Gotta dance: Adult tap lessons and more
Can't stop those dancing feet? Then step up and bid on this great offer from Bonnie Gray Productions: 10 tap dance classes for a beginner or advanced beginner adult student. Plus: This auction item also includes two private dance lessons, good for a couple or a single, from Arthur Murray Dance. Learn ballroom, Latin, even hip-hop — before you know it you'll be dancing around the living room to Dancing with the Stars! Bidding starts at: $50. Value: $355.
VIP passes to the Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
An item no movie fan can pass up: Two Crown Circle passes to the Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (TIGLFF), winner of Best Film Festival in CL's Best of the Bay Readers' Poll. Crown Circle pass holders get into all screenings for free, plus they're admitted early (no waiting in those long lines) and enjoy a complimentary beverage at all Tampa Theatre screenings. The 2012 fest begins Oct. 4. Bidding starts at: $25. Value: $250.
The Scarface Sampler
Say hello to your little friend! Win this bid and get: a copy of the killer limited-edition Blu-ray of the Al Pacino/Brian DePalma Miami mob epic Scarface; a film-appropriate $50 gift card from from Ybor City landmark King Corona; and a sampler pack of brews from Tampa's Cigar City Brewery. As a special bonus, we're throwing in '80s-tastic flicks Brazil (with Robert De Niro) and the original Conan The Barbarian (featuring the Governator in all his buff glory), both on Blu-ray. Act quickly, or get chopped up in the shower by a chainsaw... Bidding starts at: $25. Value: $200.
Fans of the small screen need to break from their couch coma and check out this auction item. The winning bidder will receive an incredible assortment of TV shows on DVD, including The Office: Season 7, The Bionic Woman (Seasons 2 & 3, with Lindsay Wagner), House: Season 7, Parenthood: Season 2, The Cape: The Complete Series and Eureka: Season 4. As a special bonus, we're throwing in the complete miniseries The Kennedys (starring Greg Kinnear and Katie Holmes) on Blu-Ray. Ask not what The Children's Home can do for you... Bidding starts at: $25. Value: $150.
Hollywood Blockbuster DVD Package
Relive some of the year's biggest hits or get acquainted with movies you missed by winning this blockbuster DVD package. Included are the Vin Diesel/Paul Walker mega-hit Fast Five; the Kristin Wiig and Melissa McCarthy comedy smash Bridesmaids; Matt Damon and Emily Blunt on the run in The Adjustment Bureau; Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts in the cheesy-but-charming Larry Crowne; and as a special bonus, Channing Tatum's Roman epic The Eagle on Blu-ray. Act fast, or you'll be furious. Bidding starts at: $20. Value: $100.
Reel Terror/Uh-Oh Show VIP Experience
Be afraid, horror movie fans. The winner of this auction will receive deluxe VIP treatment at next October's third annual Reel Terror Film Festival, including two tickets to the event, special reserved seating, and free food and drink from the concession stand. To hold the winner over until then, we're also including a DVD of Reel Terror 2011 film The Uh-Oh Show autographed by director (and horror film-making legend) Herschell Gordon Lewis, and a poster from the movie signed by members of the cast. So good it's scary... Bidding starts at: $25. Value: $125.
Passes for two to every CL movie preview in 2012
Ever come to the CL offices to get passes to a sneak preview of an upcoming flick, only to be shut out because they're all gone when you get here? Never again! The winner of this auction will get first dibs on every movie pass we get in 2012. CL doesn't get everything, but chances are that if you want to see it, we're going to have it. (Keep in mind, these are passes, not tickets. You will still have to show up at the theater early to get seats.) Getting into a preview of the latest blockbuster is a rare treat. Scoring passes for two for a year of blockbusters? That's incredible. Bidding starts at: $50. Value: Priceless.
Custom rap tune from Big Cheese
Like a Weird Al with swagger, Big Cheese, aka Jakeem Johnson, is our local parody master and has been featured on Tosh.0 and G-4 TV. He went viral nationwide with his parody of Plies' "Becky": "Gimme Dat Bacon." Now, he's willing to rap for you. Let the Best of the Bay winner write a tribute, call out your mean boss, lay down some rhymes for your boo — whatever. It's your call, and he's at your service. Bidding starts at: $50. Value: $300.