The evening will begin with wine and hors d’oeuvres and a Silent Auction with items ranging from area restaurant gift certificates to Boston Duck Tour and Cape Cod Symphony tickets, to limited edition prints and oil paintings.

Momo’s Food Emporium of East Sandwich will be catering a buffet sit-down dinner with; desserts will feature some of the Green Briar Jam Kitchen’s jams and jellies.

Auctioneer Arthur Ratsy will auction off the Live Auction items, which include Four Loge Tickets for a Boston Bruins Game plus choice of a Zamboni ride or Bench Assistant experience. Carver Al Jordan, who has been named New York Wildlife Sculptor of the Year multiple times, has donated a one of a kind work of art.  Another item up for bid is spending a day with Representative Randy Hunt at the Massachusetts State House, Boston, which includes lunch with the Representative.

This gala, not to be missed, also features acclaimed Cape-area jazz musicians Roy Campbell, Daniel LaPage, Laird Boles and Michael Dunford in the Cape All Star Jazz Band. Their prodigious credits include stints with artists ranging from Milton Berle to Bo Diddley.

Tickets are $75 per person and can be purchased by phone at (508)888-6870 or on the day of the event at the Sandwich Town Hall. All of the proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to further the development of the Thornton Burgess Society’s Educational Programs. The Society would like to thank our event sponsors: Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust, Oyster Harbors Marine, The Horsley Witten Group, and Sunderland Printing.