Special Events

Nantucket Home's Summer Symphony Celebration

Thursday, August 19th
6 - 8 pm
6th & Broadway
Downtown Chico

Chico's favorite purveyor of fine home furnishings invites you to join in supporting the North State Symphony.

Enjoy wine tasting from Gale Vineyards, Bertagna Son Kissed Vineyards, Renaissance Winery, and New Clairvaux accompanied by light hors d'oeuvres. Relax and enjoy the cooling breezes of Baroque music as famed violinist William Barbini and musicians from the North State Symphony entertain you with selections from Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi and other favorites. Symphony Music Director Kyle Wiley Pickett will greet you as you mingle with other friends and fans of two Chico icons - Nantucket Home, Inc and the North State Symphony.

Tickets: $15.00 to support the North State Symphony

The first 100 to purchase tickets will receive a complimentary voucher to attend a 2010-2011 North State Symphony Concert.

On the evening of the event enjoy a 15% discount at Nantucket Home in support of the North State Symphony.

Click here to purchase your tickets online or contact the Symphony office at 530-898-6692 or symphony@csuchico.edu.

Evening in an Enchanted Garden

Saturday, August 28
Redding

On August 28, the bus leaves Redding at 4PM. Hop on, be whisked away to a mystery enchanted garden in the beautiful foothills.

Sip wine to the accompaniment of live music and the ripple of tiny waterfalls, as you tease and please your palate with savory hors d'oeuvres. The catered dinner, served in the garden under a canopy of trees and stars, will include a refreshing salad, delicious dinner with vegetarian option, and a tempting platter of mini-desserts. Your sensory experience will be enhanced by the company of some of the North State's most accomplsihed and gracious inhabitants.

Best of all your pleasure helps support the North State Symphony. Cost is $125 person, and a portion of that amount earns you a tax-deduction as a gift.

You may mail a check including your reservation to:
North State Symphony
400 W First St
CSU Chico, CA
95929-0805

Or click here to purchase your tickets online

For more information, please call 530-898-6692.

Garden Party

Would you like to host a garden party? Attend one?
What a fun way to support North State Symphony!

The photos below are from a lovely garden party Helga Ruge, of the Chico Guild, hosted on July 11, 2009. Helga has given several of these parties over the past few years. For this one, 50 guests paid $40 each at a silent auction, which raised $2000 for North State Symphony!

A string quartet consisting of members of the symphony entertained, and members of the Chico Youth and Women's Chorus under the direction of Susan Tevis sang for the guests. Helga donated the rest.

To find out how you can organize an event like this, contact the symphony office at 530-898-5984 or symphony@csuchico.edu.

Click on the photos below to see enlargements.

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Photos thanks to Robert Zadra

Autumn Prelude Party

Raise the curtain for the new concert season!

Enjoy champagne, wine, hors d' oeuvres and desserts, and lovely music by members of the North State Symphony

Sponsored by Chico Guild


Pre-concert Reception

Saturday, October 2
Redding

Excitement and anticipation will be in the air as members and friends of the symphony, including Maestro Pickett, gather in Redding’s beautiful newly-renovated Atrium building.

The reception happens just steps from and moments before the performance of “European Treasures.”


32nd Annual Mozart Mile

Mozart Mile Runners
Mozart Mile musicians

Sunday, October 3, 2010
cello against a tree One-Mile Recreation Area, Bidwell Park, Chico

2009 Mozart Mile Times (PDF)
2009 Mozart Mile Winners (PDF)

The Mozart Mile is a favorite tradition of the Chico community. Walk, run, stroll, saunter or stride along a level course through Bidwell Park on a beautiful autumn morning. Musicians from the North State Symphony, Chico Country Day School, other local music groups, and even dancers from Chico Community Ballet entertain along the way! Proceeds benefit the Symphony and youth music. A level running, jogging or strolling course in Bidwell Park is the locale for this unique community event, as musicians from the Symphony and local youth music groups entertain you.

The 5K (3.1-mile) course is a flat loop around Lower Bidwell Park.

Christmas House

Friday and Saturday, November 19 & 20
Redding

A beautiful house in Redding will be transformed into a decorating wonderland. Open for tours, visitors will find it full of creative inspirations for their own holiday decor, and can purchase many of the featured items.

"Fall Into the Holidays" Fashion Show sponsored by Chico Guild

fancy ladySunday, November 22, 2009

Fashions from Chico's, with hors d'oeuvres and champagne. Proceeds go to benefit young musicians and the North State Symphony. An afternoon of fashions modeled by Guild members, with Champagne, punch, appetizers, and desserts along with other entertainment.

Chico Guild's "Fall Into the Holidays" Fashion Show

Seating is limited, so make your reservation by sending your check for $25.00 payable to the Chico Guild-North State Symphony, in care of:

Beverly Beeghly
339 Silver Lake Drive
Chico, CA 95973.

There will be no tickets and check- in will be by paid reservation only. If you wish to sit at a table with friends, please send all the names and checks at the same time. Last year's event was a sell-out!

Click on the photos below to see enlargements of photos from 2008 event.

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Click here for details of last year's fashion show fund raiser - a great time was had by all thanks to the Chico Guild.

Fall Fashion Show
November 2, 2008
at the Terraces

The Chico Guild embarked on a new adventure this fall. All their preparations bore fruit on Sunday, November 2nd, when 12 willing members, clad in Chico's fashions, strolled among the  many tables modeling the creations as if they had done it all their lives. The guests had already been put in a mellow mood by Peggy Steel's entertainment at the piano, and were further enchanted by the wandering violinist Frances Drew, an orchestra member, who played familiar show tunes. Marilyn Curtis acted as master of  ceremonies and Bonnie Hilbert, Guild President, welcomed and thanked the guests warmly for their support. The tickets to this event were $25.00 each, which will help the North State Symphony with its operating expenses.

Our guests were served lovely hors d'oeuvres, champagne and sweets during the fashion show. The tables were beautifully set and decorated with floral arrangements by individual members of the Guild. Connie Eccles coordinated the show. She and her committee worked with Lois Sciligo, program director at the Terraces, and Alison Rice, the manager of Chico's, to create a most delightful afternoon, as all who attended have agreed.

The afternoon concluded with a preview from the operetta The Mikado, performed by students of the Opera Workshop of California State University Chico under the direction of Professor Ying Yeh. They received enthusiastic applause. We were grateful for their support and an invitation to their show, which many of our members went to see. Their production was a big success  in part because musicians, mostly from the NSS, performed in the opera orchestra. They are so versatile!

The Fall Fashion Show may well have an encore next year, the year of the Guild's 50th anniversary. We'll keep you posted.

-- Helga Ruge

Starlight Hollywood is sponsored by
Spelts Wealth Management

Spelts Wealth Management

Starlight Hollywood
Dinner Dance

Saturday Jan. 30, 2010
Sierra Nevada Big Room, Chico

An evening of big band music, delicious food and sophisticated fun! A live dance orchestra and buffet supper mark this annual fundraiser for the North State Symphony. The 2010 event featured the Fabulous Swing Kings and a distinctive silent auction. Sierra Nevada Big Room web site.

The Fabulous Swing Kings, led by Bernie Farmer, have been performing in the Chico area since 1998. They entertain the third Sunday of every month at Feather Falls Casino in Oroville, and have performed with Wayne Newton and Frankie Avalon at Robinson Rancheria. You can expect not only music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Harry James, Benny Goodman, and Tommy Dorsey, but also blues, Hollywood themes, Guy Lombardo and Lawrence Welk music!

Young Artist Auditions

Sunday, February 14, 2010
12:00 noon
CSU Chico, Performing Arts Center 134
Free and open to the public

Each year, young classical musicians from the North State area compete in high school and university divisions of auditions sponsored by the Chico Guild and Redding League on behalf of the North State Symphony. First prize winner in each division wins the opportunity to solo with North State Symphony. More info ...

For more information call the North State Symphony Office, 530-898-5984.

2010 Scholarship Fanfare Plus!

Mad About Music

The Chico Guild celebrating 51 years of support
for the Symphony and Young Musicians

Thursday, April 8, 2010

With Scholarship Fanfare Plus, the Chico Guild supports the symphony and young musicians in our commmunity. Attendance and donations help talented young musicians who study and perform classical music, and will also directly benefit the North State Symphony. Our lives and our commmunity are enriched by this outstanding orchestra with its 100-plus year history.

Attendees enjoy a festive evening of food, wine and entertainment (with a silent auction and raffle).

Below are photos from Fanfare Plus 2009. Click on images to see enlargements.

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Frugal House

June 2011
Chico and Redding

IStylish home improvement and design is possible even in tough times, and Frugal House is proof. Homes in Chico and Redding will be full of repurposed and refurbished furniture and decorations. Guests come to look, buy, and get inspired without breaking the bank.

Sounds of the Symphony: A Showcase for Support
Fifth Annual Fund Raising Banquet

May 22
6:30 pm
Riverview Country Club, Redding, CA

An exquisite evening of fine dining, good stories and beautiful music presented by Director Kyle Wiley Pickett and selected members of the North State Symphony Orchestra. Those who have attended in years past will tell you it is indeed an exceptional evening.

Banquet Sponsor
Bronze - $100
Silver - $150
Gold - $250
Platinum - $350

Table Host
Invite friends to join you for a table of eight or ten. There will be no charge for the dinner as the banquet sponsors will be underwriting the event, but it will be important that your guests understand this is a fundraiser and that they will be asked for a gift that evening. This is a way to not only raise funds for the symphony, but to raise new friends as well.

Individual Guest
You may choose to simply be a guest at the event and give a gift that evening.

Please consider how you can help us raise much-needed funds for the symphony and enjoy a delightful musical experience in the bargain. For more information or to participate, please call Linda Quigley at 547-3321.