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Silent Auction Lark After Dark
This past Saturday, Christ Church, Millwood, hosted its annual Silent Auction and Dinner at the Millwood Country Club. Guests numbered over a hundred, and the sounds of clinking cocktail glasses and excited chatter filled the air as guests,
Silent Auction items displayed at one of five tables
clad in gay holiday attire, mingled and strolled between the five display tables to enter their bids. Auction items ranged from original oil paintings, antique china dishes and vases, a handsome china rooster, copper cookware, sterling silver, and a hand-crafted coffee table to certificates for gourmet desserts, a lunch and trail ride along the Shenandoah, a skeet shooting outing, tax preparation, and a five-page web site. Tempting trays laden with specialty cheeses and crackers, caviar and salmon delicacies accompanied the cocktails before guests sat down to an elegant table setting and enjoyed roast beef served with a delectable mushroom gravy, roasted vegetables, salad, rolls and carafes of red and white table wine, topped off with a slice of good old-fashioned (and very tasty) apple brown betty.
Dining at Millwood Country Club
Dinner was followed by the live auction conducted by auctioneer Billy Watkins. Satiated with good food and wine, the guests engaged in lively bidding, garnering a significant showing of generosity for a number of tempting items, such as the one-week stay in a five-bedroom vacation home on the coast of Maine.
The evening concluded with the announcement of raffle ticket winnings, among which was a dinner for two at L’Auberge Provençal—a top 100 Zagat-rated restaurant in nearby White Post. Proceeds from the fundraising event will benefit the ministry of Cunningham Chapel Parish.
