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Spirit Of Love 2008 Highlights
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The fourth Spirit
Of Love Gathering in 2008, held on August 22-24, renewed friendships,
and made new ones, all bound around our continued loving tribute to the
voice, the power, the passion... and the legacy of Laura Branigan.
This year's theme was a bittersweet one... as earlier in the year, we
lost a special fan and friend, Danny Raboin. Beyond the celebration
of Laura's life and special musical gifts to us through the beach memorial
ceremony, and the hotel candlelight vigil which gave fans an opportunity
to share how Laura impacted their lives, we also celebrated our friendship
with Danny, and viewed a special
video presentation honoring our friend and "Fanigan".
We also continued what we started last
year, with the "Sunday
outing", with casual stops in Westhampton Beach, East Quogue (with
a drive by Laura's home), lunch in an Irish restaurant and pub in Hampton
Bays, and the winery tour at Duck Walk Vineyards in Southampton.
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T-shirt design
(shown here front and back), by Kathy & Vince Golik, Erika Atsumi Foreman,
and Steve Hidook
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| The group
photos taken on the beach and at the hotel on August 22 and 23, respectively. |
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Our program this year reflected our special
dedication of this year's Spirit Of Love event to Danny Raboin.
Also included was a special annual message from Tommy Bayiokos, Laura's
percussionist and special friend, as well as the schedule of activities
that took place during this year's event.
** click the image ABOVE to
open the program in PDF format **
During the event, we were honored to welcome Danny's stepmother
Doreen Raboin, and Danny's very special friend Loretta McGonagle. Also
on Saturday, we showed "Our
Other Half: A Tribute To Danny Raboin",
a special video tribute to Danny, produced for Other Half Entertainment
by Erika Atsumi Foreman.
(View the tribute video by clicking
either of the links below, depending on your chosen player software.) |
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Some additional photos from the 2008 event
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| Danny
Raboin, seen here in a photo from the 2006 Spirit Of Love event |
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| Some pictures of
the Sunday Outing on August 24, showing Westhampton Beach, Hampton Bays
(Tom McBrien's Pub), and Duck Walk Vineyards in Southampton. |
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