July Event Results
July 23rd 2010 Posted at July 2010, Winning Grants
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Last night was another successful dinner! Twenty-eight of us dined at the Huntington Dance Theater allowing the artist fund to build to $280.00 once again.
The food at the dinner was amazing! Amanda Kolling prepared a wonderful Mediterranean spread. Shelly Keeney and Dominique Wong graciously donated a variety of cheeses and homemade bread for the affair. Shelly and Dominique run the local Yellow Goat Farm where all of the cheese they provided was made.
We had 4 amazing artist presentations covering a variety of ideas and arts. Thomas McChesney is a local community leader that would like to develop a series of small park concerts with varying musicians and musical styles. 
Charlie Del Papas has an innovative rehabilitation and beautification plan for the flood wall near Harris River Front Park. 
Plus, Doug Brooks presented his project of having an Art and Spoken Word expo. He also hopes to add a theatrical production during the expo as well. All in all, amazing projects all well deserving of the funding. The winner of the $280.00 Artist Fund was Laura Finlay. Laura was there petitioning on behalf of Huntington Dance Theater’s upcoming summer intensive to help reduce the cost of bringing in Master Dancers from other areas. Some people are unaware of the fact that the Huntington Dance Theater is run by a volunteer staff, including their teachers.
As the votes were being tallied, the Huntington Dance Theater put on several delightful performances ranging from tap, classical arrangements, and even an original piece of choreography.
We were honored to have Dave Lavendar from the Herald Dispatch come and partipate in the dinner. CAFE would like to thank Dave for the article in Sunday July 25th paper.
A special thanks to Toril Lavender for supplying the photos from the events. Check out more of her beautiful work at http://www.lavenderphotography.com/
It was a great dinner and fun was had by all.
