New York Times bestselling author Robert Hicks announced he is hosting Seriously Seersucker, an event that gives a nod to the truly Southern summer lifestyle, Saturday, August 29 on the lawn of O’More College of Design to benefit the Student Scholarship Fund.
In making the announcement, Hicks said, “Like New Orleans, where seersucker suits, cocktails and seersucker parties were all first invented, it’s an occasion to have fun, swank around in your seersucker and enjoy local music, food, cocktails and dance. It’s an appropriate farewell to the beloved seersucker summer as we rapidly approach the fall.”
Hicks added, “Kentucky may have invented bourbon, and Tennessee perfected whiskey, but New Orleans gave us the cocktail. The only rule is that our guests wear seersucker and I’m looking forward to seeing what that means to each person. It’s time to be daring and Southern.”
Cool Café will provide a truly southern buffet dinner and guests will enjoy the music of The Exotics who have a great following of their cover songs ranging from the Beatles and Rolling Stones to Motown.
Garden & Gun Magazine, which celebrates the best of the South, is a sponsor of the event and is providing a mystery crate to be auctioned off that evening to benefit O’More College. A silent auction touting all things Franklin and all things Southern will be another highlight of the evening.
Prior to the event, John G. Brittle, Jr. is hosting the “Seriously Sippin’” patrons party giving guests an opportunity to hang with Robert Hicks, taste Battlefield Bourbon and be given the opportunity to be one of the first to purchase the bourbon before it hits the market. Tickets are $250 per person and include a pre-party from 5 – 6 p.m. at the newly renovated Farrar Fleming Hall on the O’More campus. Hicks signs and numbers each bottle as if it were a piece of fine art.
Seriously Seersucker will be held on the grounds of O’More College of Design located at 423 South Margin Street. The event starts at 6 p.m. and individual tickets to the event cost $100 per person and can be purchased online at www.omorecollege.edu.
Parking is available at at the 4th Avenue parking garage with trolley service to campus.
Seriously Seersucker is sponsored by Garden & Gun, Landmark Bank, John G. Brittle, Jr., and Ellen More. Other sponsors include Johnston & Murphy, First Bank, Legacy Lending, Bristol Development, Connie & Carl Haley, Teresa and Danny Anderson, Mary Katherine and Michael Curcio, Shari and David Fox, Olive & Sinclair Chocolate Co. and Ajax Turner Company. Supporters for the event include Bentley and Winston Dog.
O’More College of Design is a four-year, not-for-profit institution offering Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Graphic Design, Interactive Design and Interior Design. For more information visit www.omorecollege.edu.
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