Ascension Academy to Hold Mardi Gras Gala
Amarillo, TX — Ascension Academy will host its Annual Gala with a Mardi Gras theme on
February 24, 2024, at the Grand Plaza in Amarillo Civic Center. The event will recreate a
Bourbon Street experience with a Cajun-inspired dinner, cocktails, live jazz music by
Esquire Jazz, and a wine and whisky pull.
Guests can also participate in a vast silent auction featuring much-coveted items such as
diamond earrings from Barnes Jewelry, a hand-painted tequila set, or trips to Cancun,
Barbados, Antigua, and Lake Tahoe. The live auction will get the crowd going by allowing
guests to bid on items and packages like a bar cart complete with a Bartesian cocktail
machine, liquors, glassware, and mixers; a lawncare package from Western Equipment
complete with a self-propelled lawnmower, a trimmer, and a blower; and a South African
safari hunt for seven days and up to 7 animals.
Guests will also be able to win big from a 50/50 cash raffle drawing–the more tickets
bought, the bigger the pot grows!
Tickets and sponsorship packages are still available for a short amount of time on the
Ascension Academy website at
htps://www.ascensionacademy.org/about-us/gala-ascension-academy-college-preparatoryschool
The Mardi Gras Gala is best experienced through a sponsorship with royal treatment.
Ascension Academy is seeking sponsors to help offset the cost of putting on this fundraiser.
Individual and couples tickets will also get you into Big Fun in the Big Easy, and you’ll be
supporting Ascension Academy in its mission to provide an exemplary college preparatory
education to maximize the potential of every student.
Ascension Academy takes pride in the quality of education they provide to students. In
doing so, they hope to ignite fires encouraging them to be lifelong learners. As the
panhandle’s only independent college preparatory school, Ascension Academy receives no
state or federal funding, relying upon faithful givers who understand the value of
education. The funds raised at the Mardi Gras Gala will go toward the Annual Fund, which
covers the school’s largest operating cost: providing salaries and benefits to its exceptional
teaching staff.
Inquiries about Ascension Academy or the Mardi Gras Gala should be directed to
Development Director Cassie Montgomery at 806-382-1211.
Ascension Academy is the only private college preparatory academy in the Texas Panhandle, serving
students in grades 6-12, in a challenging, faith-affirming environment to maximize the potential of every
student. Ascension Academy inspires young people to embrace the school’s motto, Veritas et Virtus, as
they prepare for lives that are both successful and significant. For more information about Ascension
Academy and what it offers to our community, please visit AscensionAcademy.org.