Monday, August 15, 2016

BEST PARTY OF THE SUMMER!!!
LONG  EACH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The weather was perfect, the beach marvelous, the food glorious, entertainment great
and the ocean perfect. All this in front of the Alegria Hotel.  Partners Long Beach and Nassau County
put on a spectacular event.
The co-Founders of the Festival , Ingrid Dodd, and Craig Weintraub organized a great day and evening.
The sponsors, Porsche of South Shore, Global Audio System ,PIX 11, Elovich & Adele, Stella Artois, News 12 threw the best party on the beach.
Hundreds of movie fans congregated on the beach  after watching the new movies.
Best feature:  MONEY, directed by Martin Rosete.  Other movies included Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story , a Chinese immigrant who became a stunt pilot during the 1930's; Beauty and the Beer, about the Miss Rheingold contest from l941-l964; Saving Jamaica Bay, about the fight to preserve  precious land around Jamaica Bay;Leaves of the Tree about a mystical tree in Sicily.

More than one thousand people huddled inside the huge tent on the beach to taste the wonderful foods  and drinks.  Shrimp abounded. 
What summer fun.  I'll definitely go again.  Don't miss this gala.