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Incoming Bloomingdale High School freshman Jorge Martinez, with his parents, Maria and Jorge, and brother, Emilio.
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).
Artists from as far away as Vermont turned out for the first annual Brandon '86 Rotary Winthrop Art Festival. “Everything here today is very impressive,” said Ryan Odiorne a glassblower who helped judge the contest with fellow artist Bryant Martinez, above. “The quality of the work goes from very good to excellent. The work is just unbelievable.” The winners were: Best of Show, sculptor Trent Manning; Award of Excellence, painter David Kennedy; Award of Distinction, mixed media artist Greg Jones; Award of Merit, mixed media artist Rick Sanders; the honorable mention winners were: furniture artist Andy Dilly, mixed media artist Bill Lauther, jewelry artist Dan Balk, glass artist Josephine Espinosa, painter Tony Swartwood and painter Logegoria Rodriguez. Brandon ’86 Rotary also added a special twist to the event which took place at the same time as the Kentucky Derby. Each table was assigned a horse in the race which was screened live at the barn on a large-screen TV.
"This is my second consecutive year" as drum major for the Tampa Bay Technical High School Marching Band, said senior Justin Martinez, at the Oct. 10, 2008 away football game against Armwood. "I've been doing this since I was in middle school, playing music." Martinez played the clarinet in sixth grade, the bass clarinet in grades 7 and 8 and was the drum major in eighth grade at Pierce Middle School. As for his future? "I'll probably minor in music [at college]," he said. "I want to major in business management. I want to be an entrepreneur. I love math, it's my favorite subject."
Dinah Martinez, the "Puerto Rico Contessa."
Incoming Bloomingdale High School freshman Jorge Martinez, with his parents, Maria and Jorge, and brother, Emilio.
Incoming Bloomingdale High School freshman Jorge Martinez, with his parents, Maria and Jorge, and brother, Emilio.
Incoming Bloomingdale High School freshman Jorge Martinez, with his parents, Maria and Jorge, and brother, Emilio.
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