• Fresh Fruit Display
• Imported & Domestic Cheese Display
• Carving Station:  Beef Top Round
• Pasta Station:  Four Cheese & Marinara Sauce

Wine/Food Pairings

• Heinz Eifel “Shine” Riesling paired with Cilantro Shrimp Egg Roll with Sweet Chili ~
• William Hill Chardonnay paired with Crab Cake on Melba ~
• Gascon Malbec paired with Lamb Nicoise ~
• Angeline Pinot Noir paired with Pork Tenderloin Slider with Black Pepper Sauce ~

Sports Memorabilia:

• Autographed Mario Lemieux Penguins jersey
• Autographed Sidney Crosby Penguins jersey
• Autographed Lamar Woodley Steelers jersey
• Autographed Rocky Bleier Steelers jersey
• Autographed James Harrison football
• Autographed Rashard Mendenhall football
• Autographed Jordan Staal hockey puck

Travel & Hospitality Auction items:

• A Vacation home in Kissimmee, Florida for a one-week stay
• Overnight stay at The Fairmont, Pittsburgh
• Overnight stay at Marriott City Center, Pittsburgh
• Overnight stay at The Priory Hotel, Pittsburgh
• Overnight stay at the Wyndham Grand, Pittsburgh

Plus much more

Dining

• Gift certificate to Ciopinno
• Gift certificate to Common Plea
• Gift certificate to Six Penn Kitchen
• Gift certificate to Atria’s PNC
• Gift certificate to Legends of the North Shore
• Gift certificate to Renaissance Hotel’s Braddock’s Restaurant

Plus much more…

Other:

• Gift certificate to for a round of golf at Sewickley Heights Gold Club
• Numerous Sabika jewelry items

The TRRA Juniors Boosters organization would like to thank all our sponsors and guests for making our first annual fundraiser a rousing success. We could not have done it without you!

Scenes from our March 11, 2010 wine tasting fundraiser at Pittsburgh’s Grand Hall at The Priory:

Greetings TRRA parents!

I hope you had a wonderful Easter. It was nice to see many of you at Saturday’s scrimmage and I hope to see you at all the upcoming races.

Now, for the reason I am writing to all of you — we need your help! In five days the kids will be racing and they not only need our encouragement but sustenance from 7:00 AM till the last race after 4:00 PM. We will be setting the tents up very early on Saturday in Westerville– around 6:30 AM – ideally we would like as many volunteers as possible. We will definitely need a lot of help dismantling the tent and miscellaneous items after the races on Saturday.

What to expect

Good news, it looks like we’re going to have very good weather for the race. The forecast calls for 66 degrees and partly cloudy skies. http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/tenday/USOH1035?from=36hr_topnav_business

The Hoover Invitational begins at 7:30 AM with the coaches and coxswains meeting – heats begin at 8:30 AM. Coaches will advise rowers when to be at the race. As a rule of thumb; the team stays together the entire time unless previously arranged with the coaches.

Parents bring portable chairs, blankets, sunglasses, hats, cameras, binoculars, sunscreen, comfortable shoes, book to read, laptop and whatever else to keep occupied and comfortable during the day. One big warning about Westerville – it is very difficult to park your car near the venue after 7:00 – get there early if you want a good parking space or park at the remote areas with van shuttle. Watch out for the police — they will ticket for cars parked the wrong way. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way last year as I parked my car the wrong direction on a street in a neighborhood close to the venue. So, park the same direction as all the cars around you and you’ll be fine. 

NEW! TEAM TRAILER!

We have excellent news this year – Jon Murcek has generously allowed us to use his 8X5 enclosed trailer. This is huge help as it will allow us to store and transport the tents, tables, tarps, grills, non-perishable supplies, water, Gatorade, etc.. without having to haul them back and forth to our homes after every race. Jon will be bringing the trailer to TRRA sometime this week. We will get the big supplies loaded early. We would like to have the trailer fully loaded before the team leaves at 4 PM Friday. Jon Palmer will be hauling the trailer this race and to Moraine on May 2. We do need a trailer driver for Ohio Cup (Columbus) on April 25 and Midwest’s (Cincinnati) on May 16 – if you have a truck with a trailer hitch and are interested please contact me – we will pay for your gas.

Now, below is a food list and item request for the team food tent. Parents that are with us from last year know the drill pretty well. If you can bring any of the below items please e-mail me back at: trrarowmom@gmail.com. (Please do not reply to all in this e-mail.) I will add you to the e-mail list and we will be sending daily updates on what is and is not needed. If you see a name by an item it’s taken. We got off to a pretty good start this weekend with the Cleveland Scrimmage as we have a lot of Gatorade, soda, juice, and some snacks left. Please look over the list below and if you see anything missing or have something else you would like to add please contact me.

Thanks again and I look forward to hearing from you!

Warm Regards,
Anita Potter

TRRA master food list
Beverages
3 cases of water
2 cases orange Juice or other juice
Breakfast
Muffins
Bagels
Peanut butter
Cream Cheese
Jelly
Coffee (Anita Potter)
Hot chocolate (Anita Potter)
Cream (Anita Potter)
Sugar (Anita Potter)
Equal (Anita Potter)
3 bunches of bananas
2 dozen apples
Other fruit
Lunch
Pasta salad (Lots)
Sandwiches (Turkey is preferred – please wrap individually) – need around 60
Hamburgers (around 4 dozen)
Cheese
Hot dogs (around 5 dozen)
Hot dog and hamburger rolls (5 dozen each)
Chicken for grill or chicken strips (breaded or unbreaded)
Ketchup
Mustard
Snack foods
Granola Bars
Rice Krispie Treats
Trail mix
Cookies
Brownies
1 large platter of cut veggies – carrots, tomatoes, celery w/ veggie dip
Chips or pretzels
Miscellaneous items
Paper plates
Paper bowls
Coffee cups (Anita Potter)
Napkins
Forks, spoons, knives
Trash bags (Anita Potter)
Hand sanitizer
Paper towels
Tissues
Table liners
Duct tape (Anita Potter)
Spatula (Anita Potter)
Tongs (Anita Potter)
Bags of Ice
Extra coolers
Matches/Lighter (Anita Potter)
Fire extinguisher (Anita Potter)

Equipment
Tent/Canopy (TRRA)
Tarps – need 6
Tables (Cathy Palmer)
Burner (Cathy Palmer)
Grill (Anita Potter)
Propane (Cathy Palmer, Anita Potter)
Coffee percolator (Anita Potter)
2 Hot Beverage Dispensers (Anita Potter)
**We could use another dispenser
Coolers (Anita Potter, Cathy Palmer)
Hanging fruit basket (Anita Potter)

Any leftover non-perishable items will be placed back in the team trailer. Thanks!

Auction items:

Pittsburgh Penguins vs. New York Islanders. Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 7:30pm. 8 tickets & access to Igloo Club.

This is the last game of the regular season ever to be played at Mellon Arena! Includes 2 pre-paid parking passes for the East Lot, and 2 coupons for a free copy of the 2009-10 Penguins Yearbook. Total package value is $1530.

Air Tran, 2 round-trip tickets. Value $1000.

Sabika Jewelry, 2 beautiful pieces, $700 value & $200 value

Hotels

The Priory Hotel, Romance Package. $270 value

Renaissance Hotel, overnight stay. $243 value.

Marriott City Center, overnight stay. $170 value.

Radisson, overnight stay. $159 value

Embassy Suites Airport, overnight stay. $150 value.

Fairfield Inn, overnight stay. $150 value.

Restaurants

Lidia’s, $75 gift certificate

Hyde Park, $40 gift certificate plus basket with wine & wine glasses

Six Penn Kitchen

Atria’s PNC Park

Cioppino Restaurant

Common Plea Restaurant

F. Tambellini’s, $40 gift certificate

Papa J’s, Dinner for 2

Buca Di Beppo, $50 gift certificate

Wine

Capital Wine & Spirits, basket of wine. $100 value.

Priory Hospitality Group. 2 tickets to a future wine tasting at The Priory, plus a basket with wine. $150 value.

Salons

Salon Vivace, Haircut, color, highlights, eyebrow wax or manicure. $180 value.

MCN Salon, $50 gift certificate for services, plus $50 gift certificate for products.

Van Salon, $50 gift certificate, plus 4 travel Aveda products.

Elani Alexander Salon, $50 gift certificate.

Salon LaTiDa. $20 gift certificate plus bag of goodies.

Fitness

Lakevue Athletic Club. 3 month fitness membership. $135 value.

Amerifit. 1 month membership. $64 value.

JCC. 1 free month. $50 value.

Golf

Moon Golf Club.

Woodlawn Golf

Treesdale Golf

Green Meadow Golf

Southpointe Golf Club

Platinum Sponsors

American Environmental Services

B. Rose LLC

Bridges Construction

Priory Hospitality Group

Sabika Jewelry

Gold Sponsor

First National Bank

Silver Sponsor

Hope Bariatrics

Lauer Thompson, LLC

RL Swearer

Ms. Cox was the co-host of the television talk show CITYLIFE.

She and Al Dowe have been performing not only in the Pittsburgh area but New York, Atlantic City and Key West Florida.  They were also the co-owners of the popular jazz club DOWE’S ON 9^TH.     They have opened for such names as Ray Charles, Doc Severinson, David Brenner, Debbie Reynolds Donald O’Connor, Danny Glover, Ossie Davis, Mavis Staples, Mark Murphy and many others. She and Mr. Dowe made a premiere performance with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theaters’ production of SMOKIN’ ROSES with performances at Pittsburgh’s Byham Theater and Wolf Trap.

Etta Cox has been voted “Best Jazz Vocalist” in Pittsburgh for 8 consecutive years and has received the Harry Schwalb Award for Excellence in the Arts and was selected as one of the 25 MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN PITTSBURGH by Pittsburgh Magazine and voted Performer of the Year by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

Ms. Cox is currently a Voice and Solfeggio teacher at CAPA (Creative and Performing Arts High School)  and is a member of Covenant Church of Pittsburgh, under Bishop Joseph Garlington.

TRRA’s 2010 Indoor Rowing Championships offered lots of really good races, and the whole thing was pretty fun to watch from start to finish. At the end of it, several individuals shined and TRRA Juniors ruled the day by garnering 10 medals!

TRRA medal winners

Youth Novice Girls
Gold Medal – Cat Michaels

High School JV Girls (Grades 9-11)
Gold Medal – Anne Hockenberry
Bronze Medal – Abi Palmer

Ltwt High School JV Girls (Grades 9-11)
Gold Medal – Hanna Spittel

Ltwt High School Senior Girls
Silver Medal – Julia Ferris

Youth Coxswain Girls
Bronze Medal – Samantha Potter

Youth Novice Boys
Bronze Medal – Josh Hockenberry

High School JV Boys (Grades 9-11)
Bronze Medal – Josh Hyrnda

High School Senior Boys
Silver – Alex Greene

High School 6-person mixed relay
Gold Medal – Three Rivers Rowing Association Juniors
Abi Palmer
Anne Hockenberry
Katie Trovato
Jake Dater
Josh Hyrnda
Jon Murcek

Full race results can be found on Three Rivers Rowing Association’s website.

Also, photos can be found on MamaP’s (Anita Potter) Picasa album.

The event will take place at Pittsburgh’s Grand Hall at the Priory Hotel (614 Pressley Street, Deutschtown, North Side). Enjoy heavy hors d’oeuvres, wine, entertainment, raffle* and auction. Specialty wines to be tasted include: Grove Street Cabernet (Mendocino County 2006), Conquista Malbec (Argentina 2008), Acrobat Pinot Gris (Oregon 2008) and Bridlewood Chardonnay (Monterey 2007).

Tickets are $75 per person. Proceeds benefit TRRA Youth Rowing. Please RSVP by February 27, 2011. Your payment is your reservation. Mail checks payable to TRRA Juniors Boosters to:

TRAA Attn: Juniors Boosters Organization,
300 Riverfront Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

For more information about this exciting fundraising event, please contact Suzanne Graf at 412.760.0765 or suzannegraf@juno.com.

If you are unable to attend, but would like to support TRRA Youth Rowing please send your donation to the address above.

*Don’t miss your chance to win a 7-day cruise for two of your choice destination courtesy of Holland America Line. (certain restrictions apply)

Click here to download a flyer.