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Blues Fest heats up Sarasota


  • By Heidi Kurpiela
  • | 4:00 a.m. November 6, 2010
  • Sarasota
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Blues Fest heats up Sarasota
Keith Crossan of The Tommy Castro Band
Keith Crossan of The Tommy Castro Band
Lawrence Knowles and Megan Euribe stay warm
Lawrence Knowles and Megan Euribe stay warm
Tiffiney Nichols
Tiffiney Nichols
Ashley and Erin Olson
Ashley and Erin Olson
Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro
Peyton Porter
Peyton Porter
John De Sylvester
John De Sylvester
Kathleen Stayner
Kathleen Stayner
Steve and Brenda Briana
Steve and Brenda Briana
Kathy Palmer
Kathy Palmer
Edan Levin
Edan Levin
Tommy Castro
Tommy Castro
Peyton Porter
Peyton Porter
Kathleen Stayner and James and Jay Purcell
Kathleen Stayner and James and Jay Purcell
Scot Sutherland, bassist for The Tommy Castro Band
Scot Sutherland, bassist for The Tommy Castro Band
Christine Alexander shows off her new 'do.
Christine Alexander shows off her new 'do.
Mimi and Sarah Burroughs enjoy a mother-daughter dance.
Mimi and Sarah Burroughs enjoy a mother-daughter dance.
Leesa Fountain and Nicole Parisi
Leesa Fountain and Nicole Parisi
Ethlene and Takis Geralis
Ethlene and Takis Geralis
Tom Poole
Tom Poole

 

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