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Students to Host Silent Auction, Concert to Benefit the Arts
Seniors Kate Mooney and Gabby D'Aleo organized the event, called "Keeping the Arts Alive," which will be held at the Loft at Holcomb Farm, as the culmination of their Senior Project class at the high school.
Two students are hosting an combination silent art auction/concert at the Loft at on Friday, with all of the proceeds benefiting the Greater Hartford Arts Council.
Seniors Kate Mooney and Gabby D'Aleo organized the event, called “Keeping the Arts Alive,” as the culmination of their Senior Project class at the high school.
Most kids in the Senior Project class have the entire semester to unveil their finished product, which. But, because of the Loft’s concert schedule, Gabby and Kate had to accelerate theirs and hold their event on Oct. 28.
“We started planning immediately after school started,” said Mooney, who was inspired to host a concert, in part, because her father books acts at the Loft at the farm.
The result is impressive.
Local artists Bill Simpson and Laura Eden Kimble, as well as Granby Memorial High students, donated pieces for the silent auction, which starts at 4 p.m. and closes at the intermission of the concert.
Barefoot Truth, an acoustic jam-rock band out of Mystic, is the featured act and will take the stage around 7:30 p.m.
Planning the event hasn’t gone without a hitch, according to Mooney, who said that several bands have canceled or fallen through, leaving the girls to scramble to find a replacement act.
The experience hasn’t soured Kate on event planning; she plans on pursuing it as a course of study when she attends college.
“It’s been a great learning experience,” Kate said. “It’s taught me how to talk to adults and it’s given me confidence to pose questions to anyone and to plan a big event. I feel it’s worth something.”
So far, the girls have sold 40 tickets, and more are still available; they can be purchased through Jennifer Mooney at jsmooney@cox.net, are $22 for adults and $15 for students.
T-shirts will also be on sale at the event, and all proceeds will be donated to the Arts Council.
To find more info on The Greater Hartford Arts Council and its mission go to www.letsgoarts.org. To find more info about the band go to www.barefoottruth.com. For more information about the event, check out its Facebook page that the girls have set up.
Correction: the original article said that the event was on Oct. 29. It is on Oct. 28. The Granbys Patch regrets the error.
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