Have I told you that I have the best job in the world??? No??? Well... I have the best job in the world!!! Our Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce (my employer) hosted the Punta Gorda Wine and Jazz Festival this past weekend. We began selling tickets April 7, 2010. Ticket prices were $75-$130 per person. The ticket price included 3 headline performers, all the food, wine, beer provided by over 25 local vendors. VIP tickets sold out in May with the Premium tickets selling out in June. The performers this year were Mindi Abair (the mystery sax player from the last season of American Idol, Peter White-Jazz guitarist and Russ Freeman & the Rippingtons. Our venue is the local park located on the harbor. The weekend started Friday night with a VIP reception at the Visual Arts Center for all VIP ticket holders. Mindi and he husband made a special guest appearance....
Saturday was the main event..... The weather was perfect as were the musicians, attendees, the food, the wine, the beer.... I took tons of photos and when I was looking at them, there was one theme... Smile... I put some of the photos together with one of my favorite Mindi Abair songs "Smile" and made my first movie!!
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyNB3fnf2QY&feature=g-upl&context=G2cc2986AUAAAAAAAAAA
On Sunday we had a brunch at the local yacht club with 250 people attending. In the afternoon a concert in the park by one of our local musicians. The weather was not agreeable.... very windy, rain off an on, so the camera stayed in the car.
Needless to say, there was no stitching done this week with the extended work hours. I'm on exhausted puppy!!!
Enjoy your day.... and Smile!
xoxo ~~m~~
