!
Our Champagne Gala Brunch, held Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, was our best Gala ever. A full house of 230 guests at Salty’s on Alki raised more than $77,000 for our organization, an increase of 26.4 percent over last year’s Gala. All the promotional information for the event is below.
Enjoy this 12-minute video, consisting of the entire Family Presentation by siblings Catherine Gruye Alexander and Rob Gruye at the 2015 Champagne Gala Brunch.
Click here to read the script of the Family Presentation by Catherine Gruye Alexander and Rob Gruye.
Click here to see more than 250 photos of the event contributed by Gail Wodzin of Gail Ann Photography.
Enjoy this 28-minute video of the “Wait, Wait, West Seattle … Don’t Tell Me!” celebrity quiz panel moderated by Marty Riemer.
Check out the all-star panel for “Wait, Wait, Seattle … Don’t Tell Me!”
Are you attending our Champagne Gala Brunch on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Salty’s on Alki? If so, you are in for a treat.
Headed by radio luminary Marty Riemer, our ‘Wait Wait, West Seattle … Don’t Tell Me!” panel (based on the popular NPR show) features a variety of West Seattle celebrities who will be quizzed on highlights of history from the Duwamish peninsula. They are:
- Jack Miller, owner of Husky Deli
- Shawn Stewart, known for her radio hosting and all kinds of roles in the entertainment industry
- Michael Stusser, author and film documentarian (“Sleeping with Siri”)
- Josh Sutton, director of the West Seattle and Fauntleroy YMCA and 2014 Westsider of the Year, awarded by the West Seattle Chamber of Commerce
- Connie Thompson, a mainstay anchor and consumer reporter for decades at KOMO-TV News
The panel will take on prominent, smile-inducing and even controversial elements of the Duwamish peninsula’s past that have shaped our life today.
To listen to “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!,” the National Public Radio show that inspires this local version, click here.
Golden Ticket winner of cruise for two
on Holland America Line cruise has
choice of FOUR prime destinations!
The winner of this year’s Golden Ticket drawing will be able to choose a seven-day Holland America Line cruise for two to one of four destinations:
- New England/Canada
- Mexico
- The Caribbean
- Alaska
Golden Tickets are $100. Only 100 tickets will be sold, first-come, first-served. The tickets must be purchased in person. Tickets will be available at our museum starting Thursday, Nov. 5, and they will be on sale at the gala on Saturday, Nov. 7, when the winner will be drawn.
The prize does not include gratuities, shore excursions and other on-board expenses.
You need not attend the Gala to buy a Golden Ticket. Don’t miss this opportunity!
For more information on Holland America Line cruises, click here.
Want to know more about the 2015 Champagne Gala Brunch?
Click here to see the entire 2015 Champagne Gala Brunch program!
Enjoy this 50-second video invitation to our 2015 Champagne Gala Brunch by Catherine Gruye Alexander, lifelong West Seattleite and daughter of Bob Gruye, the first long-term chef at the Alki Homestead in the 1950s. Catherine’s brother, Rob, of Port Townsend, also will speak. The event celebrates the in-progress restoration of the Homestead.
And in this 45-second video, hear Catherine describe a unique opportunity available at the 2015 Champagne Gala Brunch, the chance to purchase an original piece of the Alki Homestead. Several of these notched log sections, a bi-product of the restoration process, will be up for purchase at the event’s live auction. They are contributed by Homestead owner Dennis Schilling.
Enjoy this 40-second video invitation by Marty Riemer to the 2015 Champagne Gala Brunch!
See links to our dedicated sponsors below, including our presenting sponsor, The Kenney!
We are “Coming Home to the Homestead” at our 2015 Champagne Gala Brunch (presented by The Kenney), and Marty Riemer is helping us celebrate!
The event — the social and philanthropic event of the year, benefiting our historical society — is 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Salty’s on Alki, 1936 Harbor Ave. S.W.
The “Coming Home to the Homestead” theme takes off from the launch of restoration for the beloved Alki Homestead. The city landmark, first known as Fir Lodge, also is our “mother ship,” because our “Birthplace of Seattle” Log House Museum served as its carriage house when it was built in 1904.
West Seattleite Marty Riemer, arguably the best-known Seattle broadcaster for the past three decades (KZOK, KJR, KXRX, The Mountain and presently the weekday morning host at 95.7 FM The Jet) will host a lively podcast at the event called “Wait, Wait, West Seattle … Don’t Tell Me!”
He will head a panel of West Seattle-based luminaries and quiz them on how much they know about the Alki Homestead and the rest of the Duwamish peninsula.
Also featured will be a presentation by Catherine Gruye Alexander and Rob Gruye, daughter and son of 1950s Alki Homestead chef and manager Bob Gruye.
Tickets for the Champagne Gala Brunch are $85 if purchased by the early-bird deadline of Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, and $100 thereafter. To purchase tickets, click here!
Our Gala Committee members are Kathy Blackwell, Joan Cahill, Lauren Cardinale, Linda Chesney, Tara Cummins, Liz Day, Crystal Dean, Sandy Donnen, Colleen Schau, Diane Venti and Katie Vondrak. Our beautiful “Coming Home to the Homestead” theme graphic is by Kelsey Green.
OUR PRESENTING SPONSOR:
BIG THANKS TO OUR DEDICATED SPONSORS!
BIG THANKS FOR CRUCIAL SUPPORT:
BIG THANKS TO OUR MEDIA SPONSORS:
Gala Preview Party draws 60 people to Colman Estate!
