BRUCE GORA: A Night to Remember

On December 5th, 2009 the Alliance for the Arts, honored BRUCE GORA, his community contributions and his lifelong love of the arts. Musician. Photographer.  Architect.  Community volunteer. A longtime Alliance board member, event chair for Art Royale – Art in Flight, and the original architect of the Alliance campus, Bruce was an integral part of our arts and culture community. Check out highlights from the event:

LIVE MUSIC FILLED THE CAMPUS Cracker Blues Band, Kat Epple and Chuck Grinnell, The Juice and Hot Sax.

CULINARY ARTISTS INCLUDED 55 degrees, Flying Pig, Hungry Like the Wolf Catering, Chef Martin Murphy , Norman Love Confections, Prawnbroker Sasse's & FGCU Resort & Hospitality Management with Broadway Palm Theater.

BEVERAGE SPONSOR The Mucky Duck

JOIN THESE CONTRIBUTERS AND BECOME A 'FRIEND OF BRUCE' The The Gora Family, Dan and Carolynn McGahey, AIA, Hal and Pam Arkin, Art House Foundation, Howard and Debbie Baum Family, Katherine and Maurice Boren, David C. Brown, Bob Brueck, Beth and Morton Crane, Bernese Davis, Judy Feidelman & Family, FineMark Bank, Dr. Tyler Frizzell & Leigh Frizzell Hayes, Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt, PA, Doug and Katherine Henricks, The Horowitz & Taschner Families, Charles and Linda Idelson, Michael and Denise Joyce, Krivisky & Osterman Families, Sheila and Jerry Laboda, Lee Memorial Health System, Barbara B. Mann, Deirdre and Frank Mann, Jr. Family, Jay and Franky Margolin, George and Amy Markovich, Victor and Kathy Mayeron, Shirley and Steve McLaren, Wayne and Mavis Miller-Price Foundation, Mark and Barbara Mintz, Jeff Mudgett & Cynthia Deragon, Oswald Trippe & Company, Allan and Kathy Parvey, Rick and Lynne Pritchett, Ringland Construction, Michael R. Rubenstein & Associates, Sasses, Robert S. Rude, Jerry Schmoyer, Larry and Diane Seidenstein, Sign A Rama, Jerry Wallace and The Weisinger Families.

By becoming a 'Friend of Bruce' you will be contributing to future amphitheater stage improvements. Your name or business will be listed on a permanent memorial on the Alliance outdoor stage. Click here for the sponsorship form.

Proceeds from the event will fund an endowment for a continuing photography scholarship in his name, improvements and a permanent memorial on the Alliance outdoor stage, and the initiating of an outdoor Bruce Gora Memorial Concert Series.

Thank you to our media and in-kind partners:

Thank you to our In-Kind donors: Calusa Harbor & Sandy Stillwell.