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Uploaded: Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 3:36 PM
Wine fest raises $25,000
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| The 25th annual Alamo Music and Wine Festival, sponsored by Alamo Rotary, raked in $25,000, which will be used for college scholarships and service projects, said club president Al Makely. Around 3,000 people attended the event on Sept. 8.
"We made record profits," Makely said. "The music was well-received. We got tremendous compliments. We considered it a block party. We got great publicity."
The majority of the money will be used for scholarships. Some funds will be donated to student service clubs, as well as used for local projects, Makely said, such as the benches throughout Alamo.
At the event, Rotary named retired Deputy Fire Chief Chris Suter as Citizen of the Year.
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Posted by Dennis Crane, a resident of the Alamo neighborhood, on Sep 20, 2007 at 5:11 pm Hey, my Livorna West neighbors were right!
The Alamo Music Festival was a great opportunity for all neighbors to come together and enjoy being a community. Congratuations to the Rotary and all other community groups for their efforts. They stood in the shadows and let the community simply celebrate.
And MONEY for music would be a great result for our schools and scholarship programs.
We are a community that can come together more often and create good results. The holidays are coming from Halloween to New Years and lets keep the momentum going.
The other Denny Crane,
Dennis
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