Subject: RE: Gibson Les Paul
From:
katlaughing
Date: 17 Jan 08 - 07:41 PM
You can have a no less than one in one thousand chance at winning an autographed Gibson Les Paul by purchasing a $25 raffle ticket. Here's the info:
Gibson Les Paul raffle
The holder of a single lucky raffle ticket will own something that for many guitar aficionados is simply beyond the imagination: a beautiful 2005 Gibson Les Paul Standard that's signed by none other than the artist himself.
The raffle is a fundraiser for the Caitlin Merie Hurrey Memorial Scholarship Fund, named in honor of Caitlin Merie Hurrey, who was nine years old and in the fourth grade at Huntingtown Elementary School in Maryland when she died in an automobile accident on October 31, 1995. The fund, which honors Caitlin's love of music and education, supports four scholarships annually.
"Caitlin was a talented young musician who loved to play in her elementary school band, sing in the school and church youth choir, and she was very active in the young theatre group at her school as well," remembers her father, Earl Hurrey, who is deputy executive director for business development of Reston, Virginia-based MENC: The National Association for Music Education. "Even though she was only nine when she died, Caitlin had already decided she wanted to be a music teacher when she grew up."
Hurrey, who calls the autographed Les Paul "one of my most prized possessions," is raffling the guitar this year to mark what would have been Caitlin's 21st birthday. He hopes to raise $25,000 for the scholarship fund by selling 1,000 raffle tickets for $25 each.
"I'd like to raffle this guitar rather then auction it because I would
like all guitar players, regardless of income, to have the opportunity to win it," Hurrey explains. "It will be a very special guitar for a deserving guitar player, and Caitlin would have wanted it that way."
The guitar, a Heritage Cherry Sunburst design with a Fifties-style neck, is autographed on its pickguard. It was given to Hurrey by Gibson president Henry Juskiewicz just months after Les Paul's 90th birthday concert, which took place in June 2005 at Carnegie Hall in New York. "I had mentioned to Henry that I had been taking guitar lessons as a lifelong dream," Hurrey recalls, "and that attending the concert gave me great incentive to work even harder at learning to play the guitar. Shortly after our conversation, I received the guitar as a gift from Henry. He said, 'If you're going to learn guitar, you might as well learn on the best guitar in the world."
The instrument, which has never been played, is currently housed in a decorative display case on a wall in Hurrey's home.
The Caitlin Fund was approved by MENC as part of MENC's Fund for the Advancement of Music Education. It's a 501(c) (3) charitable fund that supports the greater good of music education. All donations to the Caitlin Fund are 100% tax deductible.
Contest rules and regulations
1. All proceeds from the raffle of the Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar (autographed by Les Paul) will benefit the Caitlin Merie Hurrey Memorial Scholarship Fund.
2. The number of raffle tickets sold will not exceed 1,000. Once 1,000 tickets have been sold, the raffle will be closed and a single winner will be selected.
3. Tickets cost $25 each, with a maximum of four (4) per address.
4. Your cancelled check will serve as your receipt.
5. Employees of MENC and their families members are ineligible.
6. To enter, send a check for $25 for each raffle ticket, made payable to the Caitlin Merie Hurrey Scholarship Fund. All entries should include a self-addressed stamped envelope, along with entrant's name, address, telephone number(s) and e-mail address.
7. Entries should be mailed to Caitlin Merie Hurrey Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o In Tune Partners LLC, 55 Larry's Lane, Pleasantville, NY 10570.
8. The winning ticket will be selected and certified by the independent accounting firm of Bisselle, Meade Company LLP.
9. Once the winning ticket is selected, the winner will be notified, and the autographed Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar (and display case) will be shipped. All other raffle participants will be notified via e-mail that the winning ticket has been selected.
10. Any entries received once 1,000 raffle tickets are sold will have their checks returned via their self-addressed stamped envelope.
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