While we haven't yet reached our overall Team Athena fundraising goal of $7500, three of us on the team have met our individual goals. Kim met her goal of $1000 a week or so ago and Alyssa and I met our goals of $2500 this week! Alyssa actually raised her goal to $3000 and I am confident that she can reach it before the Challenge. I have kept mine at $2500 because I sort of can't believe that I actually reached my goal. Anything above $2500 is very sweet icing on the cake.
All of us on Team Athena are deeply appreciative of your kindness and your support. If you haven't received a quick email thank you from me, rest assured that EVERYONE who donates to me (or Alyssa, because I will make sure she does it) will receive a specially designed thank you card after we complete the LIVESTRONG Challenge on August 23rd. I am a proper southern lady and my mom would be horrified if she thought we weren't going to properly thank you all with a handwritten thank you note.
You might notice that it's been a little quiet around here. We've had a busy couple of weeks and it's been hard to get in some good rides, but we're looking to change that this weekend. We're going to Alyssa's mom and dad's house in Lewes, DE tonight with our friends and we are planning to get in a long ride on Sunday. We might try to ride some on Saturday, but that time will mostly be spent galavanting and having fun with Rebecca and Karen and their adorable daughter, Sammy. Alyssa is trying to psych me up for a very hilly ride next weekend, but I'm feeling some nervousness about it. It's a group ride with all women and I think it will be a real challenge. I need that, but I also don't want to slow anyone else down. The reality is that when we ride with more people, I'm much less of a pansy because I don't want to embarrass myself, but this ride sounds hard. There is a stop for ice cream in the middle of it, though. Embarrassment or ice cream? It's a tough call.
In other news, we bought a replacement camera for the one that was broken in the C&O Canal Towpath debacle a few weeks ago. I'm hoping I'll be able to keep this one from a similar fate and bring back lots of interesting pictures from our rides.
I booked our hotel room for Philly today.
More after the weekend!
Showing posts with label recital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recital. Show all posts
Friday, July 31, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Thank you!
Alyssa and I were blown away by the number of people who showed up to make the Team Athena Benefit Recital such a success. Close to 75 friends and family members were in attendance! With their contributions, we were able to raise $782 to benefit the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Wow!
If you weren't there, you really missed out on something special. Alyssa gave an unbelievably beautiful performance and friends who aren't the biggest classical music fans came away from it saying how much fun they had. Those who love classical music said to me, "It's like I was listening to a professional recording!" Always her own harshest critic, even Alyssa had to admit she sounded pretty darn good. Of course, I am far from impartial when it comes to being a fan of Alyssa's playing, but this was probably the best I've ever heard her. You would never have guessed that Alyssa hadn't put on a recital in eight years. She knocked everyone's socks off.
I recorded the concert on our Flip video camera, so we hope to have some video up in a couple of days. In addition to that, we'll also have a professional grade recording thanks to our amazing fellow team member Whitney, who taped the performance on her video camera. We should also have CDs available at some point when we get the audio file from the church. Many thanks to Scott Norris and Turner Stokes for being our sound and tech guys for the afternoon. We couldn't have done it without them.
At this point in our lives, we have many friends with children and we were jazzed to have so many little ones in attendance! The "rocking room" was packed to the gills. Those are going to be some cultured kids.
After cleaning up the church, we headed home to prepare for a celebratory dinner out with Alyssa's mom and dad. As we talked about the recital during dinner, I realized that I had forgotten to thank the two of them for bringing such an amazing, beautiful and ridiculously talented person into existence. So I thanked them then. I cannot imagine my life without Alyssa. She brings so much beauty into the world.
So, friends, thank you. Thank you for traveling so many miles. Thank you for spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon inside. Thank you for giving so generously of your time and of your bank accounts. Mostly, just thank you for being a part of our lives. We are so blessed to know you all.
If you weren't there, you really missed out on something special. Alyssa gave an unbelievably beautiful performance and friends who aren't the biggest classical music fans came away from it saying how much fun they had. Those who love classical music said to me, "It's like I was listening to a professional recording!" Always her own harshest critic, even Alyssa had to admit she sounded pretty darn good. Of course, I am far from impartial when it comes to being a fan of Alyssa's playing, but this was probably the best I've ever heard her. You would never have guessed that Alyssa hadn't put on a recital in eight years. She knocked everyone's socks off.
I recorded the concert on our Flip video camera, so we hope to have some video up in a couple of days. In addition to that, we'll also have a professional grade recording thanks to our amazing fellow team member Whitney, who taped the performance on her video camera. We should also have CDs available at some point when we get the audio file from the church. Many thanks to Scott Norris and Turner Stokes for being our sound and tech guys for the afternoon. We couldn't have done it without them.
At this point in our lives, we have many friends with children and we were jazzed to have so many little ones in attendance! The "rocking room" was packed to the gills. Those are going to be some cultured kids.
After cleaning up the church, we headed home to prepare for a celebratory dinner out with Alyssa's mom and dad. As we talked about the recital during dinner, I realized that I had forgotten to thank the two of them for bringing such an amazing, beautiful and ridiculously talented person into existence. So I thanked them then. I cannot imagine my life without Alyssa. She brings so much beauty into the world.
So, friends, thank you. Thank you for traveling so many miles. Thank you for spending a beautiful Saturday afternoon inside. Thank you for giving so generously of your time and of your bank accounts. Mostly, just thank you for being a part of our lives. We are so blessed to know you all.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
The Team Athena Benefit Recital is this Saturday!
Alyssa is still going to write about the ride we took a couple of weeks ago that made me sob on a country road in Frederick County, but until then...
This Saturday, July 11th at 3PM is the Team Athena Benefit Recital at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick. The only team member actually doing anything for this recital is Alyssa, but that's a good thing. You do not want to hear me attempting to play any musical instrument. Or sing. Well, I actually do a pretty good impression of Cher and Mary J. Blige, but this probably isn't the venue for that. I'll save that for karaoke.
Anyway, if you're in the area and don't have anything to do, I know Alyssa would love to have more than just five or six people listening to her awesome violinist self. Best of all? Admission is FREE! Well, we obviously welcome donations to our team for the Livestrong Challenge, but if you just want to come and hear beautiful music, that works just as well.
Who: Team Athena
What: Team Athena Benefit Recital with Alyssa Boxhill on the violin
Where: The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd, Frederick, MD 21701
When: Saturday, July 11th at 3PM
Why: To raise money for Team Athena, a bunch of awesome women participating in the 2009 Livestrong Challenge in Philly(August 23rd)
We hope to see you there!
If you can't make it to the recital, you can still donate. Every time you donate, you up your chances of winning an Alyssa Boxhill designed Team Athena cycling jersey! They are SWEET.
This Saturday, July 11th at 3PM is the Team Athena Benefit Recital at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick. The only team member actually doing anything for this recital is Alyssa, but that's a good thing. You do not want to hear me attempting to play any musical instrument. Or sing. Well, I actually do a pretty good impression of Cher and Mary J. Blige, but this probably isn't the venue for that. I'll save that for karaoke.
Anyway, if you're in the area and don't have anything to do, I know Alyssa would love to have more than just five or six people listening to her awesome violinist self. Best of all? Admission is FREE! Well, we obviously welcome donations to our team for the Livestrong Challenge, but if you just want to come and hear beautiful music, that works just as well.
Who: Team Athena
What: Team Athena Benefit Recital with Alyssa Boxhill on the violin
Where: The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Frederick, 4880 Elmer Derr Rd, Frederick, MD 21701
When: Saturday, July 11th at 3PM
Why: To raise money for Team Athena, a bunch of awesome women participating in the 2009 Livestrong Challenge in Philly(August 23rd)
We hope to see you there!
If you can't make it to the recital, you can still donate. Every time you donate, you up your chances of winning an Alyssa Boxhill designed Team Athena cycling jersey! They are SWEET.
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