Tennis, Music and Friends – 6th and 7th November!

Hello everyone! We are really excited about our fundraiser event. Its our first big one so we’re hoping you will help us make it a resounding success! It’s combining all the things that I love best, tennis, music and of course you! It will take place at the Samuell Grand Tennis Center which is located in Samuell Grand Park, a beautiful park located in Dallas just south of Whiterock at 6200 East Grand Avenue, Dallas, TX 75223. The event will take place on the 6th and 7th of November, with lots of tennis for all you tennis enthusiasts.
And, if the tournament itself is not enough tennis for you we will be providing drills through the day by the able pros at Samuell Grand – Sue and Duey and some other guest pros. We will also have some unique items for auction – I don’t mind saying – I think they’re pretty special! They include a custom guitar, a beautiful African leather rug, three divine cakes from La Dunis, and a wonderful painting by Angela C. Alexander. There will be a raffle, with drawings all through the day, giving you a chance to win some tennis memorabilia! In the late afternoon on the park grounds and evenings in the Amphitheatre we will have some music from some rockin’ Dallas DJs! But – that’s not all! We will serve you delicious African tidbits, all through the day, and even provide you with beverages, some alcoholic, as you soak in the tennis, the wonderful park surrounds and music.

We will have a number of stands, set up in the style of a typical village market, to give you the african village market experience! At those stands we will be selling some african jewellery by our friends at ‘The Women of Kireka’.

Working Hands - Women of Kireka

We will also have an exhibition by Melonie Kastman on ‘Forgotten Diamonds’; a project which has built and is running a library for some 21,000 children in Bonthe in the mining district of Sierra Leone.

Melonie’s experience in building a library for the children in Sierra Leone is providing us with valuable help and insight; make sure you take time to listen to her story; it is simply inspirational.

Forgotten Diamonds

There will be an exhibition by the Greyhound Adoption League of Texas, run by our good friends Jhon Whittaker and Eddie Estrada, whose three greyhounds, Devra, Dionysis and Cassia are avid book lovers themselves! They will have a WINE BASKET Raffle going both days and the hounds insist we donate the proceeds, so bring your $5.00 bills with you!

We will have a stand featuring some story panels from the children at the Fellowship Christian Academy at Oak Cliff, on their perspective on village libraries and the children they serve. Each panel you buy helps us to reach our fundraising goal!

So how do you get into all this goodness I hear you ask? Well simply go to our online store and register here! For a flat rate registration fee of $80 dollars per person you can play tennis on both days, or whichever day you choose! And if you bring a book or two or a half dozen - you can register for $60 dollars. You can register by yourself, or you can register with a partner to form your own doubles team. We will have three segments 6.0 to 6.5 combo, 7.0 to 7.5 combo and 8.0 and above. You will need to know your NTRP rating to register the usta website will provide information about how you can self-rate, if you are not already rated.
You can also register on the Texas USTA tournament website – just do the following;

visit www.texas.usta.com
1. under “Adults” along the left hand side, scroll over tournament/rankings
2. select “Searchable Schedule” along the left hand side
3. enter the tournament ID number 809603710 into the “Quick Search” box and click “Find It”
4. If you don’t have the ID number to hand, select “Texas” as the National/Section/District then select 2010 for the year and click “Find It” You should see the Tournament – ‘Library Charity Tournament - Tennis, Music, Friends (Non-Sanctioned)’- listed.

If you don’t have a partner, don’t worry we will partner you with someone; simply provide us with details on which combo you would like to play in. So – what are you waiting for? Get to registering!! Now, even if you don’t play tennis, or don’t want to, you can still register for $40.00 to be part of the fun and festivities through our yahoo store at http://www.alibraryiniga.org/a-library-in-iga-fundraiser-event.html. Either way please make sure you provide us with your email contact details so we can give you further details on the event.

Any vendors interested in setting up a booth in our village market should please contact us here, through our contact page, using the subject line ‘Vendor Booth at A Library in Iga Fundraiser’. Or simply email us