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Final Figures for the 50th Annual House and Garden Tour
by Ann Richards, July/August 2007 CHRS News
The Tour was a financial success with net income of slightly more than $59,000, thanks in large part to the strong ticket sales on the weekend of the tour. Ticket sales looked strong in the weeks leading up to the event but skyrocketed on May 12 and 13 at the CHRS Eastern Market Kiosk. Total ticket sales were about 1850, several hundred more than 2006 and 100 plus more than the 2005 banner year.
In anticipation of increased costs for this year’s tour, sponsors were solicited to underwrite tour expenses: Frager’s Hardware, Stanton Development and Dick & Muriel Wolf. Other major contributors in the form of advertising included Phyllis Jane Young, Riverby Books, Abdo Development, Coldwell Banker/Pardoe/Don Denton, Prudential Carruthers/Judi Seiden, Splash!, Hugh Kelly/Gary Jankowski, Bob Williams, The National Capital Bank and Wentworth Studio.
Barracks Row merchants and restaurants contributed to the tour as well in the form of in-kind donations. Finn MacCool’s, Old Siam, Trattoria Alberto, Tunnicliffs, Mr. Henry’s, Hawk ‘n’ Dove and the Banana Café & Piano Bar contributed refreshments for the Saturday evening reception held at the Community Building of Townhomes on Capitol Hill, which was well attended by tour visitors. In addition, Alvear Studio lent several pieces of art to the 15 Seventh Street, NE, tour house. I hope that CHRS members will show their appreciation to these restaurants and merchants who helped make the tour special.
Many thanks to everyone who volunteered for this year’s tour: team members Roxanne Walker, Paul Cromwell, Aileen Moffatt, Michael Eck, Amanda Molson, and Michelle Carroll; ticket sellers at Eastern Market Kiosk; docents at the houses; servers at the tea and reception; assistants with the jitney service. You all helped make this year’s tour very special.
As for next year, the theme will be “Beyond the Boundaries.” We hope to showcase some of the old and some of the new as our neighborhood as we know it expands further north, east and south. Stay tuned and save the dates for the 51st Tour: May 10–11, 2008.
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