I am using this theme:
http://www.gavick.com/wordpress-themes/meet-gavernwp,97.html
I tried to enable the 2011 standard theme, and had to move the widget to another area to check, but then it did display properly. I am pretty much tied in to using the theme I am using though, so I will have to check with the theme developer.
Here's the page though that I am trying to include on the homepage, if that might give you any clues to the problem with my theme:
http://174.36.179.67/~bchighla/front-page-content/