Our 1st Annual Oktober Family Fest was a great success!
On Oktober 18th, 2009, we hosted our first annual Oktober Family Music Festival in honor of WeCanBuildanOrphanage.com. Our founders, Martin & Sue Schmitt, opened up their 17 acre ranch in Topanga Canyon to house the festival. It was a beautiful, sunny day with temperatures in the 70s which helped draw more than 300 supporters to the event.
Music was provided by five local bands. For the kids, we had a petting zoo, a chicken poop contest, a giant slide, flag making, music by Peter Alsop and by Ken Mazur, and everyone’s favorite, a dunk tank.
Nodoby went hungry: German delicacies, amazing Haitian food plus good ol’ American fare complemented the local beers and local wines (both organic of course — this is Topanga after all!).
Since pictures are worth a thousand words, check them out!
Next year, we’ll be doing it again. Send us an email if you want to be notified with the date!
The Bands
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