PICAYUNE — Want to help save a horse and have a great evening dancing to the music of Whoopie and the Skeeter Bait Band after enjoying a three-course spaghetti dinner?
Then mark November 6 on your calendar and come to the Crystal Palace on MS Hwy 43 in Picayune for the fun and festivities being hosted by the Mississippi Equine Rescue and Adoption — MERA.
For $5, the entire family can enjoy the live music and bid on items in the auction. For another $7 — children under five are free and five to 12 cost $5 — participants can enjoy a three-course spaghetti dinner of salad, spaghetti, garlic bread and dessert, along with a soft drink.
Around 8 p.m., the auction will begin with several exciting items being offered for bid.
One is a signed and numbered limited edition print by Buck Taylor depicting a cowboy on his horse out west. Number 186 out of 300, the print is personally signed by Taylor.
Taylor, acclaimed artist of western scenes, is also a movie actor best known for his long running role on TV’s Gunsmoke series.
Among other items for bid is a two night stay for two people at a Royal Street, French Quarter apartment; a matted and framed sketch of Sam Elliot on a Harley Davidson for the movie “Hell on Wheels,” also signed by the artist; a $50 gift certificate for Galiano’s; a gift certificate from Chef John Besh; passes to Hollywood Casino Golf; a gift certificate from Paul Pastry’s; an annual pass to Up the Creek Acres; and a family portrait by professional photographer Patricia Older.
A saddle will also be given away that night, the winner chosen from all the participants in MERA’s Summer Feed Shows in Poplarville.
To purchase a ticket in advance, please call 601-798-1380 or 601- 590-1068.
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