May 25th, 2013 – Orlando Before Disney
by Rob Smith, Jr. on May.26, 2013, under Caricatures
After a power packed four days of conventions, I attended the 4th annual Growing Up in Orlando Before Disney event at Loch Haven Neighborhood Center in Orlando.
I was exhausted beyond normal. When signing up I offered to draw some free caricatures at the event realizing how this would be a great crowd for me to draw considering our longevity in Orlando and my love of our local history. Just didn’t know how wiped out I would feel. Above is one of the caricatures I drew of Tom Fenn, who sings in a church choir and fishes off Cocoa Beach. It’s the only photo I took of the caricatures.
The event was packed with people. Fellow long time residents made up the members of bands playing mostly music from the 1960s. Many danced the night away. There were a few tables with some memorabilia of the area. The bar b q wax provided by a restaurant from Oviedo, Florida, in a neighboring county.
It was quite something considering the event was entirely an outgrowth of a Facebook community. It was as well attended as a similar venture a couple years ago to gather up those of us who had worked at the Florida attraction, Circus World, All showing the power of the Facebook communities.
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