I have a vision, says Anne Hunter
By Deborah Wheeler
Anne Hunter is a visionary.
Hunter recognizes that the County Road 30A area has always served as inspiration for up-and-coming artists of all genres, dating back to days and nights spent here by Hank Williams, Sr.
Since opening Cerulean?s Coffee and Wine Bar at WaterColor, Hunter has offered the shop?s walls to local visual artists to showcase their work.
She has done the same in offering Cerulean?s stage to a rotating slate of local and visiting performing artists.
Hunter was struck by the abundance of talent ? all drawn to the area by its beauty, as she was.
Hunter?s vision is to organize the talent into a traveling show with various performers entertaining at different locales weekly on 30A. She likens the weaving together of talent to Bob Dylan?s Rolling Thunder Review of the 1970s.
However, here, it would be the 30-A Revue.
The first 30-A Revue, held Dec. 9 at Cerulean?s, featured Ricki Comeaux, Robert Vest and the Vest family, Sister Johnson, Washboard Jackson and The Caravan.
?Ricki Comeaux is documenting our era in song and poetry, much in the same way that Bob Dylan and John Lennon did,? said Hunter. She is a poet, a prophet, a singer, a songwriter with a distinctive vocal style and melody. Her songs are not songs, they are anthems. She is fearless in her reverence of people, nature, religion and politics and her quick wit makes you OK with the shocking honesty of her music. She makes you want to be that honest with yourself.?
Vest is an improv performer and weaves his way through the show with song and comedy, she said.
?Sister Johnson, Ricki and Robert are all on their way to stardom and their beginnings are here on 30A,? said Hunter.
Hunter?s idea is that every Saturday, the 30A Revue is happening somewhere on 30A and is funded by local businesses or organizations. Any local artist is welcome to show up for rehearsals on Thursdays from 5 - 7 at Cerulean?s.
She also envisions partnering with the Cultural Arts Association to feature 20 or so visual artists for each show, which during warm weather would be held outdoors.
Just days after beginning to talk about her idea, Hunter had the first backer for the 30-A Revue.
Miles Neiman, publisher of The Thirty-A Review Magazine, said, ?I see the 30-A Revue project as capturing some of the amazing talent that exists on 30A in all forms. Anne has such a fun vision of being a platform for this local talent. The Thirty-A Review is happy to provide an added springboard for the platform. It?s all about helping people to gain well-deserved exposure,? he said.
By Deborah Wheeler
Anne Hunter is a visionary.
Hunter recognizes that the County Road 30A area has always served as inspiration for up-and-coming artists of all genres, dating back to days and nights spent here by Hank Williams, Sr.
Since opening Cerulean?s Coffee and Wine Bar at WaterColor, Hunter has offered the shop?s walls to local visual artists to showcase their work.
She has done the same in offering Cerulean?s stage to a rotating slate of local and visiting performing artists.
Hunter was struck by the abundance of talent ? all drawn to the area by its beauty, as she was.
Hunter?s vision is to organize the talent into a traveling show with various performers entertaining at different locales weekly on 30A. She likens the weaving together of talent to Bob Dylan?s Rolling Thunder Review of the 1970s.
However, here, it would be the 30-A Revue.
The first 30-A Revue, held Dec. 9 at Cerulean?s, featured Ricki Comeaux, Robert Vest and the Vest family, Sister Johnson, Washboard Jackson and The Caravan.
?Ricki Comeaux is documenting our era in song and poetry, much in the same way that Bob Dylan and John Lennon did,? said Hunter. She is a poet, a prophet, a singer, a songwriter with a distinctive vocal style and melody. Her songs are not songs, they are anthems. She is fearless in her reverence of people, nature, religion and politics and her quick wit makes you OK with the shocking honesty of her music. She makes you want to be that honest with yourself.?
Vest is an improv performer and weaves his way through the show with song and comedy, she said.
?Sister Johnson, Ricki and Robert are all on their way to stardom and their beginnings are here on 30A,? said Hunter.
Hunter?s idea is that every Saturday, the 30A Revue is happening somewhere on 30A and is funded by local businesses or organizations. Any local artist is welcome to show up for rehearsals on Thursdays from 5 - 7 at Cerulean?s.
She also envisions partnering with the Cultural Arts Association to feature 20 or so visual artists for each show, which during warm weather would be held outdoors.
Just days after beginning to talk about her idea, Hunter had the first backer for the 30-A Revue.
Miles Neiman, publisher of The Thirty-A Review Magazine, said, ?I see the 30-A Revue project as capturing some of the amazing talent that exists on 30A in all forms. Anne has such a fun vision of being a platform for this local talent. The Thirty-A Review is happy to provide an added springboard for the platform. It?s all about helping people to gain well-deserved exposure,? he said.