SPRING AWAKENING! A Broadway Inspired Table Top Show at Le Beau Chateau

May 12, 2010 through May 16, 2010 in New Canaan, CT


Leading Interior Designers will create Broadway Inspired Vignettes to benefit Summer Theatre of New Canaan
This beautiful home, offered by Barbara Cleary’s Realty Guild and Christie’s Great Estates, which has been staffed but unoccupied for nearly 57 years, will be transformed with a Table-top Show by leading Interior Designers. Inspired by Broadway Shows each designer will create evocative and memorable vignettes in this gracious 22-room mansion, which features a two-story grand foyer and many reminders of the elegance of a bygone era.
The house will open its doors with a Celebrity Preview Party on the evening of a Wednesday, May 12th, and run to Sunday, May 16th. Throughout the show, there will be lunch lectures, book signings, a Café, a garden boutique, and live Broadway Entertainment.
The Proposed Calendar of Events:
Press Review: Wednesday May 12 3:00-6:00

Opening Night Gala Wednesday May 12 6:30-9:30

Opening to Guests: Thursday May 13 11:00-6:00

Friday May 14 11:00-6:00

Saturday May 15 11:00-6:00 6:30-9:00

Closing Day Sunday May 16 12:00-5:00


OPENING NIGHT:

To benefit The Summer Theatre of New Canaan with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and live entertainment provided by the Summer Theatre of New Canaan

2nd GALA NIGHT:
An opportunity for a sponsor or charity to host a Champagne and dessert soirée


EVENT Benefits to visitors:

· Experience the talent of top designers and view their table settings.
· Visit the Mansion
· Have lunch on the outside terrace by a local CatererThere will be Lunch Lectures by leading Designers on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Lectures under consideration:

Carolyn Roehm: The Perfect Table Setting and book signing

Bunny Williams: A Love Affair with a House and book signing

· Shop at an outdoor Garden Boutique by one of America’s leading Interior Designers
· Each visitor will leave with a journal which is also a cookbook (recipes provided by each Designer)

EVENT Benefits to Christies and the Home Owner:

· Exposure to over 1,500 high end clientele
· Exposure in leading publications and online publications

· Possibility to reach potential clients

· To support the endeavors of the community

· Support the Summer Theatre of New Canaan and its commitment to provide the community with first class professional theatre and providing family entertainment

· Possible showing of house on Bill Stubbs PBS show: A Moment of Luxury


EVENT PROGRAM JOURNAL

· There will be 2 pages dedicated to the owner and the history of the house

· There will be floor plans of the house published within the journal

· 1 page will be given to Christies

· Each designer will pay a fee to have a double page within the journal

· Designers will provide a source list, rendering, photo, and recipe

· 2 pages will be given to Summer Theatre of New Canaan

· Ads will be sold to designer vendors and local merchants

· Sponsors will be given pages for their pledge to the event


EVENT PUBLICITY

· The Event will be sponsored by a Design Trade Magazine i.e.: Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, Moffly Media, Hersom-Acorn.

· Prior to opening night their will be 3-4 hours dedicated to press

· Press from surrounding area newspapers, magazines and news services, as well as National Publications will be invited to view the house giving them the opportunity to interview the designers, sponsors and the charity. This will result in press exposure for Christies, the house and owner, the charities and the designers.

· On- line publications will also be invited i.e., Designintuit.com, House Beautiful.com, Lonny Mag.com plus the online versions of local and regional newspapers and magazines giving the house and the Event more exposure on line.

· There will be an Event web-site created listing Christies, the house, sponsors, charities, designers and their sources

· Possible feature on Bill Stubbs PBS show: A Moment of Luxury

· Invitations and announcements will be sent out to mailing lists from all participating parties.

EVENT VOLUNTEERS:

· Volunteers will be sought through Summer Theatre of New Canaan, The Young Women’s League, the Designers and the Community


EVENT DESIGNERS

· Each designer is designated a space within a room within the house

· Several Designers may share in one room

· The Designers will create vignettes within their space and provide a table set to feature a dinner celebrating a Broadway Show

· Each Designer will provide insurance for their workmen and any one from their staff mounting or dismantling their space.

· Each Designer will be required to pay a security deposit to insure their space is left as given to them

· Each Designer will be required to sign a contract.

· All work must be approved by the Event Committee and owner

· All scheduling of installation and removal must be scheduled thru the Event Committee

Virtual Tour of Le Beau Chateau