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gabriellelouise
Review for Mountain Harvest Creative, Paonia, CO, USA
Mountain Harvest Festival has been one of my very favorite engagements to participate in each year. It begins with the inspiring setting: Paonia, CO is a quaint, idyllic community filled with the sense of abundance and comradery. Home to many of the finest vineyards and orchards in the state, September is a celebratory season for Paonia, in which the foliage seem to participate with firework colors exploding all around the mountainside. Mountain Harvest Festival harnesses this energy of abundance and celebration and magnifies it through music and art. By bringing in (or locally sourcing) an army of creative musicians, artists and vendors for an entire weekend, Mountain Harvest Festival draws every member of the community out and about to participate in the joy. (Not to mention the throngs of people who travel from around the state to take part.) I am excited to have the opportunity to publicly bestow the highest possible rating to this amazing organization.
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I've personally experienced the results of this organization in...
I've personally experienced the results of this organization in the community of Paonia, having born witness to the enthusiasm that Mountain Harvest Festival cultivates each year in it's audiences. I have also seen positive results pertaining to my personal music career. The exposure I've received from Mountain Harvest Festival has helped me acquire many fans in the Paonia area and the Western Slope at large.
If I had to make changes to this organization, I would...
I would personally grant them more funding, if I had such resources to bestow! With a larger budget, I know they could allocate it wisely to fund even more workshops, performances, and meals that the festival-goers would enthusiastically participate in. To date, MHF has had to ask entertainers to perform in exchange for simply meeting expenses. Because of the aforementioned outstanding attributes of the experience, MHF has done a great job of recruiting professional participants who believe in the cause.
