{"id":26894,"date":"2019-02-19T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=26894"},"modified":"2019-02-19T06:42:22","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T12:42:22","slug":"candlelight-ball-auction-to-raise-money-for-apsu-scholarships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/02\/19\/candlelight-ball-auction-to-raise-money-for-apsu-scholarships\/","title":{"rendered":"Candlelight Ball auction to raise money for APSU scholarships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Austin Peay State University (APSU)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Every spring, the Austin Peay State University Candlelight Ball provides an evening of fine dining and dancing, while also allowing participants to support scholarships at Austin Peay State University, and this year\u2019s event will include two signature auction items \u2013 a custom-designed diamond necklace and a Music City package featuring tickets to major Nashville events \u2013 valued at more than $5,000 each.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_444812\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/APSU-Candlelight-Ball-14-karat-rose-gold-necklace.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-444812\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-444812\" title=\"14-karat rose gold necklace to be auctioned off at the Austin Peay State University Candlelight Ball.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/APSU-Candlelight-Ball-14-karat-rose-gold-necklace-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"14-karat rose gold necklace to be auctioned off at the Austin Peay State University Candlelight Ball.\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-444812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">14-karat rose gold necklace to be auctioned off at the Austin Peay State University Candlelight Ball.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The auction will take place on March 16th, during the 35<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Candlelight Ball at the Omni Nashville Hotel, with proceeds benefiting the Candlelight Ball Endowed Scholarship.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s signature piece is the 14-karat rose gold necklace, set with a 1.02-carat champagne-colored diamond in the center. Full cut, round white diamonds are located on the necklace\u2019s \u201cmustache\u201d halo mounting, with a hand-milgrain edge accent. Elliott Herzlich, husband of APSU President Alisa White and owner of Elliott\u2019s Jewelers, designed the necklace exclusively for the Candlelight Ball.<\/p>\n<p>The Music City Package is billed as the ball\u2019s signature event, featuring two club-level tickets to the nationally televised 53<sup>rd<\/sup> annual CMA Awards, a club-level room at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel the night of the award show, a complimentary dinner at the Omni Hotel the night of the CMA Awards, a voucher for valet parking and free breakfast at the restaurant Little Fib. This package also includes 16 complimentary tickets to the Bridgestone Arena suite for the Mumford &amp; Sons concert on March 22nd, along with two parking passes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery year, our Candlelight Ball Committee finds incredible prizes for the auction, and I\u2019m thrilled at the high-level items they acquired this year, because they\u2019ll help us provide more scholarships to deserving Austin Peay students,\u201d Nikki Loos Peterson, director of alumni relations, said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This year\u2019s auction items also include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A custom APSU guitar, courtesy of Michael Gauf. This item, valued at $500.00, is a one-of-a-kind, custom-made APSU guitar, designed by Gauf of Painted Axe.<\/li>\n<li>An APSU football VIP sidelines package. This item, valued at $1,500, includes four tickets to a 2019 APSU football home game, hosted by Clarksville Mayor Joe Pitts and Montgomery County Mayor Jim Durrett. Food and VIP sidelines passes will be provided.<\/li>\n<li>An APSU basketball package. This item, valued at $1,000, includes two tickets to a 2019-20 men\u2019s basketball away game of your choice. A hotel stay, game tickets and an autographed basketball are all part of the package.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For auction information please call 931.221.7291 or email <a href=\"mailto:petersonn@apsu.edu\">petersonn@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Peay State University (APSU) Clarksville, TN &#8211; Every spring, the Austin Peay State University Candlelight Ball provides an evening of fine dining and dancing, while also allowing participants to support scholarships at Austin Peay State University, and this year\u2019s event will include two signature auction items \u2013 a custom-designed diamond necklace and a Music [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[22711,23,11737,7936,4163,11642,10617,262,5015,33139,512,1759,825,22636,1373,3787,10067,4950,4982,33037],"class_list":["post-26894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-alisa-white","tag-apsu","tag-apsu-basketball","tag-apsu-candlelight-ball","tag-apsu-football","tag-apsu-president","tag-apsu-scholarships","tag-austin-peay-state-university","tag-bridgestone-arena","tag-candlelight-ball-endowed-scholarship","tag-clarksville","tag-clarksville-mayor","tag-clarksville-tn","tag-cma-awards","tag-jim-durrett","tag-joe-pitts","tag-montgomery-county-mayor","tag-nashville-tn","tag-nikki-loos-peterson","tag-omni-nashville-hotel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-6ZM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26895,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26894\/revisions\/26895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}