'Bravissimo!' Online Auction

Fourth Annual Bravissimo! Event Kicks Off With Online Auction 

The Healdsburg School is already accepting online bids for great travel, entertainment and leisure items prior to its annual gala fundraiser on February 11, 2012 at The Vintners Inn 
 
January 26, 2012 – Healdsburg, CA -- Bravissimo! 2012 has created an online auction opportunity for bidders far and wide. Two weeks prior to The Healdsburg School’s annual fundraiser, auction items may now be viewed at www.biddingforgood.com/thsbravissimo. 

The online auction option gives those unable to attend the fundraiser on February 11th an opportunity to successfully bid absentee on a broad collection of appealing auction lots including vacation getaways, sports events, art and other collectibles, luxury wines and other desirable auction lots. 
Current auction items available online include: 

• Week stay at “Palapa Bonita,” a Mexican Baja California getaway  
•  Four nights cottage stay on the San Juan Islands
•  A “square” grand piano
•  A North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountain vacation
• Day at the horse races
• Birthday, golf, fitness, spa, photo and cooking classes and music lesson packages
• Fine wines from Napa and Sonoma Counties
• and much, much more

In addition, works of art created by the students with the help of more than ten local artists, may be viewed Saturday, January 28th at the Murphy-Goode Tasting Room in downtown Healdsburg, through Wednesday, February 1st.

The actual event, Bravissimo! 2012, returns to Santa Rosa’s The Vintners Inn, Friday, February 11th, beginning with cocktails at 6:00 pm, along with a silent auction and live auction preview. A sit down gourmet dinner and live auction will follow, featuring lively master of ceremonies and guest auctioneer, Daryl Groom, owner/winemaker, Groom Wines.  A dessert bar and dancing to the tunes of a local disc jockey will finish off this special mid-winter evening in Sonoma County wine country.

Tickets for Bravissimo! on February 11th are $150 per person and are available at www.thsbravissimo.com or by calling THS at 707-431-8508.

Event sponsors include: W.C. Sanderson Ford, Passalacqua Winery, Law Office of Julie Cyphers, VIP Petcare Services, American AgCredit, Dr. Mrac DeBerardinis of Healdsburg Orthodontics, Dwelling Resources, Healdsburg Tours, Brandt Insurance, Santa Rosa Head and Neck - Dr. Stephanie Huang, TR Passalacqua Vineyards, Shioda Family, Imhaus Investment Advisors, LLC, Exchange Bank, KostaBrowne Winery and Sonoma Bank.
Bravissimo! 2012 is a charitable event benefiting The Healdsburg School (THS), a private, independent K-8 school established in 2007, www.thehealdsburgschool.org.