BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER!
Plated Dinner
More Time to Dance + Celebrate
Everything Else You Know and Love
Come celebrate with us and help us raise $60,000 to bring the Gift of True Water True Life to 1200+ People in Peru!
This event will have the two most important parts of a Speakeasy: the booze and some smooth jazz. Get your own bottle of booze by participating in the liquor pull or if that is not your style then cast a bid in our online auction, or buy a few Golden Raffle tickets to enter to win your choice of international vacation!
Of course, the best part is that 100% of the proceeds raised from our evening will go toward providing our brothers and sisters around the world with access to clean water & improved sanitation!
BUY TICKETS AND BID ON AUCTION ITEMS & BUY RAFFLE TICKETS
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS:
5:00 - 6:30 PM CDT | Cocktail Hour
6:30 - 8:30 PM CDT | Main Program + Dinner
8:30 - 10:00 PM CDT | Live Jazz Music + Swing Dancing
EVENT ATTIRE
We encourage y'all to enjoy the Speakeasy theme by dressing up in your best Roaring Twenties / Speakeasy Outfit. See some ideas here.
SPEAKERS/PRESENTERS
BIOGRAPHIES
Chris Young - Master of Ceremonies
Chris Young is the CEO of Plummer Associates, a water-focused engineering firm with offices across Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Florida, and he has served in this capacity for the last 6 years. Before joining Plummer, Mr. Young worked for an Engineering Industry Top 20 water-focused firm for 2 decades in various leadership roles. Read more about Chris here.
Dalayna Marji - Testimonial Witness
Dalayna, a University of Dallas (UD) alumna with degrees in Business and Journalism, has been an integral Vera Aqua Vera Vita (VAVV) member since 2020, demonstrating her commitment to sustainable change. As a student, she founded a VAVV club on campus, leading local waterway cleaning projects, raising awareness about the global water crisis and fundraising to make VAVV’s Mission Trips more accessible to students facing financial barriers. Read more about Dalayna here.
Pierre Koshakji - Keynote Speaker
Mr. Koshakji served as a Senior Managing Partner and a Founder at Stream Energy in Dallas Texas (presently owned by NRG) up until 2020. He continues today as an entrepreneur building businesses in the in the renewable energy sector including a focus on developing Solar Updraft Tower technology. Read more about Pierre here.
ENTERTAINERS
Emmeline Miles, Melodious Cocktail Hour Tunes
Darryl Smyers of the Dallas Observer raves that Emmeline’s “straight-ahead take on folk/rock may actually be the best thing” on a bill of seasoned, signed artists. The Ghost of Blind Lemon blog says she “not only possesses a beautiful voice, but writes songs that are simply beautiful and heartfelt.” Fellow musicians Avoiding Disaster refer to her as “some sort of sonic angel,” and songwriter Jenni Mansfield Peal declares that her “images and passages of the songs, whether gently reflected or emphatically pronounced, create a sampler of genuine soul observations.”
The pint-sized singer/songwriter from Dallas, TX, may represent a musical amalgamation of big words, unconventional chords, and undeniably catchy melodies, but Emmeline’s pedigree is anything but that of a musician. Born to a tax attorney and a CPA, the former mathlete spent her days in honors classes and her nights in dedicated study groups. Yet despite her penchant for proofs and polygons, Emmeline’s affinity for music manifested at an early age. Learn More
Dave Washburn Jazz Band, The Jazzy Ensemble
If you love music, particularly jazz and swing, you will love the Dave Washburn Jazz Band. And their music is perfect for our VIRTUAL “An Evening At A Speakeasy” on May 20. The band played at the 2019 Vera Aqua Vera Vita “Speakeasy” and was a great hit and had our guests swing dancing and swaying to the jazz music.
The Dave Washburn Jazz Band is a traditional New Orleans-style group playing hot jazz, swing, and Dixieland, and Big Band tunes and so much more. You might also hear some “Frank Sinatra-style “croon tunes,” an Elvis or Chuck Berry song or maybe even a polka or two, especially around Oktoberfest season.
The band plays many venues in the Metroplex including weddings, corporate & private events, swing dances, parades, State Fair of Texas, and even some jazz funerals.
But the band also provides music for smaller, quieter settings such as a special dinner, a cocktail hour or a brunch. Wherever you go the trio or quartet looks to create a classy, jazzy ambience for the occasion from “soft & sweet” to NOLA “Bourbon Street.” Learn more
DONATE AN ITEM
ARE YOU UNABLE TO ATTEND BUT WOULD STILL LOVE TO MAKE A PHYSICAL CONTRIBUTION?
Then, why not consider donating a bottle of liquor or simply making a monetary donation (cash, check, card, or gift card) to be used in the purchase of bottles for our liquour pull?
Or would you like to get some branding/marketing recognition for your organization, then consider donating an item to be included in our Silent Auction!