Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Cleo's Trio - Benefit for SMART Rescue and Dominic Dance Theater - Huge Hit!

Wow, Cleo's Trio was a sensation on May 21, 2011, at Mixed Emotions Fine Art! One of my friends misspelled the fundraiser as “Cleo’s Trip” and that it was – some journey!

Of course my afternoon was crazy the day of my videoshoot, but things calmed down for me until a few days before the actual event.

The day before Cleo’s Trio, the humans were scurrying around trying to figure out how to keep the Real Ale kegs cold overnight since everyone from Real Ale had to go out of town Friday for another big event. The Mayor of Montrose came to the rescue and let us store the kegs in his club across the street, Meteor. Devon and Jeremy were very helpful, and Devon even brought the kegs over the day of the party and got them all set up for us! I wish I could have helped, but I’m just not that strong >^..^<

Watching people work is exhausting to me, so I needed some time to collect myself. I really love bubble baths, and having a party is the purrfect excuse to jump in the tub! Clarence likes baths too, so I let him share my bath water.


An hour before our event started, everyone was too busy to pay attention to me (you can hear me screaming in the background in the video above). That’s fine – I just took a stroll around Mixed Emotions. The humans didn’t realize how big the studio was, and they thought I was going to play my hiding game and not come out until after the party! Unfortunately Domenico with
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater spotted me and ruined my surprise. I was just wanting to make my grand entrance once everyone was there!

I really love Two Star Symphony’s music! It’s so calming – I just hung out in my stroller and took the whole evening in. It was fun when people peaked in at me and I got some pets! By the way, did you know Jerry, with Two Star Symphony, has a tattoo with two stars and a CAT?! Pretty cool!



People enjoyed winning some great raffle prizes, eating the yummy food thoughtfully prepared by SMART Rescue’s volunteer Donna, and lots of delicious liquids to wash all that down: St. Arnold’s root beer, Real Ale Brewery’s Brown Ale and Fireman’s 4, and a terrific selection of red, white, and rose French/Italian wines donated by Dionysus Imports, Inc. Donna offered me some salmon, but I prefer to stick to my green beans!

As the evening went on, everyone wanted me to dance, but I didn’t want to hurt Dominic Walsh Dance Theater’s dancers’ feelings by showing them up. Instead I stayed in my carriage and enjoyed the serenade by Jo and Margaret of Two Star Symphony. I think I play the piano better in my video, but don’t tell them >^..^<



Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
and Two Star Symphony did a marvelous job performing Terminus together! Dominic rechoreographed the piece (and the dancers relearned it!) so it would work purrfectly at Mixed Emotions. The dancers blended in with the rest of the party guests, and the guests were surprised with the dancers started dancing! They performed this twice and it was a lovely finale for the evening!




My night was topped off by the Mayor of Montrose stopping by to say hi while the humans were cleaning up. I was getting a little drowsy, but when he came over to me I jumped out of my carriage to show off my tutu! Mr. Mayor suggested I should be “the First Lady of Montrose”! I like that!

While things were being piled in cars, a couple of the cats Mr. Mayor takes care of came around to say hi. One is black and the other an orange tabby – very pretty and they both have collars and are being well taken care of!


Thank you everyone that came to my Cleo’s Trio! You helped make the fundraiser a success and a great time was had by all. SMART Rescue was able to raise much needed funds to help with the ongoing care of their animals and your contribution to Dominic Walsh Dance Theater will help with their future dance accomplishments!

We’re extremely grateful to the following that brought our event to fruition and made it fabulous!

Dominic, Leigh
and the very talented dancers: Domenico, Randolph, Ty, and Marissa of Dominic Walsh Dance Theater

Debra, Jerry, Jo, and Margaret of Two Star Symphony for their beautiful music

Paula for opening the doors of her art gallery, Mixed Emotions Fine Art

Michele's beautiful photography & Herb's great animal pictures that were on exhibit

Chris and Real Ale Brewery for the delicious Brown and Fireman’s 4 beer

Doug with Dionysus Imports for the wonderful wine selections

Saint Arnold’s Brewery for the yummy root beer

Donna for preparing a wonderful buffet

Meteor and the Mayor of Montrose

Discount Tire

Spec's Fine Wines and Spirits

Splashtown

The gracious donors that choose to remain anonymous

The volunteers that donated their time and talents

All those that purchased tickets, made donations and participated in the prize drawings

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