2008 Woodie Awards
Resident to host jazz, wine tasting function
Stacey Skotzko
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: Community
Bottles of wine, cheese and crackers, and jazz music floating through the air-Oxford resident Curtis Boggs is hosting his second Oxford event with his "Wine, Cheese and All That Jazz Party" Friday evening at the Oxford Community Arts Center (OCAC).
Boggs is a representative for MetLife financial services and organized this event to help him extend his name recognition in the Oxford area, following a similar, more private event he hosted in June. Yet Boggs hopes that the evening is more than a networking event for him as the party's host-he hopes for Oxford to just have a good time.
"It's a way for me to give back to the community … Oxford is just a fabulous, incredible place, so diverse," he said. "We have farmers, academics and everything in between."
The event will be from 5:30-11:30 p.m. Friday at the OCAC, located at 10 S. College Ave. There will be no entrance fee, rather attendees will need to bring their favorite bottle of wine to share. With about 150 people already registered to attend, Boggs is anticipating that partygoers will have hundreds of wine to choose from.
For the jazz music, Doug Hamilton and the Wildwater Band will kick off the evening and acclaimed jazz artist, Kathy Wade, will culminate the program from 8:30-11:30 p.m.
Wade-voted twice best jazz vocalist by Cincinnati Magazine according to her Web site-said she is excited to perform this Friday in Oxford.
"Jazz is America's classical music … and as for all events, (I enjoy) adding that ambiance and leaving people an opportunity to enjoy great music," Wade said.
Caroline Croswell, executive director of the OCAC, said the center is excited about the upcoming event. She explained that as the OCAC's first paid director, the center is looking to extend its reach into the Oxford community-and sees an event such as this an ideal opportunity.
"We are probably one of the best kept secrets around-there are people who don't know we exist," she said, noting that the center opened in 2001.
Boggs is a representative for MetLife financial services and organized this event to help him extend his name recognition in the Oxford area, following a similar, more private event he hosted in June. Yet Boggs hopes that the evening is more than a networking event for him as the party's host-he hopes for Oxford to just have a good time.
"It's a way for me to give back to the community … Oxford is just a fabulous, incredible place, so diverse," he said. "We have farmers, academics and everything in between."
The event will be from 5:30-11:30 p.m. Friday at the OCAC, located at 10 S. College Ave. There will be no entrance fee, rather attendees will need to bring their favorite bottle of wine to share. With about 150 people already registered to attend, Boggs is anticipating that partygoers will have hundreds of wine to choose from.
For the jazz music, Doug Hamilton and the Wildwater Band will kick off the evening and acclaimed jazz artist, Kathy Wade, will culminate the program from 8:30-11:30 p.m.
Wade-voted twice best jazz vocalist by Cincinnati Magazine according to her Web site-said she is excited to perform this Friday in Oxford.
"Jazz is America's classical music … and as for all events, (I enjoy) adding that ambiance and leaving people an opportunity to enjoy great music," Wade said.
Caroline Croswell, executive director of the OCAC, said the center is excited about the upcoming event. She explained that as the OCAC's first paid director, the center is looking to extend its reach into the Oxford community-and sees an event such as this an ideal opportunity.
"We are probably one of the best kept secrets around-there are people who don't know we exist," she said, noting that the center opened in 2001.
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