14th Annual Radio Auction tomorrow!

Call (800) 639-9338 for your bidder number today before this auction is going, going, gone. Bid on 100 quality items from businesses around Vermont and beyond. Choose from room nights at Vermont inns,concert and other entertainment tickets, apparel, vintage fine wines, sporting packages and passes, a handmade quilt, and more! Visit our website for complete information. Click here to view the complete auction item list. Keep reading for a list of radio stations airing the auction. It will also stream online.

WDEV 550 AM (5,000 watts): Serving Washington, Lamoille, Orange, Caledonia, and Orleans Counties

WDEV 96.1 FM (25,000 watts. Lincoln Peak, Sugarbush): Serving the Mad River Valley and Champlain Valley, focusing on Washington, Orange, Grand Isle, and Addison counties

WDEV 96.5 FM (Barre): Specifically serving Barre

WCVT-FM 101.7 (25,000 watts Stowe-Burlington): All classical, all the time. Serving Barre, Montpelier, and the Champlain Valley

WCVT 102.5 FM (Montpelier): Specifically serving the Capital City

WLVB 93.9 FM (6,000 watts): Serving Lamoille, Caledonia, and Orleans counties Keep reading!

14th Annual Radio Auction: March 31, 2011

The 14th Annual Vermont Symphony Orchestra Radio Auction, hosted by Radio Vermont Group, offers listeners a diverse selection of items while supporting Vermont’s world class symphony. From a Montreal weekend, ski season passes, tickets to Daytona and the New Hampshire Speedway, VIP tickets to the Festival of the Americas in Stowe, dinner with VSO Music Director Jaime Laredo and overnight stays and meals at the finest inns and restaurants, there will be plenty of high action items available when the Radio Auction airs on Thursday, March 31 from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.


The Radio Auction will be hosted by Eric Michaels, Brian Harwood, Ken Squier, and other Radio Vermont personalities and will be broadcast on WCVT 101.7 FM Stowe-Burlington and 102.5 FM Montpelier, WDEV 550 AM and 96.1 FM Waterbury, 96.5 FM Barre, WLVB 93.9 FM Morrisville, and 101.9 FM The Kingdom. It will also be streamed live on www.wdevradio.com. Items will be auctioned in 15-minute blocks. To view the auction list of nearly 100 items donated by businesses all across the state, visit the VSO website at www.vso.org and check local newspapers including The World, Times Argus, Rutland Herald, and others in the week before the event. To pre-register for a bidder number call WDEV at 800-639-9338.


Other auction items include golf packages from Montague Golf Club in Randolph and Stowe Country Club, and gift certificates for local restaurants, concerts, jewelry, clothing and more. Some of the best things “on air” will be priceless. Bid to co-host radio shows with Ken Squier, Brian Harwood, Roland Lajoie, Lee Kittell, or Eric Michaels and Jon Noyes, or catch the once-in-a-lifetime chance to conduct the VSO or play the chimes at a summer concert.


Block sponsors include Houseneeds.com, Northfield Savings Bank, Sullivan, Powers & Co., Waitsfield & Champlain Valley Telecom, Gallagher, Flynn & Co., Dubois Construction and Lamberton Electric. Laughing Moon Chocolates will provide truffles for over-bidders.


During the Radio Auction Thursday, March 31, call the following numbers to bid: 800-498-4877, 800-827-6461, 800-639-9338, 802-244-7321, or 802-244-1764.


Proceeds support VSO musical and educational programs in Vermont which included last year more than 40 concerts throughout the state and 175 educational outreach programs reaching more than 24,000 children. Last year successful bidders raised $22,550 for the VSO. Over the last 13 years the auction has collected more than $205,000.


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Stream or download our March concert recording

Visit Instant Encore and sign up for a free account to stream or download many VSO live concert recordings including the March 5 concert at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. This concert featured Bella Hristova playing Dvorak's fiery Violin Concerto, Corigliano's introspective "Voyage" for string orchestra, and Mendelssohn's Scotch Symphony. Listen on this page or visit the concert page on Instant Encore. Visit the VSO's "boutique" to see our complete digital download offerings.

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