DONOR: DORIAN HOLLEY

DONATION: ONE VOCAL LESSON

BIDS START AT $100

In the last three weeks, Dorian Holley (vocal coach for TV's popular "American Idol") has sold out on cdbaby.com three times! His smoldering new release, Independent Film—a series of visual landscapes painting loss, joy, mystery, and the poetry of landing in love—is also on SoulTracks.com's Top 10 list.

Dorian sings on "Don’t Forget The Lyrics" and "Rediscovered". His distinctive voice is featured in the films Happy Feet and American Gangster, and he was the voice of Choirboy in The Five Heartbeats. Touring with everyone from Queen Latifah to James Taylor, Dorian has also backed up Christina Aquilera, Carlos Santana, Don Henley, Mary J. Blige, Chris Daughtry, and a host of others in between. Currently, he’s rehearsing with Michael Jackson for The King of Pop’s farewell tour.

*Caveat: Highest bidder must be able to receive Dorian's lesson in the Los Angeles, California area.

DONOR: DEBBY HOLIDAY

DONATION: 2 AUTOGRAPHED 12-CD COLLECTIONS CONSISTING OF HER 2 FULL-LENGTH CDs AND 4 OF HER DANCE MAXI-SINGLES

BIDS START AT $25 PER PACKAGE

Debby Holiday is a singer and songwriter. Her music is a mixture of soul and rock.

Debby's father was musician and songwriter Jimmy Holiday (1934-1987). She has toured with Joe Walsh, Rod Stewart, and Kiss. She performed the theme song "Dig Deep" for the now-cancelled FX television drama series "Dirt". She is also featured on the song "Universal Soldier" by John Waite.

DONOR: BENITO RAMOS

DONATION: ORIGINAL WORK CREATED IN 1993; 16" x 19" HIGH-FIRE CLAY PIECE WITH REMOVABLE EARRING 

BIDS START AT $25

Benito Ramos was born and raised in Mexico City, then moved to the U.S. at age 18. He took up painting ceramics as a hobby, two years later, which led to painting with acrylics on canvas. Benito pursued art studies at a community college; however, while taking a ceramics class, he grew frustrated with the wheel and shifted his focus to sculpting.

  

DONOR: KELLY BYRNE

DONATION: 2 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS (UNFRAMED)

BIDS START AT $15 EACH

Kelly Byrne fancies herself a writer, having published poetry and written a

children's show for a cable network, as well as a novel currently making the rounds in the publishing world. She's also written several plays and actually won an award or two for them. (One of Kelly's short stories was even published in the Patsy Moore-helmed eZine, The Bohemian Aesthetic.) Another of her passions is photography, and she is working on combining her two pet artistic endeavors in a photo poetry/story book. Currently, Kelly lives in Reseda, California with her crazy pup, Lucy. And she adores dark chocolate. In an unhealthy way.

DONOR: CHARLIE BREWER

DONATION: HIS ENTIRE CD COLLECTION CONTAINING LOTS OF DOWNTEMPO/JAZZ-INFUSED ELECTRONICA, BLUES, JAZZ, AND SOME ROCK. THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF SETS, INCLUDING THE VERVE REMIXED SERIES, INCLUDING "OM LOUNGE" AND "MUSHROOM JAZZ"

BIDS START AT $100

Charlie Brewer is a creative director and user experience designer for digital products, Web applications, and Web sites. He has developed strategies and digital designs for some of the world's leading companies. Charlie lives in Los Angeles, California.

DONOR: DEREK WESLEY SELBY

DONATION: A PERSONAL COPY OF THE NOVEMBER 1997 CCM MAGAZINE, CONTAINING AN 18-PAGE TRIBUTE TO RICH MULLINS

BIDS START AT $15

Derek Wesley Selby was Art Director of the award-winning CCM Magazine from 1995-1998. On September 19, 1997, less than two weeks before the November issue was to go to press with Sixpence None the Richer on its cover, noted singer/songwriter Rich Mullins and a friend were killed in a highway accident outside Peoria, Illinois. Derek; Managing Editor, April Hefner; Associate Editor, Gregory Rumburg and the rest of the publication's editorial staff immediately shifted the Sixpence cover story to December and spent the next two weeks working 18+-hour days to prepare an 18-page tribute to Mullins, his career, and his ministry. Now, nearly 12 years later, this issue is a rare collector's item and, more notably, a strong statement about the lasting value of those who commit to dispensing with artifice and to living each moment as genuinely as possible.

personal Web site: web.me.com/dwselby

DONOR: KAREN MALINA WHITE

DONATIONS: ONE ACTING COACHING SESSION AND A ONE-TIME GRATIS USE OF HER ACTING TALENT IN A FILM OR VIDEO

BIDS START AT $100 AND $500, RESPECTIVELY

Karen Malina White was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She studied at—and graduated from—the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts. Karen continued her studies at Howard University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with cum laude honors. In her senior year, she won the title of Miss Howard University, and landed her first role as an actress.

In 1989, Karen starred in Lean on Me, alongside notable actor Morgan Freeman. She was nominated for the 1990 Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for her performance in that film. During the '90s, she made several guest appearances in a variety of television shows. She portrayed fast-talking Charmaine Brown during Seasons 7 and 8 of "The Cosby Show" (1990-1992), and Season 6 of "A Different World" (1992-1993). Karen also guest-starred as Jewel, Jazz's wife, in two episodes of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", and could regularly be seen as Nicolette Vandross in the UPN's "Malcolm and Eddie" (1996-2000).

From 2001-2005, she served as the voice of Dijonay Jones on the animated Disney Channel series "The Proud Family".

Karen has also appeared in a number of stage productions.

*Caveat: Highest bidder for coaching session must be able to receive Karen's lesson in the Los Angeles, CA area.

THE AUCTION STORY

DONOR: ALYSSA STEBBING

DONATION: ORIGINAL PAINTING ("MADE WITHOUT HANDS") [acrylic on clayboard, in the Greek Orthodox style]

BIDS START AT $40

Alyssa Stebbing grew up the true flower child of well-educated, hippie parents. Spending a couple of years at a commune in New Mexico, in the early '70s (and having the experiment end poorly) sent her family packing to the nearest church, 35 miles away.

Alyssa's experience as a folk, punk, country, and rock musician and songwriter was enormously helpful in her work with other musicians, through Compassion International, for nine years. In 1998, she left Compassion to start The Legacy of a Kid Brother of St. Frank, following the death of her friend, Rich Mullins. The Legacy works with at-risk youth on reservations, in urban areas, and with Russian orphans, using music and the arts to develop coping skills and discover alternatives to violence and abuse.

Alyssa is a professed Franciscan with the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans, and is known, in the Order, as Sr. A. Claire Magdalena. She currently assists a church in The Woodlands, Texas in developing a worship service that utilizes artistic disciplines, and serves as the parish's Director of Outreach. She also is studying with a Russian iconographer (in the traditional and ancient method of egg tempera) and accepting art commissions.

*For Alyssa's in-depth explanation of her work donated to this auction and displayed above, please send a blank eMail to aid@patsymoore.com with "Alyssa's Description" as the subject.

DONOR: DAVE PERKINS

DONATION: A 45-MINUTE BLUES GUITAR LESSON ALONG WITH A COPY OF HIS NEW RECORDING, PISTOL CITY HOLINESS

BIDS START AT $100

Dave Perkins' artistic journey crisscrosses the map of American music. His work as a guitarist includes playing bluegrass and swing with fiddle-great Vassar Clements, Texas renegade-country with Jerry Jeff Walker, singer-songwriter pop with Carole King, alternative rock with Chagall Guevara, folk with Guy Clark, blues and jazz with violinist Papa John Creach, reggae with Mystic Meditations, and industrial hard-core with Passafist. Then, there were the occasional odd jobs—such as accompanying Ray Charles on his "3/4 Time" video. If there's a style of American music that calls for guitar, chances are Dave Perkins has played it, and played it with passion and skill.

personal Web site: www.myspace.com/daveperkinsmusic

*Caveat: Highest bidder must be able to receive Dave's lesson in Nashville, Tennessee.

DONOR: PATSY MOORE

DONATION: A PATSY MOORE GIFT PACKAGE, CONTAINING ONE 6-PACK OF "I AM AN ARTIST" GREETING CARDS; ONE "GOT ART?" OVAL STICKER; ONE "CONFESS" RINGER TEE; AND ONE AUTOGRAPHED COPY OF THE MOST PRIVATE CONFESSIONS OF SAINT CLAIR: STUDIO RENDERINGS (CD)

BIDS START AT $25

Patsy Moore is an award-winning, critically-acclaimed singer/songwriter (as well as an essayist, filmmaker, and lecturer) who has released two CDs on the Warner Brothers label—Regarding the Human Condition (1991); the flower child's guide to love and fashion (1993)—and one independent project, The Most Private Confessions of Saint Clair: Studio Renderings (2008; Papa Chuy).

Although numerous performers have covered her tunes since 1989, among the most notable is jazz world favorite Dianne Reeves, who, in 1999, recorded "I Remember" and "Goodbye" (on the album Bridges). That same year, Patsy joined keyboardist Charles Mims (Patrice Rushen, Tracy Chapman) in writing, arranging and producing Kwanzaa for Young People (and Everyone Else!) (Charphelia Records), a CD and educator resource guide which have garnered numerous commendations, including Teachers' Choice, Parent Council, Parents' Choice and Kids First awards. At the start of 2005, L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall débuted 'Misa Justa', a symphonic Jazz mass by composer Eduardo Gutiérrez del Barrio, performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a large choir, and a small group of soloists. That ambitious work, widely described as "a celebration of womanhood", features five sung poems written by Patsy.

In addition to her work as an artist, Patsy Moore is known for being the founder and senior editor of The Bohemian Aesthetic (a popular arts/culture/activism/current affairs eZine, no longer in publication but archived online), co-owner of Papa Chuy (a music and film production company), and creator of Patsy Moore's Song Masters Seminar Series.

personal Web site: www.patsymoore.com

DONOR: SON OF ELLIS

DONATION: 3 BLACK AND WHITE MUSIC MAKER SKETCHED PORTRAITS—ERYKAH BADU, MAXWELL, and DIANA ROSS (*These are all in poster frames, so highest bidder[s] may wish to reframe them.)

BIDS START AT $40 PER IMAGE OR $70 FOR THE SET OF THREE

Bobby Jones (aka Son of Ellis and, formerly, Boulovani) is a popular Tennessee-based contemporary digital artist who has garnered much recognition. Self taught, his art is heavily influenced by pop culture. Son of Ellis is best known for portraits exploding with vibrant color. His prefers to create using a combination of pencil and ink, which he then color digitizes.

personal Web site: www.sonofellis.com

DONOR: KATHY SKAGGS

DONATION: 2 COPIES OF HER CHAPBOOK THE POET LAUREATE OF PEOPLE WHO HATE POETRY

BIDS START AT $10 PER BOOK

Kathy Skaggs is the author of two poetry chapbooks, The Poet Laureate of People Who Hate Poetry, and The Place I Come From. Her work has been published in two anthologies in the Kentucky Feminist Writers Series as well as in literary journals throughout the country. In 2005, she received a Mary Renshaw Award from the Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Victim Advocacy from the National Crime Victims Law Institute, in recognition of her more than twenty-five years of work on behalf of victims of domestic and sexual violence. She is a recipient of two Art Meets Activism grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, a Professional Development grant from the Kentucky Arts Council, and an Emerging Artist Support and Encouragement (E.A.S.E.) grant. She lives in the Maple community of Taylor County, Kentucky.

personal Web site: www.kathyskaggs.com

DONORS: RON & NAOMI WHITE

DONATION: 5 SETS OF THE "MEMORY IN A MONTH" PROGRAM ON CD

BIDS START AT $40 PER SET

Ron White's Memory in a Month is sold worldwide, and is considered the leading memory training program available anywhere. In this 6-CD comprehensive program, you will learn how to give speeches without notes, memorize chapters of books, recall product knowledge, retain information from classes and seminars, routinely recall 100-digit numbers, memorize poems, learn foreign languages in a flash, triple your sales, multiply your business, improve grades, skyrocket your confidence, and much more!

Ron White is the:

• 2009 USA Memory Champion! 
• record holder for most digits memorized in 5 minutes

  (167 consecutive digits)
• record holder for fastest (in the U.S.) to memorize a deck of cards

  (1 minute 27 seconds)

personal Web site: www.ronwhitetraining.com

DONOR: BRIG FELTUS

DONATION: 2 PACKAGES INCLUDING HER CD "LOVE AND LIGHT" AND A $30 GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR USE IN HER MERCHANDISE STORE

BIDS START AT $15 PER PACKAGE

Channeling from realms of alternative soundspace, Brig Feltus possesses the kind of vocal, sonic and textural intimacy that challenges mainstream music.

Her sound—interweaving magnificent layers of electric guitar-laden verve, an otherworldly whisper, and sensual realism—has compelled a broad demographic of fans ranging from alternative rockers to hiphop heads and jazz connoisseurs.

personal Web site: www.brigfeltus.com

DONOR: JIMMY ABEGG

DONATION: ORIGINAL PAINTING

BIDS START AT $40

Jimmy Abegg (aka Jimmy 'A') is a self-taught musician, painter and photographer. He has straddled the fields of art, music and performance his entire adult life, making a home for himself as a creative contributor to records, books, film, in galleries and as an art director. As an actor, producer and director in numerous music videos and documentary films, Jimmy has a unique personality that adds color to every project. His paintings and photographs have appeared on numerous record jackets, magazines and books and grace the homes and offices of many patrons. Jimmy currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee.

personal Web site: www.jimmyabegg.com