The Coco’s Cat Rescue fundraiser at the Luna Blue Bar on Saturday night was a huge success. We were happy and proud to be able to host this event for such a worthy cause. There was a huge turnout from locals, visitors and a good number of TripAdvisor forum members who were having a meetup at the Luna Blue the same night.
The Coco’s Cat Rescue folks sold raffle tickets and gave away 30 great prizes. If you bought tickets and want to know if you won, check here. They also sold t-shirts and stickers and provided information about spaying & neutering of feral cats, including notice of their free sterilization clinic coming up next week. Two adorable kittens were passed around and gushed over. Meanwhile, the Luna Blue rocked. People sat for caricature drawings; dined on Papa T’s famous burgers (courtesy of Rob & Michele of Buyplaya.com & Life’s a Beach blog); sipped on our special drink of the evening, the Coco’s Catini; and listened to music performed by mariachis and Bad Brad Ryan of the Mojo Zone. Brad was joined by Papayito on the sax. Special note: Brad and Papayito will be playing every Tuesday night, starting tomorrow, at the Luna Blue Bar!
It was a wonderful evening, and Coco’s raised over $35,000 pesos! Here are some pictures of the many friends who stopped by to add to the fun:
Vanessa & Claire
Knoxvilletravelgirl & the Mister and Beachbums2Houston_TX & the Mister (from the TripAdvisor forum)
Early evening mariachis keepin’ it real…Mexican
Laura, the founder of Coco’s, and Pamela, a CCR volunteer
Vanessa, Maureen & Laura
Another pic of Knoxvillegirl & hubby
Heather of Heatherinparadise.com
Local Mark, aka PlayadelSoul on both Tripadvisor and Intheroo, known affectionately as “Fanta Boy” at the Luna Blue
The girls manning the raffle ticket table
Carlos & Marissa
Keersten with her sexy caricature drawing
Bad Brad & Papayito
Tripadvisor member Zeeka (Becky) snuggling one of the kittens
Andy & Jen, owners of the Peanut Pet Shelter
Coco’s Bulletin Board
Coco’s t-shirts displayed
Quite a crowd
Laura, Coco’s founder, & Michele of Life’s A Beach blog
The party spilled out into the street
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