2023 year marks The Lobero Associates’ Golden Jubilee! This year’s annual fundraiser, held at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club, will feature an exhibition polo match showcasing some of the intercollegiate players, with all proceeds benefitting the Lobero Theatre’s Youth and Community Outreach Programs. These programs are an integral part of the Lobero’s mission to operate and maintain the historic Lobero Theatre as a performing arts center and cultural asset to the community, and to present the highest quality productions possible in music, dance, and theater.
Your contribution will help cover the cost of three residency performances with Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation, underwrite live performance field trip performances of Nebula Dance Lab or Boxtales Theatre Company, pay toward the expenses related to one performance of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony on the Lobero stage, help cover the cost to bring the Derek Douget Band to a local high school/junior high school jazz band for a hands-on clinic in instrumental jazz/improvisation, help cover subsidies for a variety of youth organizations performing at the Lobero (such as AHA! – Santa Barbara’s after-school Sing It Out! program, State Street Ballet Academy, Santa Barbara Center for Aerial Arts, the Spirit of Fiesta auditions, Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Arts & Design Academy), and underwrite ticket scholarships for students to attend performances at the Lobero, including our Jazz at the Lobero series for local jazz music students, and a variety of performances, like It’s Magic, for children affiliated with our social services partners, like Boys & Girls Club, Transition House, CASA, and more.
Schedule of Events:
Champagne Arrival
Polo Exhibition
Dinner and Dessert
Welcome, Raffle, Live Auction, Paddle Raise
Live Music by Kettle of Hawks
3 Raffle Items:
1) Coast to Coast Jewelry
Luxuriate in this beautiful Dina Mackney gold link chain with stunning amazonite and opal enhancer. ($418 value)
2) Exciting Staycation
Enjoy Andrew Firestone’s new hotel, Courtyard by Marriott Santa Barbara, with a 2-night stay & dinner. Includes gift certificates for Salt Cave and Twenty-Four Blackbirds hand-made artisan chocolates, two family style tasting menus at Black Sheep Restaurant, Dinner for two at Rosewood Miramar’s Le Revere Restaurant, and a Joola Pickleball paddle and a 4 pack of balls donated by Stuart and Cindy Gilst. (Total value $1,880)
3) Polo Package
Experience the rush of actually hitting the ball from a wooden horse with a live hitting cage Polo lesson given by Polo Academy Manager & Polo Player Jeff Scheraga. And then get to watch the pros in action with a Fieldside Polo Box for four people on May 21, 2023 at 4 pm, while enjoying a bottle of champagne and charcuterie tray during the match. (Total value $660)
Live Auction Items:
1) Paris to Provence
Round trip business class flight (on Delta Airlines) to Paris, with 3-night stay in Paris at the 5-star, world-renown, Plaza Athenee (deluxe room, breakfast included). Plus 3-night stay in Provence at Relais & Châteaux’s Le Phébus & Spa, including breakfasts, aperitif in the kitchen with the Michelin Star chef Xavier Mathieu, two 60-minute massages in the spa, and a lunch in the Bistrot, Le Cafe de la Fontaine. (Total value $25,000)
2) A Coastal Sunset Cruise on the Reel Inn and Magnum of Brander Wine
Gather 10 friends and enjoy a wine & appetizer cruise on the Reel Inn, a 61’ Viking yacht. Includes sumptuous appetizers, BBQ beef tenderloin slides, and a pasta & green salad at the dock. Please contact Jack & Karen Byers at (805) 896-2359 for selective date availability and time. (Total value $3,500)
Paddle Raise:
$5,000 – Covers the cost of one residency performance with Santa Barbara Vocal Jazz Foundation, following 6 weeks of in-class residency instruction, where 40-80 students from a Title 1 (lower income) school perform original jazz compositions on stage.
$2,500 – Underwrites a field trip performance of Nebula Dance Lab or Boxtales Theatre Company, which brings 500+ elementary school students into the Lobero for a live performance.
$1,000 – Pays toward the expenses related to one performance of the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony on the Lobero stage.
$500 – Helps to cover subsidies for a variety of youth organizations performing at the Lobero, including AHA!, State Street Ballet Academy, Santa Barbara Center for Aerial Arts, the Spirit of Fiesta auditions, Santa Barbara High School’s Visual Arts & Design Academy, and more.
$250 – Helps cover the cost to bring the Derek Douget Band to a local high school or junior high school jazz band for a hands-on clinic in instrumental jazz and improvisation.
$150 – Celebrate the Lobero’s 150th Anniversary by underwriting ticket scholarships for students to attend performances at the Lobero, including our Jazz at the Lobero series for local jazz music students, and a variety of performances, like It’s Magic, for children affiliated with our social services partners, like Boys & Girls Club, Transition House, CASA, and more.
$50 – Commemorate The Lobero Associates’ Golden Jubilee by contributing to the Lobero’s vital youth programs, which aim to give all students, regardless of financial means, the necessary tools to flourish and find success in life through engagement with educational arts programming.
