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The <strong>Panama</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> Seafood & Musical Festival:<br />
UNwineD 2012<br />
By Lauren Williams<br />
Get ready, <strong>Panama</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Beach</strong>, for a seafood<br />
and music spectacular<br />
that will be sure<br />
to ignite your taste<br />
buds and wear out<br />
your dancing shoes. The <strong>Panama</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
<strong>Chamber</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Commerce</strong> and the Florida Restaurant<br />
and Lodging Association (FRLA),<br />
with support from the <strong>Panama</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
TDC/CVB, have partnered together to revamp<br />
and reconstruct a festival that is sure to<br />
be the highlight <strong>of</strong> our fall season. The <strong>Panama</strong><br />
<strong>City</strong> <strong>Beach</strong> Seafood & Music Festival:<br />
UNwineD 2012 will be held from October<br />
24 through October 28, 2012 at Capt. Anderson’s<br />
Marina. New owners, location, entertainment<br />
and food will have visitors and our<br />
community in for a pleasant and tasty treat.<br />
One significant but beneficial change to the<br />
Seafood & Music Festival—admission onto<br />
the festival grounds is completely FREE!<br />
Rather than hosting a seafood & music festival<br />
in a grass field, as it has been done in<br />
the past, the <strong>Beach</strong> <strong>Chamber</strong> and FRLA are<br />
moving it to an ideal location: the waterfront.<br />
“We couldn’t be more excited about<br />
the new look <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Panama</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>Beach</strong><br />
Seafood & Music Festival this year,” <strong>Beach</strong><br />
<strong>Chamber</strong> Chairman, Paul Wohlford, states.<br />
“Visitors and our community have great music<br />
and great food to look forward to!” With<br />
three waterfront restaurants within walking<br />
distance to the festival, there will be plenty<br />
to eat, see and hear as the entertainment for<br />
the weekend is bound to surprise. The fiveday<br />
festival will celebrate the history and<br />
significance <strong>of</strong> the seafood and fishing industry,<br />
music, and cultural arts in <strong>Panama</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Beach</strong>. The <strong>Beach</strong> <strong>Chamber</strong> and FRLA’s goal<br />
is to re-establish and return the <strong>Panama</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />
<strong>Beach</strong> Seafood & Music Festival to its roots<br />
as a family-friendly, waterfront, seafood and<br />
fishing-focused consumer event. A wide<br />
variety <strong>of</strong> food, beverages, music, entertainment,<br />
sun and fun are what local residents<br />
and visitors will get to enjoy!<br />
Wednesday night, October 24 will kick <strong>of</strong>f<br />
the event with Raise Your Spirits, a VIP<br />
wine-dinner fundraiser at Capt. Anderson’s<br />
Restaurant. <strong>This</strong> will be a private, ticketed<br />
evening and net proceeds <strong>of</strong> the ticket sales<br />
68 THE CIRCUIT September/October 2012
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