KOOL KATS AND JAZZY HOUNDS BENEFIT
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
at Sawa's Old Warsaw from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m.

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Event Resources | Silent Auction & Raffles | General Information | Entertainment Line-up | Event Supporters

BJS Charity Event Resources

Event Program
During the event attendees had a chance to buy a program to learn more about the bands that were performing, see what items were available for the silent auction, and learn about our generous sponsors. The revised program schedule with post-event updates is available below for you in a reading format (pages in reading order) or print format (print out the program as originally created).

Kool Kats and Jazzy Hounds Benefit Event Program (reading layout - 8.5" x 11")

Kool Kats and Jazzy Hounds Benefit Event Program (print layout - 11" x 17")

Image Gallery
Throughout the day our very own local photographer Marc aka Network XXIII was busy taking photos of the people and entertainment. Click on the link below to open the image gallery in a new browser window.

Kool Kats and Jazzy Hounds Benefit Image Gallery

BJS Charity Silent Auction & Raffle Listing

Silent Auction Item Listing

One week timeshare - July 23 - 30, 2011 in Treehouse Village, Eagle River, Wisconsin
Bottle of high-quality spirits donated by Michael Conneely of the Celtic Mist Pub, Springfield, IL & a rare sealed video tape of the 1997 JVC Jazz Festival in Newport that was never commercially released donated by BJS member Frank Slabinak
Family Pass for 4 general admission tickets for Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago Shakespeare Theater 4 tickets for “The Adventures of Pinocchio”
Charley Krebs "Kool Kats" jazz cartoon donated by BJS member and Chicago Jazz Magazine cartoonist Charlie Krebs
Charley Krebs "Jazzy Hounds" jazz cartoon donated by BJS member and Chicago Jazz Magazine cartoonist Charlie Krebs
EMedia My Piano Starter Pack for children
Very rare Duke Ellington “Cotton Tail” 2-track 33 rpm vinyl 10" record, housed in a custom picture box. This was produced as part of an invite to the 41st Annual Grammy Awards Gala Celebration) donated by BJS member Frank Slabinak
Marbin Music - private band gig for your house party or club in the Chicagoland area
Joel Moore Quartet - private band gig for your house party/club in the Chicago area
8” x 10” Portrait Sketch of your pet donated by Nancy Arnier
3 month Greater LaGrange YMCA membership
Brookfield Library basket (books/DVD's/CDs)
Brookfield Jazz Society basket (12 jazz CDs/2 jazz DVD's/BJS tickets)
WDCB Radio Goody Bag 10 jazz CDs, jazz DVD, tee shirts etc.)
Theatre of Western Springs 4 tickets to any performance (excluding holiday show)
Circle Theatre, Forest Park - 4 tickets to any performance
Tool box and tools donated by Kathy Graff
Delmark Records Dixieland/Chicago Style jazz 5 CD/2 DVD basket - Take I
Delmark Records Dixieland/Chicago Style jazz 5 CD/2 DVD basket - Take II
Photo Certificate towards event photography valued at $200 donated by Network XXIII
Website Design Certificate towards website development donated by Network XXIII
2 Chicago White Sox tickets – July 6th @ 1:10 p.m. - Kansas City Royals donated by JD Muggs
Basket of large dog items donated by Anderson Animal Shelter
Small dog items package donated by Anderson Animal Shelter
Basket of cat items donated by Anderson Animal Shelter
“Pizza and Hot Dog Lovers” Gift Certificate basket (gift certificates for Windy City Hot Dogs $25/Bill’s Place $15/Dr. Pizza $20/Rocky’s Pizza $20)
QuickBooks Pro Small Business Accounting Software donated by Berthel Lewis Electric
Set of 3 Autographed CDs from the Apartment Lounge

Raffle Items Listing

8 jazz CDs donated by the BJS
4 jazz CDs & 2 jazz DVD's donated by Delmark Records
4 Mark O’Connor CDs
"Dizzy Gillespie - A Jazz Master" tune book donated by BJS member Frank Slabinak
Admission for 6 to the Lizzardo Museum of Lapidary Art, Elmhurst
One day Lifetime Fitness pass
Baseball’s Greatest Games book donated by BJS member Ian Tiele
$10 Gift Certificate - Al’s Char House
$10 Gift Certificate - Casa Margarita
Columbia/Getz Theatre - 2 tickets for any performance
$50.00 Gift Card for Grand Lux Café
4 tickets for Hollywood Cinemas
One month membership of Oasis Women’s Fitness & Spa in LaGrange
Starbucks Coffee basket
2 Brookfield Jazz Society gift certificates for 2 tickets for two live jazz gigs
2 tickets for “Trogg! A Musical” at the Chopin Theatre in Chicago donated by Handbag Productions
World Map posters donated by Network XXIII
Sealed vinyl LP of Helen Ward donated by BJS member Perry Huntoon
The Directory of Duke Ellington’s Recordings book donated by the BJS
Duke Ellington on Compact Disc book donated by the BJS
$25 Trader Joe’s Grocery Basket
4 pieces of pottery donated by Village Potters in LaGrange Park
5 $10 Gift Certificates for the Brick House Tavern in Downers Grove
$10 Gift Certificate for Wild Bull Bar and Grill donated by Wassup Local Magazine
5 admissions to public ice skating or 5 hours of rat hockey at the Southwest Ice Arena in Crestwood

BJS Charity Event General Information

Kool Kats and Jazzy Hounds
Featuring Live Jazz Al Day Long!
Join us for the Brookfield Jazz Society's first Charity Event when we present seven hours of non-stop Jazz to help raise money for Anderson Animal Shelter. This event will be held in the West Function Room (upper and lower levels) at Sawa's Old Warsaw in Broadview (corner of Cermak and 17th Avenue). There will be non-stop jazz from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., featuring seven different bands. All-day tickets will be $25 ($20 in advance). There will be a main raffle, silent auctions and a split-the-pot raffle with all of the proceeds going to help save animal lives at the Anderson Animal Shelter.

Advance tickets available at any BJS meeting (held on Thursday night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Cottage at the Irish Times, 8869 Burlington Avenue, Brookfield or call 708-268-7873 or email Ian Tiele.

If you would like to donate raffle prizes, silent auction items or sponsor a band (or the event), please contact Ian Tiele.

Download the BJS Charity Flyer in PDF format.

Entertainment Line-up & Photos

The program of live music will be:
(click on the group to visit their website)

1 p.m. to 2 p.m. - Pullman Conductors of Jazz
2 p.m. to 3 p.m. - Chicago Outskirts Big Band
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. - Chris Madsen Trio
4 p.m. to 5 p.m. - Mark O'Connor Quintet
5 p.m. to 6 p.m. - Eddie Stevens 3
6 p.m. to 7 p.m. - John Avila Trio
7 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Marshall Vente Tropicale Duo