Social Marketing

Sarasota Sister Cities Social Marketing

Blog:         sarasotasistercities.blogspot.com

Web:         sarasotasistercities.org



Email         sarasotasistercities@gmail.com


We will use the Blog and Facebook to get out the word. Anyone can post to Facebook - You just join facebook.com and post photos and text to our facebook.com/SarasotaSisterCities page.  You can also send an email to sarasotasistercities@gmail.com with photos or text and we will post. If you would like to post a lot let us know and we can get you set up to post directly.

 

Flight to Key West




One of the items auctioned at the Sister City Gala was a flight to Key West. The photo above is of Tom Halbert, Gayle Maxey, and Beth and Craig Hullinger in front of the Airplane. They flew down on May 4, 2012




 Lido Beach View From the Plane





Beth and Gayle in the Plane


Tom Halbert and Craig Hullinger



Craig, Tom, and Bob the Pilot in Key West


Bird in Key West




Sunset on the Flight Home

Great Photos by Gayle Maxey



International Photo Contest - Vladimir, Russia

International Photo Contest
A Day Together
July 13, 2012

Photographers in Sarasota and the Cultural Coast have been invited to take part in our Sister City of the Vladimir, Russia International Photo Contest, calledA Day Together.

Vladimir has 20 sister cities in 12 countries all over the world.  “Unfortunately, often our cooperation remains largely on paper.  But we want to be real friends.  So let us start small, and tell each other about ourselves using photographs.  We are sure that this project will become a serious step forward in a new period of our cooperation.  As we say in Russia:  “It is better to see once than to hear a hundred times.”  Well, let us show each other how we look.”

Everyone is welcome to this project:  amateurs and professional photographers.  Just take a camera, shoot something special and send the photos to us.  And you'll have just one day for doing itJuly 13, 2012. To keep to the natural rhythm of this day, we are going to suggest that every sister city (from East to West) use the exact hours (about 2-3 hours) for photographing.

Requirements:
  • There should be images of people in the photos;
  • Photos have to express the rhythm of the city, to show some scenes of daily living in the city and of its citizens;
  • You should submit your photographs in raw image format;
  • Please submit not less than 5 photos;
  • Each photo artist will please attach a one-page document, including the name of your city, the time of photographing, the name of the photographer, and write some words about the image.

All photos chosen by the contest committee will be published in a special edition of the city magazine,The Mirror,this August. Each artist will receive this edition as a gift. In September, within ourCity Dayscelebration, all submitted photographs will be exhibited.

Sunset in Sarasota

















Sarasota Sister Cities Officers

President                                            John “Tom” Halbert
Past President                                    Carla Rayman

Vice Presidents
Cities & Candidate Cities                  Linda Rosenbluth
Communications                                Craig Hullinger
Arts & Culture                                   Vacant
Business Development                       Charles Steilen
Education                                           Dr. Ray Young
Membership                                       Drew Deininger
Sports                                                 Bill Wallace

Secretary                                            Beth Ruyle Hullinger
Treasurer                                           John Quartuccio

City Directors
Dunfermline, Scotland                       Pauline Mitchell
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada               Vacant
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico                  Javier Curiel
Tel Mond, Israel                                Betty Greenspan
Treviso Province, Italy                      Alexandra DeStefanis
Perpignan, France                             Gloria Grenier
Siming Dist, Xiamen, China               Dr. Carolyn Bloomer
Vladimir, Russia                                 Vacant

Committee Chairs
Bridges Newsletter Editor                   Jan Thomas
Education (K-12)                                Bridget Coughlin
Events                                                Gayle Maxey
Higher Education                               Dr. Ray Young
Historian                                            Judy Caldwell Moore
Protocol                                              Liliane Sealy-Schrock


Asian Fest and Dragon Boat Races




9th Annual Tampa Bay Asian Fest & International Dragon Boat Races
Saturday, April 28th 2012


The Gulfcoast Chinese American Cultural Society and the US China Peoples Friendship Association, both alliance members of Sarasota Sister Cities Association, invite SSCA members to attend the 9th Annual Tampa Bay Asian Fest & International Dragon Boat Races Saturday, April 28.  The event will be held at Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park, the Marriott Waterside and waters of Garrison Channel in Tampa.  


Several teams from local corporate and community groups as well as paddlers from across the U.S. are competing to be Tampa's #1 Dragon Boat Team. This is a race run with exact precision, and professional equipment by Pan American Dragon Boat Association. 450m on the waters of Garrison Channel, with a fully buoyed 5-lane course, where the waters are always calm and the sun always shines.   


The event will kick off at 8:00 in the morning with the Opening Ceremonies on the Marriott Waterside  patio, and the first race at 8:30am, with a heat running every 12 minutes.  Each team will race 3 times throughout the day, being seeded into a division, and then getting the chance to become a Division Champion.

Athletes and spectators will enjoy festivities in Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park throughout the entire event with Asia Fest.   Asia Fest's entertainment and vendors in the Park will be open from 11 am - 3 pm.  Additional food vendors will be available until 7 pm.  Carpooling is recommended due to limited parking.