ABasin Fundaiser Friday Dec 4th for Cystic Fibrosis

This Friday Dec 4th will be the First Annual Bash at the Basin - a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis. Join us from 6pm to 10pm for an Italian dinner and live music by Rojo Calientes. A live auction will include new skiis, ski and freeskiing lessons, and many other items.

Tickets are $20 per adult and $10 for students under 14 - checks can be written to the CF Foundation.

Some special guests include:

Jossi and Byron Wells -Extreme X-games Freeskiing Champions from New Zealand. You can read more about the Wells Brothers here.... or view their video here..... Jossi and Byron are each donating 2 1/2 hour freeskiing lessons at Keystone's terrain park.

Jake Fiala - former Olympic skier and Summit County local donating a half day lesson. Read Jake's bio here.....

Live music by Rojos Calientes... a local "Latin Bluegrass" band....

please come, bring your friends, and help us find a cure for CF!




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More about Rojos Calientes....

They call their music “Latin Grass.” It's a mixture of bluegrass, Latin flavor and Spanish lyrics. The quick beats and ever-evolving rhythms are also influenced by everything from rock and jazz, swing and folk, Americana, flamenco, gypsy jazz and classical music. A Summit Daily News article explains more.....



for more information about the event, call organizers:

Julie Charneskie at 970-389-0306
Beth Walters at 970-409-9401
or Cathe Sander at 970-333-9014

more information about Cystic Fibrosis is online at www.cff.org and our favorite local CF patient Megan will be there too!

Photos Online - Rocky Mountain FlyFishing Classic for Cystic Fibrosis!

Participating in the 7th Annual Rocky Mountain FlyFishing Classic in Aspen last weekend was really a beautiful experience! And the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation raised over $43,000 towards the cure for Cystic Fibrosis!

The slideshow of the full weekend is online here....

And all 360 photos can be viewed and purchased on this Pictage website.

It is really an honor to be a part of this kind of fundraiser.... not a dry eye in the place during the presentation on Friday night by two sets of CF parents. And so many generous giving hearts! And the beauty of Aspen on a blue sky fall weekend.... next year I'm going to recruit a TEAM of photographers so we can get more river access and fishing photos!

Sponsors donors and participants include:

Taylor Creek Fly Shop - Basalt
Roaring Fork Club - Basalt
Mountain Chalet Aspen - Aspen
Redbone - Florida
Beaton Photography - Dillon

7th Annual Rocky Mountain Flyfishing Classic for Cystic Fibrosis

I had the pleasure of photographing a great fundraiser in Aspen, Colorado this weekend - the 7th Annual Rocky Mountain Flyfishing Classic - a fundraiser for Cystic Fibrosis.

Details of the event are on the Cystic Fibrosis Website. It will still be a couple weeks to get all photos online, but I wanted to share a couple first picks! It was an amazing event to be a part of and we raised over $43,000 for the cause! Yippee!

Tim and Cheryl Heng of the Taylor Creek Fly Shop in Basalt, and the dozens of guides that donated their weekend to the cause! We WILL find a CURE!

The weather was 75 degrees and sunny all weekend which was a definite plus also!