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What a Wonderful Evening !

The 2nd Silver Trowel Award Dinner was a tribute to the Grateful Dead at Cavallo Point Lodge
in historic Fort Baker on Tuesday, October 7, 2008.

               Composer John Perry Barlow and Bobby Weir    

Henry Kaiser played with Wake the Dead

If you are interested in supporting the Silver Trowel Award Dinner in 2009 through sponsorship or help selling tables and tickets, please call Charles Higgins at 415.381.8758 or charles@slideranch.org

and the first year...

First Slide Ranch Silver Trowel Award Dinner in Honor of Founder Doug Ferguson
Thursday, November 1, 2007
142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley

Thank you to everyone who supported this special evening of music, memories and inspiration!  We raised more than $85,000.

  
Huey Johnson, left, who was regional chief with the Nature Conservancy in 1970 and worked with Doug Ferguson, right, to engineer the tricky purchase of 134 acres of coastal land for Slide Ranch, presents the Silver Trowel to his longtime friend.  At right, Willie Brown Academy 5th grader Mika Henderson tells of her experience at Slide Ranch.

Warren Hellman, left, plays banjo with Nate Levine during a rousing set

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