Barry Switzer To Be Honored at "Tipsy For a Cause"
BARRY SWITZER TO BE HONORED
AT “TIPSY FOR A CAUSE”
Date of Event: October 29th, 2012
Time of Event: 6-9 p.m.
Location of Event: Othello’s of Norman, 434 Buchanan Avenue , Norman , OK 73069
Tiffany Bohrer, a.k.a. the
Tipsy Artist and Othello’s of Norman
BARRY SWITZER
Barry Switzer is a former football coach, active in the college and professional ranks between 1962 and 1997. He
has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in
history, and is one of only two
head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl.
His college coaching career placed him in the College Football Hall of
Fame. During his 16 years as head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners, he compiled a
157-29-4 record and won 12 Big Eight Championships and three National
Championships. In 1994, Switzer was named head coach of the Dallas Cowboys,
winning Super Bowl XXX in 1996. Switzer was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2002. In
2004, he received the Jim Thorpe Lifetime Achievement Award.
Tiffany Bohrer asked Barry Switzer to paint with her on
August 27, 2012. He agreed and painted
his very first painting called “Touch Down” Switzer painted with a classic patriotic
color scheme of red, white and blue and his 16x20 canvas shows one of his
famous triple option plays with his winning record and his signature. The night of painting was documented with
photographs of Barry painting step by step.
The original Barry Switzer 16x20 painting titled “Touch
Down” will be sold in a silent auction on October 29, 2012 at Othello’s of Norman
“I challenged Barry Switzer to come paint with me on a
KSBI interview before my upcoming paint party and then sent him a message
through Twitter with an interview link and my request to help me raise funds
for the James Ray family. I was going
after the best to help me win funds for this cause. Barry was my #1 choice. He showed up and painted a masterpiece that I
believe will help us win back a home and restoration for this family,” said
Tiffany Bohrer, the Tipsy Artist.
“It is no
accident that I was contacted by Tonya Potts to help this family. The fact that James Ray became a paraplegic
on the one year anniversary just before losing his home touched my heart in a
very special way. My Step-Dad Chuck, an OU alumnus and huge Barry Switzer fan is
a quadriplegic. My Mom is a nurse with a
heart of gold. I have watched them go
through many trials in life with a home and resources. That was hard enough. I can’t imagine how difficult their life
would be if they had no home. And yet
that is what the James Ray family is facing right now,” said Tiffany Bohrer,
the Tipsy Artist.
Jennifer Weiss, owner of Othello’s added “We really
like to do good things for the community because that is what is important,”
“Indescribable. Thinking of little things that are gone,”
Ray said.
Ray and
his fiancée, Dottie, were evacuated before flames overtook their home.
Since
then, they had been living in a hotel until Ray was put back in the
hospital.
The
cramped hotel room was not fit for someone with needs like Ray’s.
A
motorcycle accident left him paralyzed from the chest down last year.
The family
lost almost everything they owned in the fire,
including all of Ray’s medical
equipment.
But worse
than his home and belongings, he lost memories.
He helped
build the home for his mother who passed away several years ago.
“Just
trying to go on. That’s all you can do,” he said.
“It just keeps piling on one
right after another.” – James Ray
Now, the family is looking for a place that is handicapped
accessible after
doctors release Ray from the hospital in about six weeks.
“I have to have a house in place and ready for him to come
home to
or he’s got nowhere to go,” his fiancée Dottie McLeroy said.
The couple’s animals including horse, dogs and cats
were
taken in all over the state.
All but one, their cat Spike, escaped the fire; nobody could
catch him.
“We didn’t
get anything out but us and the animals,” Ray said.
HOW
YOU CAN HELP! THE TRIPLE OPTION!
- Bid
on the original painting “Touchdown” by Barry Switzer. Bidding starts at $1000. Silent Auction
will be held at the event on October 29, 2012.
- Buy
a Tipsy Artist Class Registration and paint the OU Cowboy Boot. Classes are $45 and 50% of all the
proceeds go the James Ray Family.
Book Your Class online at www.TipsyArtist.com
(seating is limited and coupons are
not applicable for this event)
- Donate
online with credit card at www.giveforward.com/JamesRay
CLASS
DETAILS:
Date: October
29, 2012
Time: 6 p.m. – 9
p.m.
Location: Othello’s of Norman, 434 Buchanan Avenue , Norman ,
OK 73069
Othello’s of Norman
PAINT PARTY CLASS REGISTRATION COST: $45 PER CLASS
(50% OF THE CLASS REGISTRATION PROCEEDS
WILL GO
TOWARDS THE JAMES RAY FUNDRAISER)
All class pricing is per student.
Class Registrations are transferable, but not refundable.
Painting: Cowboy Boot
Class Registrations
are for sale at: www.TipsyArtist.com
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Contact: Tiffany Bohrer
Phone: 405.822.0481
Email: Tiffany@TheTipsyArtist.com
Website: www.TipsyArtist.com
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