View the bottom to see all the great new items we dug up add to that literally tens of thousands of art and craft items, fabric, sewing, art supplies and more treasures.
Thursday July 30th from 9am-6pm
Friday 9am-6pm.
Saturday 7am-2pm.
[address removed for privacy]
Fair pricing all day Thursday 9am-6pm.
Half price Friday all day 9am-6pm.
Half price Saturday 7am-12noon then boxlot pricing $5 per box 12noon-2pm.
Free items will be given from the driveway and garage on
Saturday at 2 pm so bring plenty of boxes!
We invite you over to the famous Broadway Stage Manager Lani Ball’s House in Davis.
We have a write up about her below the sale information for those of you who would like to know more about this delightful character.
Also a link to a great interview Lani did in Yosemite
at my favorite restaurant and hotel…The Awhanee Hotel
About the sale; needless to say everything there is fabulous because it was chosen by Lani.
The textiles, clothing, artwork, rugs, furniture, decor, garden art, pots, plants, jewelry, and everything she owned was just top-notch and fantastic. You will LOVE this sale not just because I say you will, but trust me, you just will. This will be a delightful day in memory of a delightful lady and you will be glad you came over to Davis to see what she had collected.
Those of you who like a project or two, Lani had TWO rooms full of crafts, sewing, art supplies, do-dads and just great fun lady stuff to dig through. Her friends called her a hoarder…I can her an endless romantic;
always hoping and planning for more hands, more time, more energy and more opportunity to finish what she started…and who in the lot of us has not hoped or prayed for that?!?
Lani Ball, stage manager; dies at 74
Theatrical stage manager on Broadway, for touring companies and international
corporate events, Lani Ball died from complications of a heart attack in Davis, CA.,
on June 27, 2015. She was 74.
Ms. Ball was born on Christmas Day, 1940, in Honolulu (hence her name, inspired by
her parents’ wedding song, “Sweet Leilani, Heavenly Flower”). The family relocated to
Sacramento, and Lani attended local schools including Sierra Elementary and
McClatchy Senior High, where she developed interest in the theatre. Attending San
Francisco State University, she majored in theatre with a concentration on acting, but
soon discovered a talent for stage management, and pursued that path.
She worked at the San Francisco Actors Workshop in the ’60s, under the direction of
Jules Irving and Herbert Blau. After a few years there, the company was invited to
create a repertory theatre program for the new Vivian Beaumont Theatre at New York’s
Lincoln Center. Lani was among the 25 company members chosen for the relocation.
She eventually became one of the company’s lead stage managers, which led to other
work on Broadway starting in the late ’60s through the ’80s, most notably the original
production of “HAIR,” “Cyrano the Musical” starring Christopher Plummer, and the
revival of “Sweet Charity” with Debbie Allen. This was one of the last productions
director/choreographer Bob Fosse worked on before he died in 1987.
Lani also served as stage manager for touring productions of “A Chorus Line,” “Anything
Goes,” and “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” and was one of the stage managers during the five-year
run of “The Phantom of the Opera” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
In 1968, Lani stage-managed the five summer repertory productions of the original
California Shakespeare Festival in Los Gatos, CA. She also served as assistant to
Elizabeth Huddle, Artistic Director of the Portland Center Stage in Oregon; Lani and Liz
had known each other since high school, and worked together at SFSU, the Actors
Workshop, and at CSF.
In her later years, Ms. Ball worked as coordinator and stage manager of Fortune 500
corporation events throughout the United States and abroad. She retired and bought a
home in Davis in 2005, where she lived until her death.
Lani has no survivors, except for her hundreds of friends and acquaintances.
shared by her loving friends
We thank you for your patronage and also the read.
Jen and crew
