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In its seventh year of serving the community, Children's Volunteer Health Network is continuing to expand its mission of enhancing the lives of uninsured and underinsured school-aged children in Okaloosa & Walton Counties. As of September 2012, CVHN had facilitated more than 9,900 medical, dental, vision and mental health care procedures since inception in 2005 and has now taken another step toward serving more children in the community. The CVHN Dental Clinic in Santa Rosa Beach, which opened in April 2012, will now be seeing children who qualify for Medicaid. 
 

As the lights dim, the bustle of the audience subsides, while the orchestra tunes and guest artist and conductor walk out to begin the performance. This is what you'd expect from a normal evening at the symphony. This certainly rings true with Sinfonia Gulf Coast, our region’s only fully professional symphony. However, part of the attraction of Sinfonia are the variety of offerings presented each season.

Enter for a chance to win 2 tickets to Seeing Red Wine Festival, Saturday, November 3, 2012 from 1 to 5 PM.  

Seeing Red is one of the largest events during Taste of The Beach, this picnic-style festival will take over the streets of Seaside, offering dozens of domestic & international red wines to sample while live music entertains as well as a full culinary pavilion!

Maggie is a shoplifter looking to change her life. Paul is her sponsor in a twelve-step program. Flaco is her charismatic but jealous drug-dealing ex-boyfriend. Boochie, Flaco's girlfriend, is a topless dancer. When this unlikely squad bands together to steal $750,000 in unprotected drug money they become prisoners in a mob boss' basement. Told that they have until sunrise to choose one person to die and three to donate their thumbs, the four engage in verbal gymnastics as they struggle for self-awareness, self-acceptance and self-love in a high-octane battle for survival.

The Bud & Alley's Songwriting Series kicks off the Fall season on Thursday, October 18th at 4pm with a double bill of two of the South's most heralded singer songwriters: Randall Bramblett and Grayson Capps.

Local artist Andy Saczynski is far from an overnight success, but he's garnered much attention lately. His career just got a huge boost when he was revealed as the 2013 "South Walton Artist of the Year", at the South Walton TDC's annual meeting at the Sandestin Hilton.

The "Artist of the Year" program is in its eleventh year. The South Walton TDC selects a new artist in residence each fall. Artists are chosen based on their medium and how well they capture the nature, heritage and beauty of this coastal community.  

Patchouli’s is proud to announce its celebration of 20 years in business on Scenic Highway 30A.  For the past 20 years, Patchouli’s has offered highly sought after products from around the corner to around the world. Patchouli’s began as a dream Linda Boswell had to open a soap shop by the beach. In 1992, Boswell moved from California to make her dream a reality, by opening Patchouli’s in Seaside, Florida. Her vision quickly grew into a neighborhood favorite for bath and body decadence. Visitors and locals were enchanted by the fragrances flowing from the open doors of the boutique shop.

Celebrating its second year, the Cultural Arts Alliance (CAA) "Top of the Class" exhibition will be on display at Northwest Florida State College-South Walton Campus, from October 19 – December 7.  The art exhibition features 30 new, original works by local artists. 

To launch the exhibit and announce the cash awards, the CAA is hosting an opening reception on October19, 2012 from 5 - 7 pm at the South Walton Campus of Northwest Florida State College.
 

The Northwest Florida Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) will hold its monthly luncheon meeting at Bud & Alley’s at 11:30am - 1:00pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012. The featured speakers will be Robert and Daryl Davis, the founders of Seaside. The Davis’ will speak about how they sold the idea of Seaside from a PR perspective.

BEER! It's not just for breakfast anymore!

The gang at Sandestin has a great track record of starting all kinds of fun festivals. Usually they start small and grow over the years. That is exactly what has happened with the annual Baytowne Beer Festival. It started small but has grown quicker than most, not suprising given the average American's love affair with the sudsy beverage.