Speaker 1: It's always a good day when we have Eldercare in
Speaker 1: the studio and if the sun is shining, and I
Speaker 1: guess that that might be a pretty good omen here
Speaker 1: as we're getting ready to talk about the good the
Speaker 1: bad barbecue. How are we doing, kid?
Speaker 2: Fantastic?
Speaker 1: Tom doing great. We've got Julie and we've got Michael
Speaker 1: in studio here today. And boy, I tell you what,
Speaker 1: that son popping out just changes the mood like bad.
Speaker 3: I was so happy to see that this morning.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness sakes, how are we doing on tickets?
Speaker 1: And we are we sold out yet? Oh?
Speaker 2: Let me tell you we're close?
Speaker 1: Uh wait, you better wait.
Speaker 4: I mean we will sell tickets up until the day
Speaker 4: of the event. You can get tickets and go to
Speaker 4: the website, which.
Speaker 1: Is www dot about Eldercare dot org, forward slash ord
Speaker 1: slash bb BBQ.
Speaker 2: Wow, Tom, so we will one in a row.
Speaker 4: That's one, but the w's that's the fun part of
Speaker 4: saying that. Yeah, we'll sell tickets up until the event.
Speaker 4: You know, we generally sell out around seven to fifty
Speaker 4: eight hundred people. We're creeping up to that. We've set
Speaker 4: on social media. We're at a low ticket alert and
Speaker 4: they just added more tables yesterday. Nice because we're filling
Speaker 4: up that tent fast. So reserve tables are one thousand dollars,
Speaker 4: and that guarantees that you have a reserve table for
Speaker 4: you and your guest. You know, if you're a business
Speaker 4: owner and you want to treat some people that you
Speaker 4: work with, or treat some of your vendors to a
Speaker 4: great night out, buy a table for one thousand dollars.
Speaker 2: It's reserved.
Speaker 4: Five hundred dollars ticket get you in at four thirty
Speaker 4: for the VIP Patron party. And that's a pretty fantastic
Speaker 4: fun time catered by the eatery Andy Saltsman and her
Speaker 4: crew are putting together. I don't remember well things I don't.
Speaker 3: I can't even pronounce fabulous, like platter of major orders,
Speaker 3: I can't even pronounce it.
Speaker 2: It's a platter of deliciousness.
Speaker 1: Has a hand, he has a hand. It's delicious.
Speaker 3: And your chef, I mean, they're outstanding. We're so thankful
Speaker 3: for them. And we'll have some adult beverages there. We're
Speaker 3: gonna have a Prairie punch and some other things. So
Speaker 3: we'll get the party started at four point thirty for
Speaker 3: our patron. So it's a good time and you get
Speaker 3: to see the huge family home. Yeah, and it's outstanding.
Speaker 3: They have an art collection and just they're welcoming us
Speaker 3: out of their ranch. We're so thankful to Robert and
Speaker 3: it's it's the setting that we want for this event.
Speaker 1: Great. So we get to tour the house. Got a
Speaker 1: Clible wagon.
Speaker 4: Up absolutely, and you'll get first look at some of
Speaker 4: that live or the silent auction things.
Speaker 2: If you come to that patron party, if you buy
Speaker 2: that ticket, or if.
Speaker 4: You're on that guest list already, you know, you can
Speaker 4: always kind of wander down and kind of check out
Speaker 4: things that are going on before we open the gate
Speaker 4: wide open it six o'clock to get everyone in the door.
Speaker 1: So we've got that big chen. We know that the
Speaker 1: silence and the auction items are there.
Speaker 3: Silent auctions items are in the tent. We've got some
Speaker 3: great I mean, we've got John loom Lin Bloom's planing painting,
Speaker 3: We've got jewelry, we've got experiences, we got a Bungee Fitness,
Speaker 3: we've got SPA packages, We've got you know, so many
Speaker 3: things that the community has been so gracious to give
Speaker 3: and so many experiences that we're ready for the people
Speaker 3: who win those to have.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but oh the live auction Buddy.
Speaker 1: Bus Why Okay, it gets hilarious is what it gets.
Speaker 3: Well. Rick Rhymer is our auctioneer and he came in
Speaker 3: last year and it's just out sandy. It is part
Speaker 3: of the fun of the evening. And we've got twelve
Speaker 3: items plus something. We're just gonna kick it off with that.
Speaker 3: Not everybody will even know, but we've got experiences at
Speaker 3: Wool of Rock. We have a Smoke and Sizzle experience.
Speaker 3: Michael came up with that name. And you want to
Speaker 3: tell a little bit about.
Speaker 2: That one Smoke and Sizzle that is.
Speaker 4: That's a steak dinner for eight that is being donated
Speaker 4: by Aaron and Darcy Ford of Das Design Works.
Speaker 2: It will be out at their place.
Speaker 4: They're out on I believe twenty four hundred twenty two
Speaker 4: hundred road out there.
Speaker 2: Four course meal. Each meal or each course.
Speaker 4: Will be paired with a wine or a port and
Speaker 4: then it's prime rib that Aaron is going to have
Speaker 4: shipped in. Its muscles are part of the appetizer being
Speaker 4: flown in and then after dinner will be Cuban cigars
Speaker 4: and based upon how high this sells for it's different
Speaker 4: bourbons that will be available up to a twelve year
Speaker 4: old Pappy van Lincoln.
Speaker 2: So anyone who knows about their whiskey, I.
Speaker 3: Mean, you're gonna want to sit out under the stars
Speaker 3: out up there and smoking sizzle. I mean, that's an
Speaker 3: outstanding package. And can I tell my favorite? Yeah, oh absolutely,
Speaker 3: Oh my goodness. We made a trip over to Pasca.
Speaker 3: That community is very supportive as well. And Cody and
Speaker 3: Lauren Garnette that owned the Bucking Flamingo. Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3: It is the turquoise capital.
Speaker 2: Of the.
Speaker 1: For sure.
Speaker 3: And they said that they would give us a piece
Speaker 3: for our live auction. And I'm not talking just a
Speaker 3: small necklace. No, no, I'm talking it's.
Speaker 2: Like the breastplate of right.
Speaker 3: It is a it is so heavy. Marie and I
Speaker 3: have both worn it and it's a stunner. It is
Speaker 3: a Western tasseled necklace and a pair of earrings. It
Speaker 3: has to weigh twelve pounds. I mean it's gorgeous. So
Speaker 3: you will be draped into turquoids. That's funny, guys.
Speaker 2: You have a very strong neck every time. It is
Speaker 2: it istacular.
Speaker 3: I've never seen anything like it. I mean, if you
Speaker 3: show up in that, it's a.
Speaker 1: Stunner, like, yeah, everybody's looking.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 3: And they have the Ben Johnson Museum over there. So
Speaker 3: we're gonna do a night at the museum for ten
Speaker 3: people who can go in and they're gonna have a
Speaker 3: custom guided tour of the museum. And if you haven't
Speaker 3: been in there, it's nice. I mean, it ranks right
Speaker 3: up there with some of the best museums I've seen
Speaker 3: around the country. And Lauren's going to take you through
Speaker 3: and tell all the stories. They're so personal and they're amazing.
Speaker 2: She's passionate when she walks you through there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's incredible. And then we're going to serve
Speaker 3: from our chef, Pam Elder care some or dirbs and
Speaker 3: some drinks. So a night at the museum for ten
Speaker 3: people is going to be a fantastic thing too.
Speaker 1: My goodness sakes, Now, that's just the tip of the Iceberger.
Speaker 3: Oh that's the tip. I mean, McCoy's has a six
Speaker 3: carrot blue topeas and diamond ring that they've given us
Speaker 3: to mean, I'm telling you the live auction. I hope
Speaker 3: there are numbers flying people laughing and that, and the
Speaker 3: bidding just keeps going up and up, because it will
Speaker 3: be probably one of the highlights of the event outside
Speaker 3: of mingling and just having a good time with everybody.
Speaker 3: And Rick's ready. Rick and his sons get out there
Speaker 3: and they're normally catalouctioneers, but they dress up. They join
Speaker 3: us at the patron party, they kick it off and
Speaker 3: it's all business. Get that number ready, people, because we're
Speaker 3: we're going to have a good time and we're going
Speaker 3: to raise you know, we're going to raise some good,
Speaker 3: good money for elder care by doing all these things.
Speaker 1: One thing is really really kind of cool if it's
Speaker 1: one of the ones that you really really really really
Speaker 1: got to have. There's bidding wars.
Speaker 2: I love it.
Speaker 1: It's a witness some of those is So to participate
Speaker 1: is even better. Yeah, absolutely, because you're having fun doing it.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 3: And you know, the firefighters are given a Latin inspired
Speaker 3: taco night at the main station and that sold twice
Speaker 3: last year. It was it was purchased and given back
Speaker 3: for and I mean it was one of the top
Speaker 3: items we had. Wouldn't that be fun to sit at
Speaker 3: the at the main station and let them cook and
Speaker 3: just kind of hear the stories and behind the scenes,
Speaker 3: and they've been very generous for the past few years.
Speaker 3: Of course, our firefighters always.
Speaker 4: Are, so you mentioned that they, Uh, auction is it's business.
Speaker 4: You know, it's business. So after we get down to business,
Speaker 4: we'll get back to the business of getting down. Got
Speaker 4: Christiansen playing some music for us and there'll be some
Speaker 4: dancing and so Luke is a fantastic country.
Speaker 2: Artist out of pa Huska.
Speaker 4: His brother was just named the Bartswall High School new
Speaker 4: basketball plash.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so, uh, it's we're excited to.
Speaker 4: Have Luke and his band there and they're going to
Speaker 4: play some music for us and everyone can dance under
Speaker 4: the tent under the stars.
Speaker 2: It'd be great night.
Speaker 1: You're kind of lucky you got him on the night
Speaker 1: because he's been playing a.
Speaker 2: Lot, plays a lot lot, he plays a lot, and.
Speaker 1: You guys were able to snag him for a Saturday night.
Speaker 3: We snagged those early.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 3: We started playing way back in October, and we expanded
Speaker 3: our dance floor last year and it is ready to
Speaker 3: go for Luke and some of us will kick off
Speaker 3: our boots and like you said, we'll get down after
Speaker 3: we've done a little business.
Speaker 2: Can I thank some of our sponsors, Tom.
Speaker 1: I tell you what, I would shame you if you didn't.
Speaker 4: So we could not do the good and the bad
Speaker 4: and the barbecue, which really is it is the premiere
Speaker 4: fundraising event for Eldercare, and I'd be remiss if I
Speaker 4: did not for a moment say, you know, Eldercare is
Speaker 4: there as the resource in this area for all of
Speaker 4: us to age gracefully and to age with dignity and
Speaker 4: independently at home for as long as possible.
Speaker 2: So we are I mean, that's what this is all about.
Speaker 2: It's fun. We want to have fun.
Speaker 4: We want to raise a lot of money, specifically to
Speaker 4: support the services that Eldercare has.
Speaker 2: And we couldn't do it without our sponsors.
Speaker 4: And I'm just going to mention our presenting in our
Speaker 4: premium sponsors. We also have Prime and Choice sponsors, but
Speaker 4: our presenting sponsors this year at the barbecue ur Conico,
Speaker 4: Phillips Diversified Systems Resources, Elizabeth Kin and Kane Cattle Company,
Speaker 4: Phillips sixty six, Trudy Credit Union, DINKX Pitt Barbecue, and
Speaker 4: then K one Radio and K one Outdoors.
Speaker 2: Those are our presenting sponsors so good to us.
Speaker 4: And then our premium sponsors, that's the Richardson Foundation, it's
Speaker 4: our best wealth management bank, First Tulsa, Bill Knight Ford
Speaker 4: of Bartlesville, Jane Phillips Medical Center, Gateway First Bank and
Speaker 4: Gateway Private Wealth, and then the Ks Adams Foundation, and
Speaker 4: then Skyway Honda. So I gratefully to all of our sponsors,
Speaker 4: but I really want to highlight presenting in premium sponsors today.
Speaker 3: We've got the best of the best in our community
Speaker 3: and they know the value of elder care and we're
Speaker 3: so thankful to them, and we'll be out there having
Speaker 3: a good time. And again, we couldn't do it without them,
Speaker 3: and it just makes a statement of how much the
Speaker 3: community believes in what elder care does.
Speaker 1: And remember, folks, that we've already put out these alert
Speaker 1: the low ticket.
Speaker 2: Low tickets.
Speaker 3: It's time.
Speaker 1: We've only got a few left, so snag them while
Speaker 1: you can't. I would get that done in the next
Speaker 1: thirty six to forty eight hours.
Speaker 3: We would love that. We would love to know that
Speaker 3: you're coming. Yeah, but again, if you decide last minute,
Speaker 3: and it's a great place to take your mom, take
Speaker 3: your wife from Mother's Day weekend. It it's always Mother's
Speaker 3: Day weekend, rain or shine, and so we'll be doing
Speaker 3: this till I guess till the cows come home.
Speaker 1: We could actually do that too. Speaking of that, I
Speaker 1: was just telling Michael that we actually sat with some
Speaker 1: people and their moms. Yes, that was like their treat
Speaker 1: for mothers.
Speaker 3: It's a fantastic gift. It's a fantastic gift.
Speaker 1: They brought mom along and all the moms had a
Speaker 1: lot of fun.
Speaker 2: They have more.
Speaker 3: I mean, there's no better gift than an experience. And
Speaker 3: you will have quite the experience of the good, the bad,
Speaker 3: and barbecue.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, you're going to see a lot of folks
Speaker 1: that you know, you're going to probably see some folks
Speaker 1: you haven't seen in a while. We've got to read
Speaker 1: new acquaintances. By God, like, it's good to see you,
Speaker 1: and it's it's a great time to all come together for.
Speaker 3: A great Absolutely it is. It is. And if there's
Speaker 3: anything you want to take home at the end of
Speaker 3: the night, we'll pack it up for you. We'll deliver
Speaker 3: some of the items that we've got, like the barbecue,
Speaker 3: and or you can take a trip if you've been
Speaker 3: on it. The trip to Nashville for the Operate hundred,
Speaker 3: one hundred year anniversary, so you know, the party continues.
Speaker 1: The part is that the auctions.
Speaker 3: You're going to the Music City and going to the
Speaker 3: Grand it's there one hundred the anniversary. You get to
Speaker 3: go for three nights. And we're not just talking we're
Speaker 3: not just talking a regular hotel. We're talking about.
Speaker 2: Lush and plush, and they'll keep the lights on.
Speaker 3: And you're gonna you're gonna want to experience the operation.
Speaker 1: I'd like to go again, so I'm probably gonna get there.
Speaker 3: You go, get your bidnesss on. We want to have
Speaker 3: you out there.
Speaker 1: Again. What's the website so we can.
Speaker 4: W www dot about Eldercare dot org, forward slash BDq,
Speaker 4: or you can just call nine one eight three three
Speaker 4: six eight five zero zero and get tickets either way.
Speaker 3: And you can walk in the door.
Speaker 2: You can look, we'll take care of you.
Speaker 3: Get those sliding doors open and tell them you want
Speaker 3: a ticket. The bull and the and the flowers are
Speaker 3: sitting right there. They'll give you. You know, they'll take
Speaker 3: care of you right there at the door. Elder Care.
Speaker 3: And some people prefer to do that. Some people want
Speaker 3: to write a check. H yeah, you can do I
Speaker 3: mean we can definitely do that too.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, we're not good snoody.
Speaker 3: No, absolutely not. We want our best Western attire on
Speaker 3: next weekend. You know, we're just a few days away,
Speaker 3: and the committee has worked so diligently and so hard,
Speaker 3: and it's just going to be another amazing time.
Speaker 1: I can't wait. I'll see you there because I'm going
Speaker 1: to be we can't wait. All right, folks, You've been
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