CREHST's 11th ANNUAL fundraising event will be a wonderful opportunity to support our unique student and adult education programs. The renowned University of Idaho's Lionel Hampton School of Music and Jazz Band IV (a 24-piece band) will perform music similar to music heard when watching the popular television program Dancing with the Stars for your listening pleasure and to keep you dancing. A Silent Auction, supported by various local businesses and generous individuals will have irresistible treasures for everyone.
There are several ways a business or an individual can participate in this worthwhile fundraiser.
- Become a Sponsor - we have several levels of sponsorship available from $300 to $5,000. Of course any amount will be acknowledged and appreciated.
- Become a Table Sponsor - we have limited numbers of tables of 10 and many of tables of eight. Get a group together and sponsor a table!
- Donate to our Silent Auction - Our Silent Auction is very popular and has many unique items to choose from.
- Lastly, attend the event! - tickets are very reasonable for this type of event that includes dinner, a full band with vocals, and silent auction.
If you would like further information about how you can support CREHST and/or Spring Swing 2009, please call 943-9000.
CREHST will once again sponsor a series of walking tours through the historic Richland neighborhoods known for their Alphabet or ABC Houses. The tours will be guided by host Richard Nordgren. Each two-hour walking tour will cover a different section of the city and will illustrate the sociological and political thought that went into the design of the neighborhoods. Neighborhoods to be explored will include South Richland, the "Gold Coast" (a National Register of Historic Places neighborhood) and Central Richland.
Next tours will occur May 2009.
The fourth annual guided kayak tours will begin in May 2009! CREHST is once again partnering with Columbia Kayak Adventures to present this season's tours. Watch this space for more information.
Previous tours were very popular and filled quickly. For more information, or to book a tour call the Museum, 943-9000. No prior experience is needed and all equipment will be provided. Pre-paid registration through the museum is required.
Tombstone Tales is a living history tour of Richland's Resthaven Pioneer Cemetery. Step back in time as tour groups are lead by the Grim Reaper to individual gravesites where actors in period costume will give a brief monologue of their life as an early Columbia Valley pioneer.
These unique cemetery tours offer a look back to an era when women hand washed clothes outdoors and spent much of their day in the kitchen, men and horses plowed thousands of acres in the relentless summer heat of Eastern Washington, children walked to their one-room schoolhouses, and people's main source of transportation was by foot or horseback.
Tombstone Tales returns October 2009. Tickets are planned to be available the end of September, first of October. Get your tickets early, the 2008 performances sold out weeks before the event!
