03 Sunday Feb 2013
Tags
19th Annual, all saint mardi gras, All Saints, All Saints Catholic School, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Photos, party, photos, pictures, Roswell Convention and Civic Center
Posted by Twincorner | Filed under Mardi Gras, party
03 Sunday Feb 2013
31 Thursday Jan 2013
Posted in Donations, drawing, King Cake, Mardi Gras
Tags
19th Annual, all saint mardi gras, All Saints, All Saints Catholic School, Dinner and Dance, donations, Drawing, Election, food, fundraiser, Home Depot, King and Queen Election, King Cake, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras King and Queen, mardi gras mask, party, Roswell Convention and Civic Center, Store Manager
We have some fantastic news. The local Home Depot has given us an amazing donation for our King Cake Drawing. We have in our possession a Brinkmann Dual Function 3-Burner Propane Gas / Charcoal Grill and Smoker.
Thank you Home Depot, and thank you to Home Depot’s store manager Curtis Gordon. Thank you, thank you.
This wonderful donation will be used as the prize for the King Cake Drawing. If you are unfamiliar with the tradition of King Cake, checkout our King Cake page and get the details.
The basic idea is: eat some cake and if you find the baby inside you could be the very lucky winner of this smoker. It’s that simple.
So, this Saturday night when you come to All Saints 19th Annual Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance, remember to wear your dancing shoes and a mask so you can be entered into the Mardi Gras Mask Drawing. Bring a little extra cash for the silent auction and the King and Queen Election and while you’re enjoying your dinner don’t forget to leave room for some King Cake.
26 Saturday Jan 2013
Posted in Donations, Mardi Gras, Twincorner Art & Design
Tags
all saint mardi gras, All Saints, All Saints Catholic School, Bullocks Jewelry, donations, Mardi Gras, Mary Rincon, Mary's Drop-a-tot Daycare, Nambe, party, Roku, Twincorner Art & Design
We’re still getting more donations from businesses and private donors for our silent auction, king cake drawing and door prizes.
Here is a little taste of some of the generosity we have been blessed with.
An amazing Nambé bowl donated by Mary Rincon and Gertrude Ramirez of Mary’s Drop-a-tot Daycare Center.
A beautiful wall clock donated from Bullocks Jewelry.
And a Roku2 donated from Twincorner Art + Design, to be used for the Mardi Gras Mask Drawing. All you have to do is show up to the event with a Mardi Gras mask and you could win this one. If you don’t have a mask, don’t worry, you can purchase one at the event. Checkout our Costumes and Masks page for details.
26 Saturday Jan 2013
Posted in Mardi Gras, Twincorner Art & Design
Tags
19th Annual, all saint mardi gras, february 2nd, party, Roswell, Roswell Convention and Civic Center, Schedule of Events, sweet music, tickets, Twincorner Art & Design
We’re down to the last week before the big event and things are really coming together. Coordination with the Roswell Convention and Civic Center and catering has been done. Much of the event decorating with be provided by Twincorner Art + Design and a battalion of All Saints soldiers. And as you know by now DJ Louis Najar will there to give us that sweet, sweet music.
To help you prepare for the amazing night that will be the 19th Annual Mardi Gras, here is the schedule of events for the big day. You can also see this on our Schedule of Events Page.
Remember there are still tickest available so don’t miss what will most certainly be a fantastic night. For ticket information call All Saints’ school office (575) 627-5744 or Twincorner Art + Design (575) 637-9462.
23 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Donations, Mardi Gras
Tags
advertising, all saint mardi gras, All Saints, All Saints Catholic School, business, donations, fund-raiser, fundraiser, js ward, Mardi Gras
We have been receiving more and more donations from local businesses all over Roswell. Ballard Funeral Home has been very generous with a cash donation to help with some of the event cost, and Bullock’s Jewelry always donates something amazing and beautiful. It’s always exciting to see what the generosity of the community can provide to the school.
We also received the donation of advertising from JS Ward & Son. They purchased us some ad space in the Roswell Daily Record last Sunday.
The ad will also be in this coming Sunday’s paper so keep an eye out for it. Maybe give Marianne a call and let her know what a great job she is doing.
Thanks Marianne!
22 Tuesday Jan 2013
Posted in Mardi Gras
Tags
all saint mardi gras, All Saints Catholic School, Dinner and Dance, fundraiser, Mardi Gras, Mardi Gras Photos, party, photos, pictures, Roswell
Here are a few shots from the 2012 All Saints Mardi Gras.
Photos by DJ Louis Najar
Photos by DJ Louis Najar
Looks like a good time.
16 Wednesday Jan 2013
Posted in Donations, Mardi Gras, Twincorner Art & Design
The 19th annual All Saints Mardi Gras is only a few weeks a way and our volunteers have been working hard in all the aspects of creating another memorable event. DJ Louise Najar is of course providing this years music. Food, drinks and king cake have been coordinated through a small army of All Saints volunteers. Table decorations will be provided by Twincorner Art + Design, and items for the silent auction and door prizes are being donated from all around.
Some of our first donors for this year’s Mardi Gras are Peter Piper Pizza, Golden Corral Restaurant, Wally Burger and Twincorner Art + Design. Of course that’s not all of our supporters and the list will just keep growing but we will keep updating the donors as we get a more complete list.
03 Saturday Mar 2012
Posted in Donations, drawing, King and Queen Election, King Cake, Mardi Gras
The All Saints Mardi Gras has come to an end and even though it was a huge amount of work it was still a great time. Many people and companies invested a great deal of time and energy in the months working up to the event and it showed. Everyone enjoyed the wonderful food from Cattlemen’s Steak House and amazing music provided by Louis Najar. As every event of this kind does, we had a few hiccups but nothing that couldn’t be remedied quickly and that just gives us a little more knowledge for next year.
Door prizes were given away, auction items were bid on and competed over, we ate King Cake, danced and after a tense election we even had a King and Queen crowned. Some would say that is enough but in the end this is a fundraiser and we were partying for the school (life is hard). After all the balloons were popped and the bills were paid, the All Saints Mardi Gras dinner and dance did pretty good. We can’t give out too many specifics but our King and Queen election generated over $630 and our silent auction produced over $4,000. These two items combined with the sale of King Cake, masks, beads, boas and photos amounted to the best Mardi Gras fundraiser we have had to date.
Below is a photo of this year’s new King and Queen. The election was started weeks before the Mardi Gras dance and finished that night. After an intense election and a number of votes from the party guests the new royals were chosen. Tommy and Candice Rincon were voted into their very auspicious position by some very generous people. Their new royal standing has earned them a number gift certificates from around Roswell and two free passes into next years Mardi Gras.
A big thanks to the photographer of our Mardi Gras. The photo of our King and Queen was taken by a local photograph Jeff Neria and his team who have helped with the Mardi Gras dance for the last few years. Thank you so much Jeff.
With that we hope to see you at next years Mardi Gras Dinner and Dance.
God Bless.
25 Saturday Feb 2012
Posted in Donations, drawing, King Cake, Mardi Gras
It’s a week later and its way past time for an update.
First of all a HUGE thanks to all of the sponsors, supporters and volunteers. The entire event would crash and burn if not for all the help from the community. So, Thank You!
To the event. About 300 people came to the All Saints Mardi Gras fundraiser and enjoyed some traditional Cajun style fair from Catlemans Steak House and some very good music from one of our founding supporters DJ Louis Najar. It’s a pretty strong argument that without Mr. Najar there would be no Mardi Gras in Roswell. Eighteen years and still going.
The “fundraising” portion of the event went very well because of all of our amazing donations. Many of which from local artists. Works from a friend of the school, David Blair, raised more than $200. There was one piece from some local artists/fabricators that gathered quite a bit of attention. Rincon and Son Fabrication custom-built a ‘disco grill’ and donated it to the event.
After a fair bidding war the disco grill generated about $250 for the school. We also had a number of other donations, including quilts, paintings, electronics, home improvement supplies, and a seemingly endless supply of gift certificates from all over Roswell as well as Ruidoso, Clovis and Portales. Some of the gift certificates earned the winners everything from tire rotations to explosives. There was even a year of burgers from a local restaurant.
You can checkout our sponsors on our donors page as well as along the left edge of this page.
It seems everyone had a great time eating, dancing and there was an occasional drink from the cash bar provided by Peppers Grill & Bar. A few guests had more fun than others. The winners of our door prizes went away with an assortment of items including gift baskets from Inspirations, a print from local artist David Blair, as well as certificates to a slew of local restaurants. Our Mardi Gras Mask Drawing winner went home with an Imation Link video extender and even more gift certificates. That was just for bringing a mask to the party.
The winner of our King Cake Drawing won a $200 Nambe bowl and bottle of wine from our local winery. Pretty good for eating a piece of cake and finding a plastic baby.
Here are a few photo of the event.
If you have any photo of the All Saints Mardi Gras fundraiser we would love to see them.
All Saints Mardi Gras 