Thanks from KET

Swingin' with KET—Summer Celebration 2011

KET Summer Celebration at Donamire farm

KET Executive Director Shae Hopkins with Honorary Chairs Terry and Ann McBrayer and Michele Ripley, president of the Commonwealth Fund for KET, welcome guests to KET's 23rd Annual Summer Celebration.

Thanks to everyone who helped make our 23rd annual Summer Celebration a roaring success!

See yourself in photos:

See our Summer Celebration photos at Flickr.com
Tops in Lexington photo gallery
Neil Sulier Photography photo gallery

KET Summer Celebration at Donamire farm

Mr. and Mrs. Don Ball's 1923 Dusenberg Roadster.

Complete with antique roadsters, feathers and fedoras, swing dancers and barrels of fun, Don and Mira Ball's Donamire Farm was transformed into the underground, speakeasy world of the Roaring '20s.

Some 330 auction grabs, a bee's knees buffet and razz-ma-jazz by the Jimmy Church Band highlighted the merrymaking. But what made Summer Celebration truly special was your participation and support.

Honorary Chairs Ann and Terry McBrayer join me and 32 committee volunteers in thanking you for making this year's event the most successful yet. A record 1,054 revelers contributed an all-time high $230,000 to advance KET's impact.

In total, all Summer Celebrations have raised $3.169 million to benefit Kentucky's families, classrooms and communities.

Serving 5 million home viewers and every school in Kentucky each day, KET is the nation's largest public television network. Your support of Summer Celebration and throughout the year enables KET to better serve the people of the Commonwealth. Thank you for your trust, and for helping KET advance education, citizenship, culture and opportunity for all of Kentucky's citizens.

Save the date for Summer Celebration 2012: June 15

Thanks Again to Our Sponsors

Gold-Digger Sponsors

Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. • Alltech • AT&T • Brown-Forman Corporation • Hilliard Lyons • Ann and Terry McBrayer • Morgan Stanley Smith Barney • Rich Brooks Foundation • US Bank

Silver-Charm Sponsors

Bank of the Bluegrass • Columbia Gas of Kentucky Inc. • Donna and John Hall • Hardscuffle Inc. • Harrod Concrete & Stone Co. • Kentucky League of Cities • Kentucky Power • LG&E and KU • PNC Bank • Toyota Motor Manufacturing • Union College • University of Kentucky President's Office