Audubon Charter School hosts 2014 Soirée on March 22

What:  Audubon Charter School’s 2014 Soirée is themed  “Movie Magic…The Golden Age of the Silver Screen. ” Hollywood South comes alive for this party with a purpose!  

When: Saturday, March 22, 7pm  

Where: House of Broel, 2220 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130  

Why: Join Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, Dorothy Dandridge, Sidney Poitier, Marlon Brando, Queen Elizabeth and perhaps Superman for a night of award-winning cuisine, libations, a spirited live, silent and online auctions, and top-flight entertainment.  Keenan Lewis of the New Orleans Saints will be a special guest!  

Audubon’s 2014 Soirée auction will give guests the opportunity to bid on unique paintings and photography by emerging local artists (including Audubon students), jewelry, wine, trips, classes, gift certificates and more!  Auction items include a signed custom Keenan Lewis jersey; footballs autographed by Jimmy Graham, Rickey Jackson, Keenan Lewis, and other New Orleans Saints; a private dinner with a former White House chef; French classes; and a framed, signed and numbered print by artist James Michalopoulos.  All proceeds from the evening will benefit Audubon Charter School.  

Dinner and libations will be provided by Bhimel Catering; Cynthia Fournet; Tom King; La Boulangerie; Charles Mendy; Oceana Grill; The Lake House; Specialty Italian Bistro; Starbucks; and Zea.   Individual tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door. For more information or to purchase tickets or sponsorships, visit auduboncharter.com or contact Sophia Griffies at 504-324-7102 or Sophia_Griffies@auduboncharter.com  

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana is the Soirée “Oscar” sponsor, and our “Best Dressed” sponsors are Bryan’s United Air Conditioning, Empire Janitorial Sales and Services, Materials Management Group, and Sun Electric and Instrumentation.  “Red Carpet” sponsors are Bryncon-Grillot Construction, LaPorte Sehrt Romig Hand, Safeguard, Silva, Gurtner & Abney, and The O’Connor Insurance Group, LLC.  “Hollywood” sponsors are APC Construction and James F.  Williams Agency Allstate, and our “Stars” sponsors are Leah and Byron Badger, Elizabeth and Carlos Zervigon, Jenny and John Creevy, Stephanie and Frank Douglass, and Andrea and Ren Wilkes.