LBJ Museum's Spring Shindig to benefit Lady Bird Johnson Endowment

Tickets for “Spring Shindig 2016: An LBJ Party at the Texas White House,” are on sale ahead of the April 23 event at the LBJ National Historic Park in Stonewall. The event, scheduled for 6 p.m., will benefit the Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson Endowment, which supports the museum’s exhibits and archives at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum of San Marcos.

The event will be the first fundraiser for the endowment that was created in October last year to honor Lady Bird Johnson’s contributions to her husband’s political career and the nation.

Johnson daughters Luci Johnson and Lynda Johnson Robb are the honorary chairs for the event.

“This endowment is a permanent fund, separate from the operating budget, to help the museum preserve the history of the formative years of President Lyndon B. Johnson while he was in college in San Marcos and as a teacher in South Texas,” said Dr. Ed Mihalkanin, museum president.

“These early years inspired and guided his many later achievements in civil rights, education and the War on Poverty,” added Sherwood Bishop, board vice president.

Spring Shindig guests will enjoy reserved parking and seating in the Live Oak Grove at LBJ’s Texas White House.

Entertainment will feature Texas music great Michael Martin Murphey, along with opening performances by Jan Seides and Ryan Scott Travis.

Kent Black’s famous barbecue brisket and sausage will be served, along with wine and beer tasting from Hill Country wineries and breweries. The program will include a live auction of unique items.

All tickets must be purchased in advance. Individual tickets are $90 and may be purchased online at www.lbjmuseum.com/springshindig.

The museum is dedicated to the years President Johnson spent as a college student at Texas State University in San Marcos and his experiences as a teacher in South Texas.

The Claudia Taylor Johnson Endowment will raise funds from donations and gifts to create new exhibits, update existing exhibits, support museum programs, obtain new artifacts, and to host visiting exhibits from other museums.

Sponsorships are available at the following levels:

• Presidential ($10,000): Pre-event reception with special guests, reserved table for eight in prime location, elegant keepsake gifts, VIP parking, sponsorship listing and table recognition
• Vice Presidential ($7,500): Pre-event reception with special guests, reserved table for 8 in prime location; elegant keepsake gifts, VIP parking, sponsorship listing and table recognition.
• Senatorial ($5,000): Reserved table for 8 in prime location, elegant keepsake gifts, reserved parking, sponsorship listing and table recognition
• Congressional ($2,500): Reserved table for 8 with preferred seating, keepsake gifts, reserved parking, sponsorship listing & table recognition
• Wildflower ($1,000): Reserved table for 8, reserved parking, preferred seating, sponsorship listing and table recognition.

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Museum is located at 131 North Guadalupe Street, San Marcos. It is free and open to the public Thursday-Saturdays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

For more information about sponsorships, contact Suzanne Perkins, event coordinator, at 830-385-1645, suzanne@lbjmuseum.com.