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News Archive for Lincoln Park Zoo Auxiliary Board

MY FAVORITE VENDORS 07.03.08 11:30 AM

Lincoln Park Zoo Chooses Frost, Local Cover Band

Lincoln Park Zoo's Erin Dahl

Erin Dahl started as the manager of donor events for the Lincoln Park Zoo in March after her position as coordinator for all auxiliary board events was expanded. She plans between 30 and 35 events annually, ranging from the large black-tie gala, Zoo Ball (which is set to take place July 11 this year), to more intimate cocktail parties in donors' homes.

Entertainment: “We used Maggie Speaks for our spring benefit, and they kept the party rocking until 1 a.m. They’re a local cover band, and they do amazing work. We also used them for the Zoo Ball in 2007, and I have done other events with them; they are the ultimate crowd pleaser.”

Lighting: “We work almost exclusively with Frost Lighting; they make life easy. They come in and do a beautiful job, and Dave Kelly is a really good person to bounce ideas off of.” MORE >>

Lincoln Park Zoo, Lincoln Park Zoo Auxiliary Board

EVENT REPORT 06.10.08 12:40 PM

Benefit Styles Lincoln Park Zoo as 1960s Night Club

The benefit's theme was "A Night at the Flamingo Club."
Photo: BizBash

The auxiliary board of the Lincoln Park Zoo hosted Friday night's annual spring benefit, which took place on zoo grounds and was the culmination of a 10-month planning process spearheaded by three board members: Deborah Ellison Barr, Ramona M. Biliunas, and Dugan Schwalm. "The three of them made all of the event's decisions, from picking a theme to choosing the band," said Erin Dahl, the zoo's manager of donor events. "It is my job here at the zoo to help them make their visions a reality as their in-house coordinator."

For the foursome, transforming zoo grounds into an appropriate party space proved to be the trickiest part of the planning process. "There is always a great challenge to installing an event where there is no event 'space,'" said Dahl. "We bring in a tent, we run electricity, we have to build the entire event from the ground up, in a space where there are wild animals watching." MORE >>

Lincoln Park Zoo Auxiliary Board

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