Painted Violins to be auctioned at 2016 Crescen-Dough Auction

These two beautiful violins will be auctioned at the 2016 Crescen-Dough Auction on April 15. They were presented at the 2016 Painted Violin Unveiling on Thursday, February 4, at Servis1st Bank, who hosted the event, sponsored by the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra. The violins were painted by artist Sara Beth Fair of Huntsville and musician Béla Fleck of Nashville. To see more about the Auction and to purchase tickets, visit www.crescendoughauction.org To join the Painted Violin Society and help sponsor the Free Family Concerts, visit hso.org

Violin painted by Huntsville artist Sara Beth Fair. (Inspired by her love of and trips to Paris.)

Violin painted by musician Béla Fleck. The drawings on this particular violin are to convey several things: something about our city (the rocket), the fireflies are representative of our Crescen-Dough Auction theme, and he wanted to add something about himself. The name of his second album is "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo." The drawing at the bottom right is a red hippo, which is representative of his new album "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo." We have added a link to the YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iYgf6PWYK8

Violin painted by musician Béla Fleck. The drawings on this particular violin are to convey several things: The fireflies are representative of our Crescen-Dough Auction theme. The red hippo painting at the bottom right and the rocket are from the cover of his second album “Flight of the Cosmic Hippo.”

The link to the video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iYgf6PWYK8

Debbie Washburn (Guild President), Clare Grisham, (Chair 2016 Cresen-Dough Auction), Gregory Vajda (HSO Music Director/Conductor), Valerie Brown (Co-Chair, Auction)