Annual Auction
B2BSeen Party & Auction - Mixing It Up For A Cause
This annual event is always a huge hit - and you don't want to miss this year! Who will be The Star of the Bar? Local mixologists will try to win your votes for cash prizes that will be donated to HelpColoradoNow.org - to assist Colorado victims of our recent flooding. Plus, you’ll enjoy bidding on terrific auction items and networking with your peers, all while eating delicious heavy hors d’oeuvres and drinking tasty cocktails (complimentary) and dancing to a live band!! And oh yes - $5 raffle tickets to win a pair of custom-made skis from Folsom Custom Skis!! Here are the details you’ll need to make sure you don’t miss the event of the year.
Space is limited, so purchase your ticket today!
We are pleased to partner with Camparithis year as our liquor sponsor!
6:00 pm - Doors Open, Silent Auction Open, Buffet & Drinks
7:00 pm - Mixologist Competition
8:00 pm - Live Band/Dancing (until closing)
9:00 pm - Live Auction & Raffle Drawing
9:30 pm - Silent Auction Closes
TICKETS:
- EarlyBird Price for Members: $50 (deadline Oct 15)
- Members: $59
- Not-yet-members: $75
- At the door: $80
PREVIEW AUCTION ITEMS | DONATION FORM
FACT SHEET | SPONSOR OPTIONS
Live Music by...
Our Charity Sponsor is BURNS MARKETING.
Friend of BMA Sponsors:
In-Kind Sponsors:
CAMPARI - Mixology Sponsor!
- AnnaFesta Events - Event Planning
- Folsom Custom Skis - Raffle Sponsor
- Gallo/The Original DarkHorse - Wine Sponsor
- Harmonic Media - Signage
- Kimball Productions - Mixology Video Sponsor
- KKf Marketing - Online Auction Preview
- New World Coffee - Coffee Bar Sponsor
- One Touch Point - Printing
- Rachel Olson Design - Graphic Design
- ROI Communication Solutions - Event Production
- Xing Tea - Tea
Looking for more ways to support the BMA? We need you!
B2BSeen Auction & Party is the one and only annual fundraising event that determines the member benefits, educational opportunities, and student scholarships the BMA can provide. Colorado’s award-winning BMA chapter secures funding through media donations/sales, auction sponsorship and auction item donation. For more information, call us (303-607-9957) or email us!
Our mixologists are listed below!
Speaker(s)
Alexandra Geppert
Contributor, The Hooch Life
Alexandra Geppert provides editorial support as well as industry relations for The Hooch Life website. Her ideas and inspiration stem from her last five years bartending and close relationships to the Hooch Bartenders. She networks, organizes, and is committed to furthering the ideals behind The Hooch Life: quality spirits, cocktails, and the stories that bring people together. The Hooch Life a multi-platform lifestyle publishing brand that gives enthusiastic drinkers ideas about what to drink, where to drink, and how to drink. Alexandra is secretary of the Colorado Bartender Guild. In addition, she is the Founder (and Content Strategist and Digital Marketer) for Mandala Strategies, which creates strategic plans for local food & beverage businesses to leverage content that resonates with their ideal customer to create more true fans and ultimately more business!
Anika Zappe
Coohills
After leaving her position at Punch Bowl Social to spend more time with her family, Anika looked for a way to remain active in the bar tending scene. Coohills was the perfect answer for her. Her Twitter handle (@cockologist) describes her as: bartender, mother, wife, retired rocker, cocktail crafter, homesteader, cook, baker, chicken keeper, traveller, sister, daughter, lover, and friend.
Coohills was the venue for last spring's BMA Colorado's Young Professionals Spring Fling.
Jason Patz
Williams & Graham
Prior to coming to Williams & Graham, Jason Patz was with PF Changs for 12 years, most recently as their regional beverage trainer. Jason has been with Williams & Graham since it's opening in November of 2011. Jason has also been involved in the Colorado Bartenders Guild and has made appearances at several venues around the city. His cocktail, “Le Grande Daiquiri” was included on the menu at the Museum of Contemporary Art as a “Curated Cocktail” this past summer. He enters many bar tending competitions, and was recently in New Orleans to compete in the National Bacardi Hand-Shaken Daiquiri Competition. In August, Jason won the Denver Battle of the Bartenders for Campari, and a trip to Portland, Oregon's cocktail week.
Photo by Lori Midson, Denver Westword Blog
