Date/Time:

Saturday, October 3, 2009
4:30 - 8 pm

Location:

Aldo Leopold Nature Center
300 Femrite Drive
Monona, WI
608-221-0404

Registration:

608-221-4038 or Click Here for Registration Form

Fee:

$75/individual, $125/Couple, or $175/ family;
to benefit children's programming at the Nature Center

Fire and Pipers

Come - Engage your Senses and let your Imagination Run Wild at the Fall Fundraising Gala, Pipers in the Prairie & Festival Fire at the Aldo Leopold Nature Center.

Meet Barbara Vaughan, WKOW's Wake up Wisconsin morning anchor!

Aldo Leopold Nature Center will offer a unique and unforgettable celebration of the season. This event is a family-friendly outing offering a blend of activities found nowhere else in Madison, including music, drama, culture, and unique indoor and outdoor nature activities.

The evening begins with hearty hors d'oeuvres as Celtic music enchants with its ethereal and enchanting melodies.

As twilight descends, guests will hear a faint beating of drums in the distance. As they assemble outside the beat grows louder and faster - then suddenly stops - silence! Anticipation rises as a lone piper is heard in the meadow - other bagpipers from the Madison Pipes and Drums and Celtic Brigade Pipe Band, in full regalia, join him as they march up the trails to serenade the guests and lead them to the bonfire wood. Suddenly the woodpile erupts into a magnificent bonfire and lights up the night sky with its brilliance, and the threat of old man winter is driven off for at least one more day.

This fundraising event will feature an unforgettable evening of enchanting and unique entertainment featuring:

• Hearty Hors d'oeuvres and Decadent Desserts

• Complimentary Wine, Beer and Non-Alcoholic Beverages

• The captivating sounds of Pipers in the Prairie and Drummers on the Drumlin

• Mystical Musical Entertainment and Storytelling by Celia

• Warm to the season with the annual "Festival Fire" by Prairie Restorationists

• Get into the "Spirit of the Season" by Tasting and Judging Highland Libations (Single Malt Scotch & Mead) by Star Liquor

• Nature Activities for Younger Guests

Premier Partner

2009 Event Partners

2008 Preferred Provider Partners
(2009 to be determined)

A Greater Gift - 
$25 Gift certificate

Aldo Leopold Nature Center - 
Four Aldo Leopold gift baskets with a gift certificate for Family Membership and more

American Players Theatre -
Coffee table book: "Book of Lore"

Applied Ecological Services -
Rain garden kit

Arbor House -
Gift certificate for one night

Benvenuto's -
Two $20 gift certificates

Body in Balance -
$70 Gift certificates

Budget Bicycle Center -
Package of water bottles, air pump, etc.

Burnie's Rock Shop -
Gift certificate and bear figurine

Cave of the Mounds -
Family Package: one adult admission, one child admission, coupon for a bag of gemstones

Concourse Hotel -
$25 gift card for the restaurant

Crowne Plaza Hotel -
Two night weekend stay in a suite; includes breakfast both days and dinner Saturday night

David Bacco Chocolats -
$20 gift card

Driftless Studio -
"Red" canvas print by Anne Connor

Eagle Optics -
Stokes Meadowlark 8x25 binoculars

Escape du Monde - 
Two customized facial gift certificates

Elements Therapeutic Massage - 
$30 gift certificate

Fair Indigo -
$50 gift certificate

Foto 1 - Bob Essock - 
16 matted nature prints and 4 framed nature prints

Frugal Muse -
Two $10 gift certificates

Geof Foster & Sara Stewart -
"Sacred Circle" print by Bev Dolittle

Green Bay Packers -
Team signed football

Harbor Athletic Club -
Gift Certificate for membership or training session

Hubbard Avenue Diner -
Three nine-inch pie gift certificates

Imperial Gardens -
$85 gift certificate for four

James J Chocolate Shop -
Box of chocolates

Jane Moorman - 
Seven butterfly earring sets

Janus Galleries - 
"Wisconsin River Bluffs" oil painting by Peter Lundberg

Kalahari Resort -
Waterpark party for 10; includes pizza and soda

Klinke Cleaners -
Five $5 gift certificates

Lee Weiss -
Wildlife print - March

Little Luxuries -
$25 gift certificate

Machinery Row Bicycles -
Bike accessories

Madison Magazine - 
Two packages: 2 tickets to the Food & Wine Show and 1 subscription to Madison Magazine

Madison Mallards-
Coupons for six bleacher seats during the 2009 regular season

Matt Kenseth Fan Club -
Autographed team print

Millard Farrell Fine Art - 
Ceramic bowl by Chris Baskin

Milwaukee Bucks -
Four tickets to a game in the 2008-2009 season

Orange Tree Imports -
$25 gift certificate

Outback Steakhouse (East Towne) -
Gift certificate

Overture Center for the Arts -
2 tickets to one of eleven 2007-2008 performances

Pacific Cycle -
26" Mongoose model bicycle

Pick More Daisies -
Amber and silver pendant necklace

Pirate's Cove Adventure Golf -
Four mini-golf passes

Playthings -
Cointruction Mega Set and a glow in the dark magnets set

Prime Quarter Steakhouse -
Two $20 gift certificates

Rejuvenation Spa -
Gift certificate for full makeup application

Relics Fossils and Rocks -
Aged shark tooth from Morocco

Spectrum Brands  -
Flashlights for give-away

Sundance Bar Bistro  -
Two movie passes

Ultimate Spa and Salon  -
Gift certificate for haircut and style with an associate designer

Victor Allen's Coffee -
Gift basket

Vitense Golfland -
Gift passes

WildBirds Unlimited -
Ornamental wall hanger

Wine & Hop Shop -
$25 gift certificate