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"35th annual National Shrimp Festival set a record for highest attendance, said Michelle Brown, special events director for the Alabama Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce, which sponsors the event. Last year, about 300,000 people attended the festival, Brown said. "We have clearly passed that number," Brown said Sunday, ...Retail and beer sales were also up over the 2005 event, Brown said. Tim Neilson, bass player for the Southern rock band Drivin' N' Cryin' that played at the event Saturday night, said the setting was ideal for their taste. The highlight for Neilson was the crowd's response to one of the Georgia bands more popular tunes "Fly Me Courageous," he said. "It was great. It was an awesome crowd, perfect weather," Neilson said. "We would love to come back next year." Jean McKee, a Spanish Fort artist who was selling her acrylic paintings on canvas, said sales were strong, but it was the surroundings that highlighted h...

was a huge success. I slept till 9 a.m. this morning. No alarm, I just wanted to sleep as late as I felt like. Whew....and I get to use a real bathroom today....yipee. The weather was perfect all weekend. Some people even commented that they thought Sat's weather made it the most perfect day they could ever remember. My friends, Jane, Glenn, Joy, Marti, Tab all were tremendous help in the Poster Tent. I also got assigned some great volunteers that I had not met before. We sold a ton of 2006 shrimp fest posters and a bunch of the older ones as well. Poster artist, Patty Mauldin came on Sat aft. to sign posters in person and I got to meet her. She is the sweetest, cutiest thing. From Laurel , MS and has a place in Orange Beach. The Poster Tent was located pretty near the East Stage, so we could hear all the music that happened on that stage and for the most part it was not so loud where we were that we could not hear or talk to customers. We were open on 3 sides, so we had a great ...

Blogger (Google) is gradually converting all their blogs to new software, BloggerBeta. The new version has some different features and they invite blogs to convert a few at a time. I'm a convert. Long time no post ! I have been really busy, and too tired to post when not busy. Shrimp Fest is next week. I'm in charge of a new tent this year. it is for the Chamber and is for selling just posters, all the previous years official posters as well as 2006. There is a whole lot to be rounded up and readied, including trying to be sure that I have enuf friends volunteering so that I do not have to be there every single second of all 4 days. Additionally, I have to make a notebook that tells what is needed and how to do the set-up for future volunteers. And, on top of that, I have to get all the merchandise photographed and everything ready for the SF merchandise web site to go on sale immediately after the close of SF. It sure is great that Heather is out of school this semester and he...