Hot Notes on a Cold Night Get your tickets early!

We hope you'll join us at Hot Notes on a Cold Night, Southwest High School's biggest annual social and fundraising event on January 15, 7-11 p.m. at the Illusion Theater. Proceeds support the school's arts and academic programs, with a special focus on music curriculum and activities.

Enjoy hearing talented student performers in a cabaret setting, meeting other parents, sampling good food--and spending a little cash for a good cause!

Order tickets at http://southwest.mpls.k12.mn.us/Ticket_Order_Form.html

We hope to raise at least $25,000 through ticket sales and purchase of more than 75 terrific "Off the Wall" items and a dozen "Great Gathering" opportunities, plus, new this year, "Inside the Box," a raffle alternative.

Off the Wall sampling: Gift certificates for go-to restaurants like Lucia's, Cafe Maude and Heidi's, as well as new favorites such as Lyndale Tap House and Risotto; tickets to sports events, including four front-row seats to a Twins game at the new Target Field; and many theater, dance and live music performances from the elegant (Minnesota Orchestra) to the edgy (First Avenue). How about a dinner out with restaurant reviewer Rick Nelson? A basket of premium Mrs. Meyers Cleaning products or Great Harvest Breads? A summer class at MacPhail for your aspiring performer?

And LOTS more.Get in on unique Great Gatherings such as:
A bus tour of Minneapolis with none other than Mayor RT Rybak;
"Dishing Politics," a dinner and discussion with Strib political columnist Lori Sturdevant, parent of Southwest alumni; "Wine, Cheese and Menopause"-- good advice and the latest research from physician and Southwest parent Kris Ensrud, M.D, in good company! An insider exhibit tour of "From Our Ancestors: Art of the White Clay People" at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts with curator and Southwest HS parent Joe Horse Captureand more opportunities for every taste, from a high tea party with the ladies to a tee time for anybody with a set of golf clubs.

NEW THIS YEAR!
Inside the Box: the raffle alternative where every one's a winner! Buy a chance on a variety of take-out prizes.
Big winners will take home the top three:
Three bottles of wine from a French vineyard owned by friends of Southwest High School,
An iPod courtesy of First Tech, or two tickets on Sun Country Airline.

You won't go home empty handed: you could also win freebies and gift cards from local businesses, but every one's a winner--there is something inside every box!