Summer Celebration 2009
• Honorary ringmasters Pearse and Deirdre Lyons welcomed 850 guests to the 21st edition of Summer Celebration on June 5 for a night under the big top celebrating and supporting KET programs and services. The circus pitched its tent for the evening of dining, dancing, and bidding at high-flying hosts Don and Mira Ball’s beautiful Donamire Farm.
• Guests bid on more than 275 spectacular souvenirs at the silent auction, enjoyed a gourmet dinner by DaRae & Friends Catering, and danced to the music of the Trendells.
• Thanks to the support of generous sponsors, table patrons, and auction participants, the event raised nearly $200,000 and pushed the total generated to advance the mission of KET by the annual Summer Celebrations to more than $2.7 million.
See our photo gallery of events on Flickr.com.
Editor's note: Photos from Summer Celebration '09 are found on the last page of the events gallery.
ON THE KET BANDWAGON
Allison Baue • Helen Beach • Kelly Anne Beile • Mary Margaret Bell • Penny Kommalan Brisson • Anita Cappillo • Victoria Carling • Haley Dickerson • Leslie Fannin • Katherine Fitzpatrick • Mary Ginocchio • Beth Grant • Whitney Greer-Stokes • Lisa Gumm-Gray • Shannon Handel • Whitney Keough • Eric Kingston • Tracy Kostelic • Robyn Leach • Rebecca Mann • Toi Morton • Becky Ochenkoski • Hillary Parrish • Jack Patterson • Mary Perkins • Tom Poskin • Carolyn Rasnick • Courtney Roberts • Chris Schoonover • Becky Shaw • Melanie Glasscock Simpson • Cathy Sinkhorn • Debbie Stumbo • Jayne Waldrop • MacKenzie Mayes Walter • John Whitehead • John Wilkerson • Jon & Nancy Zachem
Thanks to Our Sponsors
Top Tier Tumbler Sponsors
Alltech • Brown-Forman • Citi Smith Barney • KV Oil & Gas, Inc. • US Bank • Hilliard Lyons
Magic of the Midway Sponsors
Bank of the Bluegrass Asset Management • Central Bank • E.ON US LLC • John R. and Donna Hall • Hardscuffle, Inc. • Harrod Concrete & Stone Co. • Kentucky Association of Counties • Kentucky League of Cities • Kentucky Power • Powell Walton Milward • Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky • Union College • Urban Active Fitness
Table Sponsors
Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield, AT&T • Ball Homes • Becky Jordan State Farm Insurance • Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love • Dave & Lee Bowman • Chevy Chase Animal Clinic • Columbia Gas of Kentucky • CSX Corporation • Cumberland Valley National Bank, Trust Department • Devan Medical • Dinsmore & Shohl • Donamire Farm • Duke Energy • East Kentucky Power • Frost Brown Todd • GBBN Architects • Gray Construction • Harp Enterprises • Hinkle Contracting Corporation • Jackson Kelly, PLLC • KCTCS • Kentucky Chamber of Commerce • Law Office of Stan Cave • Lawson & Rager, P.S.C. • Link-Belt Construction Equipment Co. • M&M Sanitation/Republic Services • George & Donna Mason • David & Edith Mathews • Mattingly, Simms, Robinson, & McCain, PLLC • Bill & Alois Moore • National City Bank • Nurses Registry & Home Health • PNC Wealth Management • Elbert & Dona Ray • The Rich Brooks Foundation • Robert Rich • Jeremy & Julie Smith • St. Joseph Hospital• Stites & Harbison • Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC • Turner Foundation • University of Kentucky • UK Healthcare • Isaac & Linda Van Meter • Josef Von Sternberg/Jan Mar Farm • Vision Care Providers of Kentucky • Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs
Special Thanks to our In-kind Donors
All Occasions Event Productions • Alltech's Lexington Brewing Co.• Another Man's Treasure• Avis Rent-a-Car • Bluegrass RV Supercenter • Bryant's Rent-All Inc. • Claiborne Farm • DaRae & Friends Catering • Devers Inc. Golf Carts • DJC Concessions & Sundries • Donamire Farm • Geno's Formal Affair • Harp Enterprises Inc. • Home City Ice • House of Pictures & Frames • iModels Event Staffing • Kentucky Eagle Distributors • Kentucky Portable Toilet Inc. • Lexington Juggling Club • Logan's Roadhouse • Myers Printing • Oleika Shrine Clowns • Paul Miller Ford • R.E. Cook Electric • Shumaker's Art Supplies • Spirits Liquor 'n Party Superstore • Terry Daley, Magician • TGI Friday's • W.P. Pemberton & Sons Greenhouse