The table with all the luck on the night belonged to Harlow Manning, with her parents, Daphne and Trent, and artists Marie Roberts, left, and Beverly Gustafson. Mannng received the night's highest honor, Best of Show, and the table had the winning horse in the Kentuck Derby, the 50-1 shot, Mine That Bird. - MyPaperNow.com

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Artists from as far away as Vermont turned out for the Brandon '86 Rotary's First Annual Winthrop Art Festival, held May 1-3, 2009, at the New Urbanism community in the Greater Brandon area. The three-day festival in Riverview, Fla., drew more than 80 artists. The awards ceremony was held May 2 in the Barn Theatre at Winthrop, an occasion at which the Rotary club also celebrated the Kentucky Derby (hence, the hats!) with a large-screen television viewing of the race. Each table was assigned a horse in the race and, as luck would have it, the Manning table also won that contest as well.

The three-day festival opened with a Friday night "Chillville," featuring a Reggae band and a unique, and artistic, look for the former working barn's old cow troth.

“Everything here today is very impressive,” said glassblower artist and Rotarian Ryan Odiorne, pictured at left, with Winthrop Town Artist Bryant Martinez, at the awards presentation. “The quality of the work goes from very good to excellent. The work is just unbelievable.”

Sculptor Trent Manning, center, received the show's highest honor, Best of Show, and a check for $3,000. With him are festival chairman Mary Boor, left, and Brandon '86 Rotary President, and former Honorary Mayor of Brandon, Becky Jordan.

The list of winners also includes: painter David Kennedy (Award of Excellence, $1,500), mixed-media artist Gregory Jones (Award of Distinction, $750) and Rick Sanders (Award of Merit, $500). Honorable mention recognition went to five artists, each of whom received a check for $250: Bill Darrah (mixed media), Dan Balk (jewelry), Josephina Espinosa (glass artist), Anthony Swartwood (painter), and Lodegario Rodriguez Reumel (painter).

Mary Boor, chairman of the Brandon '86 Rotary First Annual Winthrop Art Fest, met with the winning artists at the end of the awards ceremony / Kentucky Derby gathering, May 2, 2009, at the Barn Theatre at Winthrop.

Pictured are seven of the 10 winning artists. From left: Dan Balk (Honorable Mention), Lodegario Rodriguez Reumel (Honorable Mention), Anthony Swartwood (Honorable Mention), Rick Sanders (Award of Merit), Gregory Jones (Award of Distinction), Trent Manning (Best of Show), and David Kennedy (Award of Excellence). Not pictured: Honorable Mention winners Andy Dilley, Bill Darrah, and Josephina Espinosa.

Brandon '86 Rotary President Becky Jordan recognized Winthrop Town Founder and fellow Rotarian John Sullivan, at the awards ceremony for the Brandon '86 Rotary First Annual Winthrop Art Festival, May 2, 2009. The awards were given at the Rotary's Kentucky Derby gathering at the Barn Theatre at Winthrop. The three-day art festival ends Sunday, May 3, with artists on display outside the Times Building in Winthrop, a Greek Classical building off Bloomingdale Avenue in Riverview, Fla., in the Greater Brandon area.

Derby hat model, Sydney Odiorne, at the Brandon '86 Rotary First Annual Winthrop Art Festival awards ceremony at the Barn Theatre at Winthrop.

Brandon '86 Rotarian, and presdent, Becky Jordan, with Rick Sanders, winner of the Award of Merit.

The table with all the luck on the night belonged to Harlow Manning, with her parents, Daphne and Trent, and artists Marie Roberts, left, and Beverly Gustafson. Mannng received the night's highest honor, Best of Show, and the table had the winning horse in the Kentuck Derby, the 50-1 shot, Mine That Bird.

Decked out in her Derby hat, Heather Dunmire, with her boyfriend, artist Anthony "Tony" Swartwood, who received Honorable Mention recognition for his exhibit at the Brandon '86 Rotary First Annual Winthrop Art Fest.

Brandon '86 Rotarians Ted and Karen Wilson, Debbie Meegan, and Sharon Silver, at the May 2 event at the Barn Theatre at Winthrop.

Winthrop Art Fest judges Ryan Odiorne, left, and Bryant Martinez, right, with festival chairman Mary Boor and Winthrop Town Founder John Sullivan.

The table with all the luck on the night belonged to Harlow Manning, with her parents, Daphne and Trent, and artists Marie Roberts, left, and Beverly Gustafson. Mannng received the night's highest honor, Best of Show, and the table had the winning horse in the Kentuck Derby, the 50-1 shot, Mine That Bird.

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