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PHOTO GALLERY: 2011 Brighton Fine Art and Acoustic Festival Draws Talent and Crowds
The 28th annual festival sports a new location, the addition of live music and a beverage garden.
The 28th Annual Brighton Fine Art and Acoustic Festival continues today in the parking lot near .
The festivities will be from 11am to 4pm.
Despite the threat of more rain, groups of people strolled along the artists’ booths Saturday.
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Sales at the booths were not dampened by the weather, either.
“I’ve had a real good morning. I think tomorrow should be good too as long as the rain stays away,” painter Donald Pavlica of Howell said.
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Artist Barbara Markham, of Rochester, agreed.
“Its been excellent. I’ve sold two very large paintings today so far,” she said.
Greg Searcy of Indian River said he couldn’t even get his stock off of the truck before he made a couple of sales on a pair of wooden adirondack chairs designed like fish.
The Festival has benefited some local businesses as well.
“Today we had a pretty good day,” Haley Sherman of Impulse said, pointing out that business during past events had been slower.
Wendy Busick, manager of finance for the Greater Brighton Area Chamber of Commerce, was happy to see that the morning rain had stopped.
“We finally have a good day with a nice breeze,” she said.
