THIS RAFFLE PAGE IS DIFFICULT TO KEEP "CURRENT" ... SOMETHING "WONDERFUL" HAPPENS AT EVERY MONTHLY SUNDAY CONCERT ... SO ... SUFFICE IT TO SAY, WE WISH YOU COULD COME 'IN PERSON' TO JOIN IN THE FESTIVITIES OF RIVERCITY JAZZ SOCIETY, INCLUDING THE 'RAFFLE' ...
The following raffle info was entered at a 'not so busy' time ...

At one time, The SPECIAL RAFFLE prize, donated by CHARLIE BULL:
a 100 year old silver dollar, uncirculated,
was won by JOYCE COVEY - (This raffle was NOT fixed !)

In a recent time,GRACE ANDERSON (the very first ticket-buyer)
won the handmade afghan SPECIAL RAFFLE prize, donated by Rosie Vaughn.
Another time, we see member, ROSIE VAUGHN, offering a handmade
medium green and ivory afghan ... a lovely design ... with the
drawing in fall. Lots of tickets have been sold!

As of JANUARY, 1999, we have NEW RAFFLE PERSONNEL:
ESTELLE LEHR, Big Chief
Chuck Lehr, Assistant Chief, and Joyce Covey, Helper.
LARGE GOALS SET FOR THIS YEAR. RAFFLE MONEY SENDS OUR YOUTH
TO SACRAMENTO JAZZ CAMP EVERY AUGUST, SO, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ESPECIALLY HARD !

NEW RAFFLE NOOZ...
A "Special Raffle" was held - Sears donated 14K diamond earrings,
which were won by ANDY KELLEY...and quickly given to his wife, Fran!

At another time, DIANE GRETTUM was the winner of a "Special Raffle" ...
this time THREE DAY HOUSEBOAT adventure

'SUM-MOR' RAFFLE NOOZ...
HOLIDAY HARBOR (thanks, Andy & Fran Kelley!) has offered a Raffle Gift Certificate for a
HOUSEBOAT - FOR THREE DAYS -- SLEEPS EIGHT !!!
Tickets will be sold in June, July and August, with the drawing in August.
This will be a busy three months for the Raffle Table!
Thanks again to the Kelleys.
THE RAFFLE TABLE is one busy spot. Our Jazzer Members are one fine generous bunch. So, O.K. - we've found it's tolerated when we occasionally holler out "donations accepted"! As a rule, one of our members always brings two bottles of White Zin or Cabernet Savignon ... then occasionally, we're given the fancy Jazz umbrella --- sometimes, restaurants offer gift certificates --- and members bring a variety of goodies 'for the cause'...and the Guest Band du jour offers a CD.

But, here's a couple donations that we still remember! Can you see it now? Can you see YOU ... ParaSailing? Sure you can! You put on the water skiis, you're strapped into a parachute harness behind a speedboat.(barf) The boat goes fast ... you go up high in the air... fast! Whee-e. (barf) When the boat slows down, you float gently down- sometimes sideways ...(oh, barf, yes indeedy) The first winner looked aghast when she picked up the gift certificate ... almost trembling with beads of perspiration dotting her brow.. (let's just call this a touch of artistic license.) Next month, this same member donated back this same gift certificate! Again a new raffle winner picks up the 'prize' - this time with a glazed look ... and the following month, the same prize is re- donated. The third winner was THE winner. We never saw that gift certificate again! (or the winner, now that I think about it!)

One other memorable donation last year was a "houseboating weekend"...
Ya, we made money that month!
Newly found friends were suddenly around the winner ...
sweet-talkin ' .. kissing up ... You know the kind.

It was a lot later that afternoon when he told me his 'guest list' was complete!