Dates
for 2004 ‘BOCA BACCHANAL’ WINEFEST WEEKEND ANNOUNCED
Children’s
Place at Home Safe South and Community Projects of the Boca Raton
Historical Society to Benefit
BOCA
RATON, FL - August 25, 2003-
The Boca Raton Historical Society announces the dates for Boca
Bacchanal, a winefest and auction to benefit children's causes
in Boca Raton and community programs of the Boca Raton Historical
Society (BRHS). The event will take place from March 19-21, 2004
at various sites in Boca Raton.
“Our
inaugural Boca Bacchanal, held in the spring of 2003, was extremely
well received and attracted a national spotlight to Palm Beach
County, “said Mary Csar, BRHS Executive Director. “Our
first year goal was to focus our energies in creating an exciting
event for the entire community which would benefit children in
our area. This is an annual fundraiser, and it is our hope that
each year will be more successful than the year before.”
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Boca Raton Historical Society Co-presidents Beth King
and Cathy Arts announced the dates for Boca Bacchanal
Winefest and Auction.
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Conceived
as a food and wine celebration with wide community appeal, the
three-day affair will feature fine wine gatherings; an outdoor
wine tasting and by-the-bite luncheon “revelry on the green”
at the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park; an evening of superb
vintner dinners, each prepared by a celebrated chef with wines
provided by a internationally acclaimed vintner and set in historic
residences and grand estates in Boca Raton and a sumptuous Sunday
brunch.
The
centerpiece of Boca Bacchanal is a Saturday evening grand tasting
reception, multi-course dinner and auction at the renowned Boca
Raton Resort & Club. Patrons of the wine.
Auction
will have the opportunity to bid for a host of rare wines and
extraordinary lifestyle lots, while being feted by some of the
country's most accomplished chefs and vintners.
Boca
Bacchanal will benefit children's causes in Boca Raton and the
community programs of the Boca Raton Historical Society. For 2004,
the Boca Bacchanal committee has also named The Children’s
Place South in Boca Raton, part of The Children’s Place
at Home Safe, a Palm Beach Country United Way organization as
beneficiary. The organization provides 24 hour residential and
community based services to children and families impacted by
child abuse and neglect, substance abuse and HIV/AIDS.
The
2003 event follows a very successful inaugural Boca Bacchanal
in 2003, which attracted more than 1,600 people over the weekend
of activities. Committees are currently being formed and volunteers
are welcome. Sponsors include National Distributing Company, the
Boca Raton Resort & Club and Boca Raton Magazine.
The
Boca Raton Historical Society is dedicated to preserving the past
to enrich the future. Recognizing that children are our richest
future treasure, Boca Bacchanal has been created to benefit children's
causes in the greater Boca Raton area and to engage the entire
community in a delightful cultural event.
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Wine
and food pre-events are scheduled to add excitement and
to be a delicious preview of Boca Bacchanal. Participating
in the festivities will be (L-R) Chef Alissa Gismondi of
Arturo’s Ristorante in Boca Raton;
Co-Proprietor Rosaria Gismondi; George Petrocelli of the
Boca Raton Resort & Club; Mary Csar, BRHS Executive
Director, and Proprietor Vincenzo Gismondi .
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The festivities will be launched this fall with food and wine- oriented
pre-events and parties planned for September 18, 2003 the Boca
Raton Resort & Club; for October 23, 2003; at 32 East restaurant,
located at 32 East Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach; and on February
5, 2004 at Arturo’s restaurant, located at 6750 North Federal
Highway in Boca Raton. For information and tickets to the pre-events
please call the historical society at 561.395.6766 , Ext. 101
, or visit the event Website at www.bocabacchanal.com.
Tickets for all events are priced at $50/person ($45 for BRHS
members.)
