Great Gatsby Gala to benefit Guilford Art Center

Join Guilford Art Center on Friday, June 26, 6:30pm at the Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club, for an elegant summer evening celebrating the style and glamour of the Jazz Age.  The Great Gatsby Gala will feature a cocktail hour with an open bar and a 1920s-era signature drink, dinner, band and dancing, and live and silent auctions.  The seaside quarters of the Pine Orchard Yacht and Country Club will be decorated in high Art Deco style. Guests can also enjoy lawn croquet, hand-rolled cigars, photos with classic cars and more. Dress is 20s-themed optional.

Cocktail music will be by the Skyler Hagner Trio and dinner and dance music will be by eight-piece band Hothouse.

Highlights of auction items include a private helicopter excursion above the Thimble Islands, dinner cooked in your home by Food Network Star finalist Michele Ragussis, a bartending class for 6 at 116 Crown with owner John Ginnetti,  fine art, jewelry, a golf outing and more.

Sponsors of the Great Gatsby Gala include ARIA/Asset & Retirement Investment Associates (a subsidiary of Guilford Savings Bank), Prospector Partners, Bailey, Murphy & Scarano, LLC, Branford Building Supplies, Dr. David Goodkind, MD/Fuzion Medical Aesthetic Boutique, Fischer Excavating, Inc., and Madison Polymeric Engineering.