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Party All The Time! Posted on May 8, 2013
Not exactly news, but I LUV big events. I’m not someone who shies away from a crowd. I enjoy them, the people watching, meeting new people and chatting. Good – or better yet, GREAT – food is a bonus. This past Saturday evening I attended the 21st annual Chef’s Gala for the Heart of Florida United Way. The event had 1,100 attendees and took place at the Epcot World Showplace. It raised a record $296,000 for the United Way and all the many programs it supports in A truly wonderful event, congratulations to Heart of Florida United Way on such a grand, fun and delicious success!
Central Florida. It had lots of people, great food and so much more. I rode to the event with Rebekah Brown from Winter Park’s own The
Marketing Square. As much as I enjoy big events, I loathe driving to and from them, so if I did not say it enough on Saturday night, THANK YOU, Rebekah! We got to the event, parked in the far eastern portion of the Epcot lot, boarded a bus to go into the park. Our bus was to be “volunteers”, but included bloggers / media types like ourselves and others who should get there early. I was sitting on the bus as Rebekah talked on her phone and greeted a few of our fellow coach companions,
Heart of Florida United Way President Robert “Bob” Brown and his wife, Mary, at Saturday evening’s big event.
complimenting one woman’s dark black with blue sequin-paisley jacket and then her husband’s colorfully cubist, Missoni-esque tie. Once we were at the facility, entered via the red carpet I began checking out the two long tables presenting 190 silent auction items donated for the event and saw LOTS of names I know from Winter Park and will detail below. But I was a bit amused as Lisa Junkerman, the Vice President of Marketing & Communications, came around and said she wanted to introduce me to the President of their organization, Robert (Bob) Brown. I walked over as he turned around and it was the guy with the great tie. He said he already knew me and I remarked again on his great tie. It’s a little thing, but I think provided great synchronicity for the rest of the night, as I interacted with Bob and his wife, Mary, others I’d met during casual conversations early on. It’s important to have people to joke around with no matter the event. Laughter, raving about amazing food, most else is best in groups. A few observations about the early evening . . . . First, when you see the employee lot behind the scenes you understand – if you didn’t know already – just how many people Locally Mickey Mouse employs. Living in Winter Park, it’s easy to forget Mickey and Minnie, their neighbors Hulk and Spiderman, Shamu and all the rest are down there. Even as I will surely lull back into that state of obliviousness, I will Follow
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