Animal Affair

Animal ambassadors welcome you for a stroll into Entry Village and Gibbon Islands for festive cocktails and a sampling of exotic flavors from Nashville area restaurants.

Then head into the Zoo’s new Jungle Terrace Pavilion for a seated dinner, presented by Nashville Zoo’s own catering service Taste of the Wild and featuring four untamed courses that promise to take you on a culinary safari. Taste of the Wild    Catering offers a variety of services for all types of events    from high-end formal affairs to business meetings to family    picnics.

   Our showcase feature at Animal Affair 2009 is Nashville Zoo’s new Jungle Terrace Pavilion. This 5,000 sq. foot pavilion can seat up to 290 guests and provides a new space at the Zoo for individuals and companies to host their picnic, meeting, private party or wedding. Located adjacent to the Jungle Gym, the Patton Family Wild Animal Carousel and just a short walk from the African Elephant and Giraffe Savannahs, the Jungle Terrace Pavilion is a unique facility option in a beautiful outdoor setting.

Dinner includes your passport to enjoy a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the love lives of our animal friends, courtesy of Miami Metrozoo’s international sensation Ron Magill. Ron Magill has been in the zoological field for over 30 years and does regular segments on CNN, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Today Show, Good Morning America and Sabado Gigante. He is also a renowned wildlife photographer and travels the world with his unique presentation “Monkeys are from Mars, Cougars are from Venus.” This program contains adult content and frank yet lighthearted discussion, images and artifacts about animal sexual behavior.



   Get to know Ron Magill.
   Check him out on YouTube.

   The evening concludes with a few spins on the Patton    Family Wild Animal Carousel while you satisfy your sweet    tooth with desserts and coffee from some more of    Nashville’s local flavors. Don’t miss this unique night out –    all benefiting your Zoo!




Tickets:
$175/individual
$1,750/table of ten




Saturday, October 3, 2009
Evening Schedule(times are approximate):

6:00pm – Appetizers and Cocktails
               in Entry Village
              Animal Ambassadors
7:30pm – Dining Tent opens
7:45pm – Dinner is Served
8:30pm – Ron Magill Presentation
9:00pm – Patton Family Wild Animal Carousel opens
              Dessert & Coffee served

Animal Affair is the Zoo’s largest fundraiser. Attendees of this event help support everything that happens out here at Nashville Zoo – from providing education programs for children and seniors to feeding our collection of over 1,300 animals to keeping our Zoo safe and clean for our visitors.


Animal Affair is open to adults 21 years or older – no infants, please.
This event is rain or shine and all sales are final.




Corporate partnerships are available for this event. Interested in a sponsorship of Animal Affair? Contact J.D. Frattini at 615-833-1534 ext 175 or jdfrattini@nashvillezoo.org.

Contributions: If you are unable to attend but want to support Animal Affair and Nashville Zoo, please click here.


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