Wow! and I was worried no one was going to come!! Last night was the launch party of ART IN PLACE and it went off.

All the boxes were ticked we had

- great art (thanks to all the local talent)
- good food (thanks to Michael and the team at Bean Counter)
- lots of cold drinks (thanks to Emma’s wheeling and dealing!)
- kids (thanks to all youse who had them)
- community (YOU)
- music (thanks Jim and Dave)

The gang from APPLEBOX, Bean Counter Cafe, SilverPrint, Carlo’s Upholstery and David Johns Gallery are THRILLED to the back teeth with the response we got last night. (spotted - 6.30pm one nervous presenter at the train station soliciting potential attendees with the promise of free drinks… what was she worried about?!) One estimate brought it in at 200 people at the 7.30pm peak.

I can’t tell you how nice it was to see people come together for last nights event. It was a perfect balmy evening and I think was a sign of many more events to come. I know sometimes APPLEBOX can tend to turn into a quasi bar but it would be nice to add that to the family as it’s a great place to hang out in the twilight. We had one customer researching us getting a license last night!!!

Keep your eye out for the Leader article in the next edition about ART IN PLACE. A big thank you to all the artists for sharing their talent and an extra big thanks to Emma Barnes who pulled the shebang together. We love our community and were so pleased to spend more time with you last night in a celebration of your talent.

I will get the technical one in the family to attach the photographs for all of you who missed the big night. Make sure you come down and have a look at all the artwork, will be up on the walls until the 23rd of December.

UPDATE - Photos are now online.
See all the photos (then hit the top right link for a slideshow)

Posted December 7th, 2007 under APPLEBOX Goings On.
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