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18 | November 11, 2020 | MALIBU SURFSIDE NEWS LIFE & ARTS
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Zoom helps St. Aidan’s continue its Harvest of Hope
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DAYS AGO
BARBARA BURKE
Staff Reporter
Carrying on its annual
tradition, albeit virtually
instead of in-person, St.
Aidan’s Episcopal Church
in Malibu hosted its annual
Harvest of Hope celebration
on Nov. 1.
This year, the fundraiser
benefited Malibu Community
Labor Exchange and
the Episcopal Diocese of
Los Angeles Seeds of Hope
Food Bank.
“The Labor Exchange is
deeply grateful for our longtime
connection with St.
Aidan’s,” Stephanie Cupp,
treasurer of the organization
told Malibu Surfside News.
“The exchange’s trailer was
closed for several months
due to the pandemic and during
those months, we raised
over $60,000 to send checks
directly to our day laborers
who were at home and unable
to work at that time.”
However, the labor exchange
needs community
support more than ever,
Cupp added, noting that although
it is now open, there
has been a significant decrease
in funding from the
city of Malibu.
“We are now in need of
raising funds for our annual
operating costs,” Cupp
said. “We are in the midst
of a new GoFundMe campaign,
but have not raised
our full budget and receiving
half of the needed funds
from the Harvest of Hope
will help immensely.”
As attendees joined the
Zoom call, Rev. Joyce
Stickney welcomed participants
with prayer and then,
the festivities began. Old
Dawgs New Tricks played
classic rock ’n’ roll tunes as
participants enjoyed a winetasting
experience conducted
by Lexi Stephens of
Lexi’s Wine List. The Association
of African American
Vintners coordinated the selections
of wines.
Following tradition, parishioner
Grace Baldridge
emceed the event, interjecting
her deadpan humor as
the participants tasted pinot
blanc, a cabernet sauvignon
and a rose, learned wine tasting
procedures and lexicon
Pre-pandemic, Oscar Mondragon, who directs the Malibu
Community Labor Exchange, talks to participants.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
and bid on auction items.
The piece de resistance
was the wine tasting experience.
Gleeful giggling
tasters listened attentively
as Lexi explained that thoroughly
enjoying a glass
of wine should be a multisensory
exercise. First, you
look at the color of the wine
to discern its age. When a
glass of wine is placed over a
white surface, it will darken
over its color spectrum as it
ages, Lexi explained, noting,
for example, a red wine will
appear purple when young,
transition to a ruby color,
then turn garnet and finally,
garner a tawny brown hue.
The next step is olfactory.
“Smell the wine by swirling
the glass to aerate the
wine,” Lexi advised. “That
will send aromas up one’s
nose.”
Attendees laughed joyfully
as they viewed one
another following Lexi’s
directions on the Zoom call
shared screen.
“What fruits do you smell
from the pinot blanc?” Lexi
asked, noting the variety is
popular these days. “With
white wines such as this,
first look for citrus flavors,
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