Melanie Massell & Hot Item entertained patrons with performances of blues, rock 'n' roll and other genres of music, March 6, on Lakewood Ranch Main Street. Food, drink and other vendors fed and entertained attendees of the monthly First Friday event on the shopping strip. Proceeds benefited the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance.
Pam Jefferies serenades the crowd.
Tim Connelly plays the keyboard as part of the Melanie Massell & Hot Item band.
Godiva, Lynn and Brad Schramek enjoy a front-row view from their golf cart.
Nova Ayling and her mother, Michelle, are intrigued by the band.
Attendees of the First Friday event enjoy free music by Melanie Massell & Hot Item.
Brian and Patty Ault celebrate their friends’, Joe and Anne Gorman’s, move to Lakewood Ranch.
Minette Balch, Austin Marie Conner and Martha Nieves dance to the music.
Diahanna Cooper and Jennifer Woodall enjoy the music from the sidelines.
Madison Jones and Charlotte Gochnauer, of Grace Community Church, enjoy dinner during the music-filled event.
Barb and Jack Kane often attend Music on Main.
Emma Kapiotis, Dahlia Mankovich and Milania Twyford show support for Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.
Five-year-old Rhaegan Moore snacks on pizza with a painted face.
Livia Peterson loves balloon-made animals.
England resident Jeff Swift is visiting his friend, Gary Buckingham.
Toni Willcox serves up a sandwich for a hungry patron.
Jeanne and Dave Woodhouse twirl around the dancefloor.
