Past Benefits

Continuing with our jaunt into TJA's past, I now would like to present all of you with a selection of invitations to past Benefits thanks to recent digging in our archives:

 1990: A Day at the Races was a common fundraising event for TJA - the group spent at day at Santa Anita Park, complete with a luncheon and watching horse racing.

1995: This Benefit featured raffle prizes such as Claim Jumper and Olive Garden gift certificates, a one-year family membership to the Museum of Science & Industry, LA Kings tickets and a home video of Blown Away.  Some of the auction items included a beeper(!), a USC lithograph and a gift certificate to Peron Antiques.

1995:  Fall Fashion Previews were also very popular as fundraising events.  This one featured the fall collection from Linda Allard for Ellen Tracy.  Hors d'oeuvres were served and a personal shopper was made available to help guests with any purchasing.

1996: A Casino Night at the Jonathan Club, complete with a buffet, gaming and a silent auction at $40 a ticket!

2000: This Benefit featured a Wine, Food and Beer Tasting at the Hillmont House.  While tickets were $25, sponsors at the Alumni Level ($100) received a personal tour of Hillmont House and a "sip of sherry" before the tasting began.

2000:  Another Benefit for this year featured a jazzy invitation with the event being held at the Los Angeles Central Public Library!

2001: Another Casino Night, with dancing, gaming and "savories & sweets".

2003: This Benefit included a group dance lesson in addition to gaming tables and their silent auction!

There you have it!  A (very) brief collection of Benefit invitations put on by Trojan Junior Auxiliary in our recent past.  Our 2011 Diamond Jubilee Benefit and Fundraiser is less than a week away- but did you know that this is not the first time TJA's put on a Diamond Jubilee?  In 1997, the group held a black-tie affair at the Stadium Club at Dodger Stadium by the same name.  It, too, was a Casino Night!

xo,

Janine

Some History of TJA

Hello!  

Because this year Trojan Junior Auxiliary is celebrating our 75th Anniversary, we'd like to take some time to show you the past of our group.  Mary Welsh was a member of TJA in the 1950's and she took the time to send over some newspaper clippings featuring members of that time.

As President this year, I think it's important to keep the past in mind as we're celebrating this terrific milestone.  Especially when the past involves awesome dresses and hairstyles!

What a treasure she sent us!  Mary, we cannot thank you enough!

The bottom reads:  LOOKING AS YOUNG and pretty as springtime, Mmes. Dixon Young, Lou Welsh and Jack A. Colton, from left, visited Miracle Mile for preview of fashions to be presented by Miracle Mile Association at the Trojan Junior Auxiliary's "Inside U.S.A." fashion luncheon March 7 in Statler Hilton.  Mrs. Colton is chairman of [unintelligible] that will raise funds for full-tuition one-year scholarship for SC senior women.

 

Those dresses are to die for!  Hats as well!

 

I love Mrs. Ratigan's hair too, in the bottom picture.  Very Jackie O.

I hope these pictures inspire and excite you as much as they did to me!

xo,

Janine

Final Preparations

They say the devil is in the details and the last minute details for the Diamond Jubilee are coming together. Last weekend a number of members gathered at Benefit Chair Maggie's house to put together gift baskets for the silent auction and they look spectacular.

Meredith poses amidst a large amount of Benefit-related items.

We had packaging galore!

We set up an assembly line so each basket was carefully staged, wrapped and then sent to Ashley for recording.

Our finished products, ready for the Benefit!

Jubilee attendees will have the chance to bid on spa treatments, wine and dining, movie baskets, health and fitness baskets, and that's just the beginning!

One of the most fun parts of the evening for many members is the fact that it gives us a chance to dress up and this year's event is no different. The dress code: think sophisticated elegance, a la Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's.  Since it's Trojan Junior Auxiliary's 75th Anniversary, and the 75th is usually in celebration of the Diamond, feel free to deck yourself in your finest jewels as well.

Finally, do you want to advertise in the program? There's still time to get your message in if you act fast! Email benefit@usctja.com to receive a submission form and directions on how to expose your business to over 100 people for next to nothing.

With two weeks to go, our members are so excited for our Diamond Jubilee!  We hope to see you there with diamonds on!

Rhythms and Visions: Expanded and Live!

The USC School of Cinematic Arts and Visions and Voices: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative invite you to experience a live visual music sensation on Friday, April 22nd!

The School of Cinematic Arts Complex will be taken over and transformed by Rhythms and Visions: Expanded and Live! a spectacular outdoor live-cinema event merging animation and visual media with live acoustic and electronic music.

Exciting and innovative UK audio-visual collective D-Fuse and Los Angeles artist Scott Pagano will perform to music by notable musicians Brian King, Trifonic, Brian LeBarton and MB Gordy. These cutting-edge performances will span animation, experimental documentary and abstract visual music. The School of Cinema Arts complex will come alive with large animation and 3-D stereoscopic projections by faculty and students. 3-D glasses will be provided.

Admission is free.

A lively panel discussion will follow the performance.

Facebook Event page: www.tinyurl.com/eyemusic

Related Event: VJ Workshops on Saturday, April 23, 2011

Location:  IML Blue Lab 746 W. Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, 90089

Come to a day of hands-on VJ Workshops with D-Fuse and members of the LA-VA Los Angeles Video Artists. Learn about Visual Music, the best VJ software and more.

To RSVP for the VJ workshop: www.tinyurl.com/eyemusic

Or email us at:   dalitdiva@gmail.com

Rhythms and Visions: Expanded and Live! is presented by Visions and Voices: The USC Arts & Humanities Initiative. Organized by Mike Patterson (Animation), Candace Reckinger (Animation), Eric Hanson (Animation), Brian King (Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television) and Perry Hoberman (Cinematic Arts).

Contact Information

Name: Mike Patterson
Email: patte1@usc.edu

Getting to Know U: TJA Treasurer Jodie Boytos

Jodie Boytos

HOMETOWN:  Claremont, CA

USC GRAD YEAR/MAJOR: 2004/Spanish

WHAT ARE YOUR CAREER GOALS?  Run my company, but seeing as how that means moving to Bloomington, Ill., I'll settle for running California :-)

DESCRIBE YOUR BEST USC MEMORY. Football games, football games, football games!

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE LA HOT SPOT: Bottega Louie in downtown...fantastic for brunch, lunch or dinner!

DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS?. You mean four-legged kids...yes, Reece and Ben my bully babies

FINISH THIS STATEMENT: I'D RATHER BE ... Retired early, living in Europe and baking my days away :-)

TJA'S MOTTO IS FRIENDSHIP, LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP ... HOW ARE THESE IDEALS A PART OF YOUR LIFE? I believe in work/life balance as much as possible, so I always try to balance my hectic work schedule with plenty of time spent with friends. As far as leadership I am constantly trying to improve myself and challenge myself with new responsibilities at work. I've also recently been promoted into a position where I provide sales and business coaching to people that are opening their own businesses. I try to emphasize to them the important role leadership plays for them in their businesses and provide them training and coaching to improve their own leadership qualities.

As far as scholarship I'm always trying to participate in addtional training and education programs.  In preparation for getting my MBA in the next few years I'm enrolling in some certification programs in my industry.  I hope this will keep my studying skills honed so when I return to school for my MBA I'll be ready.