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NPA Elegant French Dinner with the Oyster Baes

Sequoia Conference Center

Northcoast Preparatory Academy (NPA) invites the public the 18th annual Elegant French Dinner, Saturday, February 8 from 5:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Sequoia Conference Center, 901 Myrtle Avenue in Eureka. This event features a gourmet four-course French dinner, student presentations, live music, and silent auctions. This special evening benefits Northcoast Preparatory Academy, a local charter high school that offers an International Baccalaureate degree. The event raises scholarship funds for students to expand their educational horizons through international travel. Each NPA trip is created around a community service, artistic or historical project, and students usually live with local families. Past trips have included teaching English as a Second Language in Thailand, delivering wheelchairs to a senior care center on the Tibetan plateau, working on a sheep farm in France, and performing a play in Hiroshima, Japan The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with a selection of Hors d’oeuvres created by Siena Costanzo, a no-host beer and wine bar, a silent auction and live music by NPA students. At 6:30 p.m., NPA students will serve guests a sit-down dinner by chefs, Rocky Whitlow, John Chigris, and Sandy Harper with desserts provided by celebrated pastry chef Mark Lamers. Following student presentations, there will be dancing to the Oyster Baes, an eclectic folk and orchestral rock band from the Arcata area. They have played at the Humboldt Folklife Festival and around Humboldt County. Admission to the dinner and dance is $50 dollars before January 31 and $65 thereafter. Dinner seating is limited; advanced tickets for the dinner are required and can be purchased at Wildberries Marketplace or online at Brown Paper Tickets (https://m.bpt.me/event/4468948). For more information about the Elegant French Dinner or about NPA, which consistently ranks among the top high schools in the nation, call (707) 822-0861 or visit us at www.northcoastprep.org.

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WHERE

• Sequoia Conference Center

PRICE

• $50
• $65 after Jan.31