Hi, Mary,
I'm sure the school wants to be careful about what they do with this legally. They certainly would be surprised to have to ship the guitar somewhere that it legally wasn't supposed to be won. So, I'm hoping this all works out that it is ok so sell out of the country. Today I was talking to the parent volunteer who is the head of the raffle committee and she was telling me that they had to be careful not to raffle something that was not over $5000 in value.

The Hawk's Night Live talent show where the drawing will be held is a HUGE event here in Bozeman. It runs two nights, is on the largest stage in town (same place the opera performs) and is always a sell out crowd - lots of students audition to be in, sometimes in more than one act between the two nights. It is the biggest fund raiser for the music department and is videotaped, done very well. Students from the speech class, dressed in tuxedos, do the MC job between acts. There is high tech lighting, stage set ups, etc. and it is amazing how professionally all these students turn out, including the stage crews. The MC guys are witty and entertaining, the acts creative and talented and wide ranging, from acting to arias to dance and more. An awesome jazz trio was one of the winners last year.

Many prizes are donated by the community for the prizes given on the two night event. The talent show is open only to the high school students.

The audience waits with bated breath to hear the winners announced and will, I am sure, be very interested this year in the Gibson raffle. I hope Gibson does this every year from now on!!

Alice