We celebrated the 9^th Anniversary of the market on Sunday October 21, 2007...  What a  great success!

There was:

	live music by The Corvelles
	Crazy Cake Walk
	Pumpkin Painting
	Mad Hatter
	Balloon Artist
	Guess the Weight of the Pumpkin
	Family Photos by Photographer Michael Spengler (also an LJES Parent)

	Ron Jones anchored the entertainment and M.C.'ed all the day's events.   Mr. Jones is an award-winning deejay in the entertainment and wedding industry, and La Jolla's personal favorite...  Thank you!
	Soul Diego was the live band, playing FANTASTIC music all day, WOW!   Kids & adults were dancing on the grass!
	Clumsy Mumsy and Cricket, professional clowns & face painters, were painting the children all day
	Costume Parade went through the entire market and the children had a blast!
	Kids Activities: Crazy Cupcake Walk, Pumpkin Decorating, Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin, face painting, balloons, and special paint printing activity by Sonja Devine (La Jolla Elementary's Art Teacher), and Fishing Booth run by La Jolla Elementary's teachers!
	Luke Andrews (2nd grade student at LJES) had the closest guess for the weight of the giant pumpkin: 185 pounds!  It took thier family all afternoon to carve it and it greeted all their trick-or-treaters at thier house.
	Scott Peters  was at the market, our District One Councilman
	Sarah Agler, professional opera singer (and market co-founder!) sang God Bless America
	Juanita Davis, professional singer and vendor of specialty soaps at the market, sang the Star-Spangled Banner
	Francine Busby, Congessional Candidate, visited and spoke at the market as well
	Photographer Michael Spengler provided a beautiful portrait setting and took fabulous Fall photographs of groups and individuals for only a $5 donation... and he donated ALL of the money straight back to La Jolla Elementary!
	Darcy Young, our Market Manager, and Assistant Manager Dennis, again ran a fabulous market full of high quality vendors.  Everything ran smoothly and vendors and customers enjoyed a wonderful day together.
	VENDORS included artisans and services in many shapes & sizes & varieties, delicious food court and beverages, and of course our wonderful Certified Farmers.

HUGE THANK YOUs: 

	Sherry Ahern, original market founder and Friends Board member, for all her volunteer time & hard work
	Ms. Donna Tripi, La Jolla Elementary School Principal, for her support & being there ALL DAY running kids booths
	Shelly Lana & Nicole Repp, Friends Board President and Vice President, for all their organization & support
	The Friends Board of LJES, for their planning, baking, organizing & energy in making this event a big success
	Sigurd Kallhovde, LJES Technology Manager, and Paola Ruderman, Friends Board member, for running the cupcake walk
	Kelly Skomessa, 3rd Grade LJES Teacher, for organizing the Fishing Booth and leading the Costume Parade!
	All the La Jolla Elementary School teachers & staff who helped throughout the day: Kelly Skommesa, Whitney Smith, Kristina Harvey, Amy Quinney, Holly Frank, Irene Akiyama, Sonja Devine (Art), Marta Thiele (Librarian), Sigurd Kallhovde (Computers), and of course, Donna Tripi (Principal)  ...the kids loved having you there!
	Darcy Young, our Market Manager, has been here nearly every Sunday for over 7 years and continues to create a mini-city every week with high quality, interesting, diverse, and delicious vendors... thank you, Darcy!
	All our market patrons... thanks for shopping here!

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