Cafe Huntington

Last night, Dec 13, 2011 we had a great CAFE event featuring four awesome projects. The first presentation was by Tonya Beckett, a local artist who recently setup her own shop, studio, and mini-gallery at a local flea market. The second presenter was Kim Baker of River and Rail Bakery. Kim has been a long time supporter of the CAFE dinners by providing baked goods but this time she came looking to raise money to get a small refrigerated display cabinet. Up third was Sean Knisely and his parter with Huntington Underground. They have a website that helps keep the region connected to all the live local music going on. They recently created a sample CD that highlights some of the best bands in the area. They give the CD’s away for free and were looking for the money to help offset the cost of the sampler CD so that they could make more going into the future. Our final presenter was Norman Branch who was representing the Stars R Us Theater troupe. Norman and his troupe are a small acting company that have been putting on various performances since apx 2005. They are trying to raise money to get some audio equipment (small headset microphones) so that the audience is better able to hear the actors.

Once again it was a difficult decision and, as often happens, the final vote difference was 1. Huntington Underground won by the narrowest of margins and we both congratulate them as well as look forward to their return in three months to let us know how progress is going on the next sampler CD.

Thank you to everyone who attended the dinner. Your time and money both help expand the creative community within Huntington. Great things are happening around us everyday and you are each a part of making it happen. Thanks.