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Individual Sponsors David Boaz Carmen Bannon Anna Davis Julie Hampton Bar Awards Fun Fact:
Once all is said and done, the total contributions to Legal Aid of NC’s Raleigh office raised through the Bar Awards may cross the $900,000 threshold after tonight’s event! Be sure to purchase raffle tickets and auction items to be a part Bar Awards history!
2022 Wake County Bar Awards ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS Welcome | David Boaz, Bar Awards Chair Between Two Bars Part 1 Ted Lawsso
Wish This Were Clear | The Acoustic Sensation Band Presentation of the Golden Limine Tour of Legal Aid of NC’s Raleigh Office Select Committee to Investigate the April 20th Covid Attack on the Legal Profession Still the One | The Acoustic Sensation Band Presentation of the Golden Limine for Wade Smith The Importance of Giving Ashley | The Acoustic Sensation Band Presentation of the Golden Limine for Ashley Campbell LIVE AUCTION & RAFFLE Between Two Bars Part 2 A Public Service Announcement from the NC State Bar Everyone’s Favorite Annual Staff Video Blinding Tights | The Acoustic Sensation Band Presentation of the Golden Limine for District Court Judge Ashleigh Dunston Thanks & Goodnight FIN
The Show Head Writer Sean “Don’t Ask Me About Jamaica” Cole Musical Director Sean “I Have a Record Deal Now” Timmons Lead Cat Herder & Emcee David “What Have I Done to Deserve This” Boaz Performers Carmen Bannon Seth Blum Sean Cole Angela Craddock Katherine Frye Warren Savage Kendra Stark Brian Oten Deonte’ Thomas The Acoustic Sensation Band Sean Timmons, Guitar Tim Carraway, Guitar
Wish This Were Clear
(to the tune of “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd) So, so you think you’ll eFile Well not for a while But still we’ll train Can you remember all We learned near the Mall Until next Fall When you finally e-File Did they get you to trade Your pages for bytes Deadlines will be tight But Odyssey brings ease! Around twenty forty-three When we exchange A clerk helping us downtown For Siri’s pitiless frown How I wish, how I wish this were clear We don’t know this crap It’s a malpractice trap No it’s not clear Most us of can’t printers work You’ll drive us berserk In about 15 years, Wish this were clear . . .
Still the One
(to the tune of “Still the One” by Orleans) You’ve been a lawyer since nineteen-ten Mentoring us like a jedi named Qui-Gon Jin And we want you to know, after all these years You’re still the one we want whisperin’ in our ears You’re still the one I, that’s what we said, Still the one fillin’ up our heads You’re still having fun, and you’re still the one Justice Higgins hired you as a clerk Then you moved to the DA’s office for your work Now time has come, that you want to go (you want to go) But when we need advice, where we will go? You’re still the one, loves law more than golf Still the one like our own Gandalf You’re still having fun, and you’re still the one You’re still the one, makin’ Bloomsbury strong Still the one when you sing along Looks like you’re having fun, and you’re still the one (Yes, you are) Leaving? Super Lawyers clears some room Martindale and Best Lawyers, too. . . . You’re still the one with a magic touch Telling stories we can’t get enough You’re still having fun, and you’re still the one You’re still the one, playin’ piano tunes You’re still the one, guitar and banjo too You’re a one-man-band, and you’re still the one You are still the one makin’ the DA’s shout Still the one, we sing songs about You’re still having fun, and you’re still the one You’re still the one Yeah, still the one We’ll miss all the fun But you’re still the one
Ashley
(to the tune of “Roxanne” by The Police) Ashley Now you get to fight the good fight Those days are over Now you get to always fight the good fight Ashley No need to bill your time tonight No more billing clients You know it’s not wrong it’s all right Ashley Now you get to fight the good fight Ashley Now you get to fight the good fight Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) OH! The legislature’s rude, yeah They show bad attitude, yeah Their funding shows you just how they feel They won’t share with folks in real need We know your mind is made up Your soul’s got the right make up Came through just when they needed you most At Legal Aid Ashley Now you get to fight the good fight Ashley Now you get to fight the good fight Ashley (Now you get to fight the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight) Ashley (fightin’ the good fight)
Blinding Tights
(to the tune of “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd) NO! Man we’re tryna case You’ve been on your own for long enough Someone needs to teach you how to dress (Help me!) When picking out ya drawers Wear the ones that have a butt and crotch You’re not at the gynecologist, baby I look at the ground So I don’t see your privates (ugh!) Can another judge spell me? (ugh!) I can see clearly to your bowels Good lord, Ooooh, you’re binded by those tights Tonight, I’ll need something stronger than Scotch Get help! Owwwww! You’re strangling they’re so tight I see enough to know you need a truss (No, no, no) If I give you some time Could you go and get yourself a shirt One with sleeves but without Kurt Cobain’s, face, oh This person’s in a onesie (oh!) And this one’s dressed just like (wow!) Whitey Bear the Old Streetwise Pimp Oh, oh, no I said, oooh, I’m blinded by your tights Tonight the Ambien just won’t be enough Looks like, twooooo, badgers in a fight The SPCA’s coming with a truck I just have to ask, I’ve got to know (ask I’ve got to know) Where you keep your keys and your cell phone (keys and your cell phone) Stop! That was the wrong thing to ask (whew) I said, ugh, we’re binded by your tights From a distance it’s still a bad touch (hey! Hey! HEY!!!) I said, baaaailiff confiscate those tights Then club my head with your trusty baton ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
WCBA Bar Awards Executive Committee David Boaz, Chair Jordan Gross, Vice Chair Yvonne Armendariz, WCBA President Sarah Beth Barnes, Sponsorship Rob Rader, Sponsorship Mary Scruggs, Auction Carmen Bannon, Creative Sean Cole, Head Writer Sean Timmons, Musical Director Sarah Privette, Past Chair John Ward, Immediate Past Chair David Sherlin, Past Vice Chair
Sponsorship Committee Sarah Beth Barnes, Co-Chair Rob Rader, Co-Chair
David Boaz Brianne Glass Bryan Cantley Jordan Gross James Hash Debbie Hildebran-Bachofen
Auction Committee Mary Scruggs, Chair Shannon Joseph Molly Martinson John Ward
Creative Team
Carmen Bannon, Chair Seth Blum Tim Carraway Sean Cole Angela Craddock Brian Oten Deonte’ Thomas Sean Timmons
John Mabe Kimberly Miller Joe Morahan Jacob Morse Mary Scruggs John Ward
Special Thanks to our Live Auction and Raffle Contributors All-American Heating & Air Benchwarmers Bagels Boulted Bread Bright Spot Donuts Cantina 18 Empire Eats Gregg and Ellen Hardy (Tarheel Basketball Tix) JustGreen Lawn & Landscaping Raleigh Reclaimed Raleigh Wine Shop Reliable Jewelry & Loan Shibumi Spiffy & Shine Vita Vite Wyrick Robbins (Hurricanes Box Suite Tix)
A Brief History of the Golden Limine
T
he most prestigious commendation in the history of local bar associations, the much coveted Golden Limine is named for Lord Ethelbert Athelstan Rumple Budweiser Vortigern Luxury Gofraid Fruitbat Hypotenuse Limine (1543-1839), the much celebrated English Barrister. As recounted by Blackstone in his seminal work Commentaries on the Law of England, Limine’s litigation practices were renowned throughout the British Isles. His signature maneuver was first revealed in a case in which he was defending a man charged with second degree (unpremeditated) shearing of a neighbor’s sheep. Limine arranged to have a horse placed in the audience for the closing arguments, and when the jury returned a verdict of guilty, Limine’s client jumped on the horse and rode out of the courtroom, and indeed the county, before the judge could impose a sentence.
Bar Awards Fun Fact: The first Bar Awards held in 2008 raised a grand total of $4,960. We’ve come a long way, baby!
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