‘Zalea Bash will auction artifacts from ’25 to 2022

‘Zalea Bash Ticket

$125

‘Zalea Bash!, Friday, April 29, 6 p.m.Join us for a fun night to raise money for faculty enrichment.The evening begins in the Lehrman Atrium with registration, cocktails, boutique shopping and bidding on class baskets. Then bring along your bid paddles when the party moves to the big tent for the live auction, dinner, and dancing to a fantastic 7 piece band. This event is adults only 21+.

Please note: When registering to purchase tickets, be sure to include both first and last names when prompted. See you there!

This year’s auction items will include memorabilia of Bears from 1925 to the present. Their impressive areas of work include—acting academia, diplomacy, music, politics, weathermen, sports and other pursuits. Unfortunately, there was not enough time to capture everyone of note, but 2023 will try to capture MORE.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE spend a few minutes looking over this inventory of 20 items—highlighted Bears—Buddy Kupka, the 1961 basketball team, an autographed picture of the Great 8 sitting in the Bears Den locker room,  Bear who was a Von Trapp, a 1958 Saturday Evening Post picture of a Landon v. StA football game and more

DON’T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO HAVE A PIECE OF BEAR HISTORY

ACTING—

NICK HAMMOND’67  AUTOGRAPHED POSTER he appeared in  Sound of Music (before Landon), the original Spiderman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

TEDDY SEARS ’99  NCIS Hawai’i Action figure

Academia 

Alan Brinkley’67  -award winning Historian and author (father David Brinkley of Huntley & )– eulogy by Landon classmate and Princeton roommate Nick Hammond 

USED IN MR. BORDLEY’S CLASS FOR YEARS

THESE IMAGES ARE ONLY ILLUSTRATIVE AND WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE AT AUCTION, only the Hammond eulogy

DIPLOMACY–

AMB. EACHO’72  something from his days as US Ambassador to Austria in Vienna

MUSIC MEMORABILIA

Ahmet Ertegun ’40  2 biographies, history of Atlantic Records (which he founded),  1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame program and tape, copy of Sec. of State Kissinger  eulogy and Led Zeppelin  memorial concert

 Okori Johnson ’93 poster of his HIGHLY ACCLAIMED cello playing

POLITICS

REP. BARNES ’62  (D-MD 1979-1988 Memorabilia from his  campaigns

REP RUSH HOLT ’66 (D-NJ)

*Weather Reporting. Meteorology—

Topper Shutt ‘77and Logan Giles–day with Landon alumni the W*USA meteorologist and a graduate  student in   meteorology

SPORTS—MEMORABILIA

THE GREAT 8 GETTING READY FOR A SKATE AT THE BEARS DEN (will be framed)

Commemorative jersey from the 1961 Landon v. DeMatha title game in Cole Field House- BCN. RANDY POORE ‘62 donated by Col. Mike Poore’67  

Saturday Evening Post cover of Landon 8th grade football team playing StA with Joe Bailey handing off to Buddy Kupka Framing by Compass Real Estate

The picture to be auctioned will not have the flash spot on the glass and will be nicely framed.

 Landon undefeated baseball team ball autographed by Buddy Kupka and his  1961 undefeated team

 Joe Bailey’64— Superbowl and World Football memorabilia          

KENNY JENKINS ‘ 78 record setting RB and  Washington Football team (pre-Snyder still only player to amass 75+ yards rushing, 75+ yards receiving, and 75+ yards on kickoff returns in one game)Autographed action pictures in Burgundy and Gold    

*Bear greats lax 2 days of  lessons– Griffin Brown ’16  & Justin Shockey  ‘17– plus Potomac Pizza party afterwards                     

*Bear great hockey lesson Patrick Giles  (Assistant Captain of BC and current Charlotte Checkers player

 Memorabilia  Bucky Harris (father of Stan’44  and Scott ‘84), Senators manager and Shirley Povich (’54, ’78, ’86,’10, ’12)- books about both- Bucky  coached Nats in 1925 World Series and Shirley wrote it up for the Washington POST     

*Pizza Party by Andy Goldstein of Potomac

HOPEFULY ARRIVING SOON

 GEORGE M. ROGERS Sr.–  1951 U.S. Tennis Association Junior Championships in singles and doubles at the age of 17

DARION ATKINS ‘11— picture of his National defensive player of the year Trophy at UVA—

CHRISTIAN WEBSTER ‘09– Team co-captain … Harvard’s winningest player with 90 career victories … Stands fifth in program history with 176 career3-pointers … Ranks second in Harvard history with 117 games played … Recipient of John Harnice ‘’84 Spirit Award 

 TED ROGERS ’87—lead undefeated Ephmen to 2 consecutive undefeated teams and signed on the team formerly known as the Redskins for 2 years.