Yancey History Association is selling $50 tickets for an evening of live music, great food, silent auction, raffle items and door prizes on the grounds of the NuWray Hotel and Carriage House Sundries. Roland’s, the NuWray outdoor bar, will be selling beverage during the event.
National award-winning woodcarver David Boone has donated two of his works for the fundraiser. A rare copy of Images of Yancey Volume I has been provided as an auction item for the museum fundraiser.
Fundraiser for museum June 24 hosted at NuWray Hotel grounds. Offers dinner, prizes.
The garden grounds of NuWray Hotel and Carriage House Sundries will be the setting for the June 24 “Shake the Roof” event, thanks to the generosity of proprietors James and Amanda Keith.
The Keiths will also provide attendees with an update on the status of their restoration of these two historic local landmarks in downtown Burnsville.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Yancey History Association’s Building Fund to replace the cedar shake roof on the 1840s McElroy House Museum, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is part of the five-state N.C. Civil War Trails Program.
Come and learn more about our wonderful local museum that has been collecting, preserving and exhibiting the area’s history since it opened in 2003.
Advance tickets are $50 for the Saturday, June 24, event that will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Admission includes a meal prepared by NuWray’s culinary staff. Roland’s, the NuWray outdoor bar, will be selling cocktails, beer/wine, and non-alcoholic options.
The casual, outdoor event features local musicians Typical Mountain Boys (Keith Cole, Kenny Jobe and Don Hogan) and Pete and Kim McWhirter.
There will be some great silent auction and raffle items including two works by national award-winning woodcarver David Boone, paintings by Everett Kivette, a two-night stay at NuWray Hotel (when renovations have been completed), a copy of the rare Images of Yancey Volume I, and other local history books. Attendees will have a chance to win gift certificates from local businesses including The Grape Vine, Hammond Antiques, Main Street Shoes, Garden Deli, and others. There will also be door prizes for attendees, and personalized “Shake the Roof” sponsor award certificates.
Ticket purchases are tax-deductible and are available at the Yancey History Association office at 3 Academy Street, Yancey Graphics at 19E By-Pass across from TD Bank, and at the Chamber of Commerce/Visitors Center at 106 W. Main Street.
For more information call the YHA office 828-678-9587 or email yhmuseum@frontier.com.
