ATTENTION !!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, Children of all ages!!!
This year's Cirque du Cyclisme Charity Auction is nerly upon us!
I know you've been looking in yer drawers and in those old
cardboard boxes under your bed for the stuff dreams WERE made of.
Remember when ya bought that beautiful shinny imported aluminum bit?
Well,..... now she's used. BUT NOT used up! It's NOW time to recycle
her at Our very own CIRQUE CHARITY AUCTION.
I, John T.Pergolizzi, am Auction organizer and chief
auctioneer. Matty Bowne will act as auctioneer's 1st assistant and Gabe
and Rita Romeu are chief $ collectors. Guest auctioneers m (???) will be taking
up the slack as my voice goes South. Jamie Swan is auction consultant
and official tag writer. Yes, each item will be tagged and numbered. Mike Schmidt will be Chief Guy Friday; doing every thing we need him to to help out (he WILL BE running
around like the chicken w/o a head!).
This year's event is the third anniversary of The Auction is an
Official Cirque event. John Slawta of Landshark has donated a custom built frame,
Joe Bell (Giuseppe Campanello) a beautiful paint job, and Bilinky Cycles
will announce another generous donation. And Peter Gilbert of Cane
Creek, as always, is SUPER generous with handouts and donations.
Commemorative posters from the NAHBS signed by THE MOST important people in the lugged steel World will be available. And that's only the beginning!
Take a look at our new venue:
http://www.cirqueducyclisme.com http://www.cirqueducyclisme.com/
And our very own page:
http://www.cirqueducyclisme.com/
Thanks Wayne for making our fun possible!
Proceeds this year will be divvied up 75%/25% to Operation smile
(www.operationsmile.org http://www.operationsmile.org/
Sclerosis Society (http://www.nationalmssociety.org/index.aspx ) in
memory of our departed friend Sheldon Brown.
PLEASE be generous. Many, many sellers made very generous
donations at the last four annual auctions to benefit the Make a Wish
Foundation in 2004 ($1,856.00), Operation Smile in 2005 (over
$4,000.00), in 2006 a $6,500.00 donation again to Operation Smile! And
last year we somehow managed to raise a
whopping $11,500.00 for Operation Smile. ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
DOLLARS! HOLY Merckx sweat!!!
Since 1982, Operation Smile's volunteers have
provided free facial reconstructive surgery to tens of thousands of
children and young adults in 25 developing countries and the United
States. 90,000 children have been treated. 87% of cash and in-kind
donations go directly to programs helping children. Operations cost
$3,000 here, but only $250 overseas. That's 42 smiling faces last year
my friends!
I thank you all from the bottom of my heart for the pleasure of making this auction
happen.
Please remember that this year, admission to The Auction
includes a lavish desert and coffee buffet located at a deluxe venue
wonderfully decorated for our enjoyment. Make sure you save some room
after dinner because your sweet tooth will have it's itch scratched!
And to make sure youse ALL get their early, I will be raffling off a
Very special case o VINO at the opening at 7:45 pm June 6, 2008! Ya hear
that Louie D.?
Before the Auction event, there will be a preview & inspection of the
auction goods that will give prospective buyers a much better look at
the wares.
AND a 50/50 auction will give some lucky ace a few extra bucks
to spend and help raise more $ for charity.
************All youse new attendees:
WE NEED STUFF TO SELL!!! So please bring an item or two (or many!) and
I will auction um off. All I ask for is a minimum 20% donation. .
Many a youse donate 100%. WOW!!!!
EVERYONE:
Please send all advance donations directly to:
Wayne Bingham
37805 Clearbrook Lane
Lovettsville, VA 20180
Because of logistics, if you are NOT attending, these must be 100%
donation packages. PLEASE mark the box "Charity Auction".
This is gonna be GREAT fun! So please prepare youse selves for a
great time! Look through those boxes and bins for all your old junk,
unused frames, too BIG
bicycles and other bits that you would like to pass on to the next user
and know that a
very good cause will benefit from your generosity.
********* MOST IMPORTANTLY: For those of youse bringing items for
sale to the auction; you MUST bring them with you EARLY!!! Bring them to
the venue when you come for the Dessert Buffet or even EARLIER!!!! My
helpers and I will be next door to the bike shop organizing the items to
be tagged. BRING THEM IN!!!!!!!!!!**************
YOU MUST HAVE YOUR NAME, % OF DONATION AND IF THEER IS A RESERVE WRITTIN
ON A TAG OR PIECE OF TAPE OF IN THE BAG THE ITEM IS IN. We should have sticky tags for youse to fill out on site. This will help
us dramatically in keeping track of every thing and improve efficiency tremendously.
**********If you do not have a place at the Desert Buffet and want to
attend The Auction, a $5.00 donation will help defray costs of put'n on
the show and is greatly appreciated.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!**************
Know that two very good causes will benefit from your generosity,
so.......BRING LOTS OF MONEY TO SPEND!
Thanks youse one and all,
John T.Pergolizzi
San Diego, Ca.
Chief auctioneer, Cirque Charity Auction
1-917-770-2025