Here Come the Mummies, a Nashville-based funk/R&B band whose nine members dress in full mummy costumes, will accentuate the fun in fundraiser as the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library hosts its fifth annual Club Lib on Saturday.
“It’s a special year,” community relations coordinator Andria Davis said, noting it’s the first year the event will have a live band. “Every year we try to come up with something new and different.”
The fact the band was available is exciting, she said. The fact Here Come the Mummies was available two weeks before Halloween is even better, she said.
The band plays its original music and always has been popular in Chattanooga, Davis said.
Each previous Club Lib event has had themed areas, and this one will be no exception, she said. This year’s adults-only event, in keeping with its costumed guests, will be Egyptian themed, she said.
Among the designated areas will be the Chamber of Treasures, where the record 120-plus silent-auction items will be displayed; the Burial Chamber, which will be the main dance area; the Hookah Bar, the roped-off and tented outside patio; the Haunted Mansion, the third-floor room where VIP
guests can dine on upscale hors d’oeuvres and receive chair massages; and the Graveyard, the third-floor patio.
IF YOU GO* What: Club Lib.* When: 7-11 p.m. Saturday.* Where: Bicentennial Library, 1001 Broad St.* Admission: $75 general admission, $110 VIP admission.* Website: www.clublibevent.com.
Guests are encouraged to come in costume, and there will be a costume contest, with prizes given for Best Individual, Best Couple and Best Group winners.
Tarot card readings and photos will be available for $5 each, but VIP guests will get a reading and a photo, along with a massage, valet parking, express check-in and a private pre-party, with their admission.
The fundraiser will be catered by Events With Taste, and a full bar will be available.
Davis said proceeds from Club Lib will fund renovations to the Children’s Department.
“Nothing’s been done there since [the library opened in] 1976,” she said.
The original wooden gazebo will be replaced by a $25,000, technologically advanced, interactive literacy station, Davis said. The area also will receive new carpet, furniture and blinds.
“We want to make it more comfortable for families in the area,” she said.
If additional money is available, materials will be purchased for children’s departments throughout the library system.