Everything is in the last stages of being worked out. Jerry will soon receive the last installment, lots of prizes are or will soon be in transit to their new owners, there is less work each day. What a great community!
There were some charges (PayPal, wire transfer, etc.) that I am taking off the top, and I am keeping $100 to offset some of the postage charges (I had no idea there would be SO MANY donations), so we are actually giving Jerry $5400!! 
I have spent the morning going through the lists of prizes in chosen order and assigning prizes to all the winners. It has been very interesting, as there were SO MANY different orderings of choices. Because of this, some people into the 30s and 40s (of tickets chosen) received something as high as their third choice of prize. Very cool. The order in which the prizes were chosen is not the order in which I would have chosen them…it goes to show that everyone is different in what they like.
A few people didn’t get in touch with me, so they lost their choice and were awarded what was left. Since they didn’t get in touch with me, I have posted e-mail addresses (with some letters omitted), because I do not have their names.
I have some of the prizes here and will ship them out sometime in the next week (with the baby, I am very busy, so I have to wait until my mom comes here to do the packing and shipping for me), and I will get in touch with the holders of all the other prizes with the winners’ addresses (sometime in the next day or two) so they can ship the prizes to the winners.
WINNERS AND THEIR PRIZES:
1 - John Lynch
~Goldie Overton alto F whistle
2- Peter Graves
~Busman stained birdseye maple d whistle
3 - John Crnich
~Copeland brass soprano d whistle
4 - Lawrence Kelley
~Burke D brass session black-tipped whistle
5 - Jack Ofield
~Bernard Overton Low D tunable whistle
6 - Stuart Hall
~Reyburn redesigned high D/C set with extra D tube
7- Judith Lindenau
~Reyburn d whistle
8 - Charlie Zevon
~Burke composite C whistle
9 - Ian Warford
~Grinter red lancewood soprano d whistle
10 - Sonja Krause-Harder
~Syn Ironwood d whistle
11 – Mike Wright
~Olwell Bamboo G flute
12 - Jared Voigt
~Reyburn narrow-bore Low G whistle
13 - Fran Friel
~Tully sterling silver d whistle
14 - Norma Donogh
~$150 gift certificate to the whistleshop.com
15 - Lee Likins
~Hoover Redwood and aluminum d whistle
16 - slaughts@net…gator.com
I haven’t heard back from this winner.
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery (hear clips at http://www.nadinelaughlin.com )
17 - Glauber Ribeiro
~$150 gift certificate to the whistleshop.com
18 - Greg Mahan
~Silkstone Alloy d whistle
19 - John Sluder
~Serpent SunSinger Bb whistle
20 - Edward Bradburn
~Dixon tunable Low D whistle
21 - Brad Clements
~Tallgrass Winds Low D bamboo flute made by Steve Cox
22 - Berti Steegs
~ Tallgrass Winds Low Eb bamboo flute made by Steve Cox
23 - A.J. Penney
~Water Weasel d whistle
24 - Barry Hartzell
~Susato Dublin Low D Whistle
25 - Sol Foster
~Silkstone alloy C whistle
26 - Gary J Kelly
~Sweetheart cherry d fife (from Jessie)
27 - Michael Johnston
~Hoover Ski-pole Low G whistle
28 - Denny Ray
~Hoover Whitecap on Oak d tube
29 - LeAnn Guyton
~Jerry-tweaked Generation d whistle
30 - Michael Burns
~Jerry-tweaked Shaw d whistle
31 - Sharon M. Perez
~Tunable Dixon d whistle w/ brass slide
32 – Susan Lacy
~Jerry-tweaked Shaw A whistle
33 - Bruce Hopkins
~Susato Low D whistle
34 – Bob Olson
~MadForTrad tutorial
35 – John Malinowski
~Jerry Tweaked Shaw Low D
36 - Tommy Kochel
~Jubilee Low D wide bore aluminum whistle
37 - Brian Sanderson
~Hoover CPVC C whistle
38 – Chris Abraham
~Susato Low G tunable whistle
38 again - Sharon Peplinksi
~Jerry-tweaked Shaw d whistle
39 - Lee Marsh
~Dixon tunable Low D whistle
40 - Patrick Bingham
~A MadForTrad CD-ROM of winner’s choice
41 - Nathan Deese
~Clarke Tinwhistle Gift Set
42 - Darvis McCoy
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
43 - Bart Boucher
~Clarke Tinwhistle Gift Set
44 - Erik Tullberg
~A MadForTrad CD-ROM of winner’s choice
45 – Bloomfield (I know his real name!)
~Previously loved copy of The Low Whistle Book & CD
46 - Maudie McCormick
~Clarke Tinwhistle Gift Set
47 - John Paitel
~Beginning Whistler Set from MyTinwhistle.com
48 - Mark Johnston
~Clarke Tinwhistle Gift Set
49 - Jon Harl
~Clark Tinwhistle Gift Set.
50 - Caroline Hedman
~Clarke Tinwhistle Gift Set
51 - Carol Skinner
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
52 - Bill DeLoach
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
53 - lgoodman@stlouis.miss…org
I haven’t heard back from this person.
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
54 - Dan Lawyer
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
55 - Jim McCabe
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
56 – Charlie Tarrio
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
57 - Steven Rusche
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
58 - James Peeples
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
59 - Chris Nolin
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
60 – Mack Hoover
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
61 - bmccar4@tampabay… (invalid e-mail address?)
I have not heard back from this person.
~Nadine Laughlin’s CD, Beautiful Mystery
#62 removed at winner’s request, he told me to choose what to do with it. I am going to give it to Mary Vollmert in appreciation of her monetary donation.
~Nadine’s CD
Thank you, everyone, for your generous support of Jerry and this endeavor!
~Jessie
--------------------------Old Stuff, now outdated:
We have a total of 541 tickets sold and 62 prizes! The drawing is today. The winners will be notified sometime today and when everything is sorted out (about 3 days from now), I will post a list to the community. Thank you all for your generous support.
Talbert St. Claire has offered to ship his Low whistle CD, Tears of the Forest - http://www.talbertstclaire.com/cd.asp - to the first 150 people to purchase one or more raffle tickets and then claim his or her CD! Those who wish to receive one would be responsible for Talbert’s shipping cost only, which is 95 cents in the US and $5 internationally. He accepts PayPal on his site. I send out a confirmation e-mail to anyone who purchases a ticket. After purchasing a ticket, you must forward my confirmation e-mail to Talbert when you request a free CD. Contact Talbert at - talbert@[REMOVE]talbertstclaire.com - directly (Remove the “[REMOVE]” part). He will let you know when the 150 have been claimed. Last I heard, there were 60 CDs remaining. Thanks, Talbert, for the generous offer.
(The updated list of instruments is at the bottom of this post.)
Our beloved tweaker Jerry Freeman’s wife has just had serious heart surgery. She is the primary breadwinner in their (large) family, and he is concerned about how they will get through her recovery time. We can help!
I am running a raffle to benefit Jerry and his family. I will contribute a few instruments and my time. I will update everyone with the details as they become available. If anyone wishes to donate instruments or anything to this endeavor, please contact me. jessiefish@[REMOVESPAMBLOCKER]email.com Also - please let me know if you would like to be indentified as the giver of the prize donation(s). You can choose if you want to ship the prizes(s) to me or to the winner(s), but I would prefer if you ship directly to the winner(s).
After everyone has been picked and the stuff has been sorted through (when we know who is getting what), I will announce the winners.
Each ticket will cost $10 by check or $10.50 for those who want to use PayPal (I exceeded my quota for a personal PayPal account and had to switch to a business account) - send payment to my e-mail address, jessiefish@[REMOVESPAMBLOCKER]email.com . That means omit the “[REMOVESPAMBLOCKER]” part. I can also accomodate non-PayPal credit card payments for the same $10.50. Please send your (Visa or MC) card number and expiration date in e-mail (two separate ones if you are concerned about safety). I have an infant and would prefer not to receive phone calls. If you want to send a check (made out to Jessie Driscoll), my mailing address can be found at [link removed]. Please put your e-mail address somewhere in the envelope.
ATTN: I am saving e-mail addresses of everyone who buys one or more tickets or makes a donation, NOT entire names and addresses…there are too many. If you have a SPAM filter, please modify it to accept my e-mail address.
People are encouraged to purchase as many chances as they want. I will make a paper ticket for each entry and have someone pick tickets on May 1st. The first name chosen will be allowed to choose his or her prize from the ones available. And so on until all raffle prizes are chosen and given away.
So, please get back to me ASAP with instrument or other donations so I can post a list to the community (and Dale can hopefully get it out to the masses).
Feel free to start purchasing tickets ($10 by check and $10.50 PayPal or credit card payment by phone).
~Jessie
Update: So far, in order of receipt, we are confirmed for:
~Copeland brass soprano d whistle (from Tyghress)
~Reyburn d whistle (from Tyghress)
~Sweetheart cherry d fife (from Jessie)
~Silkstone alloy C whistle (from Jessie)
~Water Weasel d whistle
~Tunable Dixon d whistle w/ brass slide (from Aderyn)
~Susato Dublin Low D whistle (from Steven - NorCal)
~Previously loved copy of The Low Whistle Book & CD (from anonymous)
~Jerry-tweaked Shaw A whistle (from Charlie - chas)
~Jerry-tweaked Shaw Low D whistle (from Charlie - chas)
~Serpent SunSinger Bb whistle (anonymous)
~Reyburn narrow-bore Low G whistle (anonymous)
~Hoover Ski-pole Low G whistle (from Mack)
~Burke D brass session black-tipped whistle (anonymous)
~Reyburn Redesigned high d/c whistle set (from Ronaldo)
~Jerry-tweaked Generation d whistle (from Jerry)
~Jerry-tweaked Shaw d whistle (from Jerry)
~Syn Ironwood d whistle (from Erle Bartlett)
~Goldie Overton Alto F whistle (anonymous)
~Tully sterling silver d whistle (anonymous)
~Hoover CPVC C whistle (anonymous)
~Hoover Redwood and aluminum d whistle
~Silkstone Alloy d whistle (from Jeff Chronister)
~Stained Birdseye Maple Busman d whistle (from Paul Busman)
~Olwell Bamboo G flute (from Dale)
~Burke composite C whistle (from Jim Durdin, livethequestion)
~Jubilee Low D wide bore aluminum whistle (from Daniel Bingamon)
~Grinter red lancewood soprano d whistle (from Phil Osattin)
~A MadForTrad CD-ROM of winner’s choice (from Ciaran O Connell)
~Another MadForTrad CD-ROM of winner’s choice (from Ciaran also)
~Susato Low D whistle (from mamakash)
~Bernard Overton Low D tunable whistle (from Phil Brown at bigwhistle.co.uk)
~Dixon 3-piece tunable Low D whistle with carrier (also from Phil Brown)
~Tallgrass Winds Low D bamboo flute made by Steve Cox (from Mary Vollmert)
~Tallgrass Winds Eb bamboo flute (also from Mary Vollmert)
~$150 gift certificate to the whistleshop.com (from Thom Larson)
~Another $150 gift certificate to the whistleshop.com (from Thom)
~Beginning Whistler Set (from MyTinwhistle.com)
~15 copies (separate prizes) of Nadine Laughlin’s album, Beautiful Mystery (hear clips at http://www.nadinelaughlin.com )
~Dixon tunable Low D whistle (from Mike Johnston)
~Hoover Whitecap on Oak d tube (anonymous)
~6 Clarke Tinwhistle Gift Sets (from Clarke, 6 separate prizes)
~Susato tunable Low G whistle (from Peter Mogdans peteinmn)
Current number of people who have purchased one or more tickets: 209
Current raffle ticket count: 541
