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The Santa Barbara Polo & Wine Festival
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The Santa Barbara Polo & Wine Festival, was held at the beautiful Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet
Club on Saturday, it was the first of its kind in California. The guests enjoyed two polo matches, great
music and tastings from some of Santa Barbara’s finest wineries.
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The Santa Barbara Polo & Wine Festival, was held at the beautiful Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet
Club on Saturday, it was the first of its kind in California. The guests enjoyed two polo matches, great
music and tastings from some of Santa Barbara’s finest wineries.
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The festival also featured a careful curation of local foods and wineries on site. Festivalgoers
enjoyed local contemporary California cuisine by Barbareno, Empanadas by Buena Onda and
Asian-inspired American plates fromThe Black Sheep. Local wineries included Happy Canyon
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August Ridge Vineyards
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Sanford Winery Vineyards
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These lovely ladies enjoying the festivities.
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Guests enjoyed two polo matches on Saturday.
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The beautiful cup for the winning club.
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Stomping the divots between games.
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The cup presentations.
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Dancing under the tent to the dj spinning.
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DJ's Jungle Cat and Jason Perez.
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Guests getting their groove on.
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A guest really getting into the music.
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The event included musicial performances by LP, Nick Waterhouse, Durand Jones & the Indications,
Vieux Farka Toure and Macy Gray.
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One of the highlights of the event, LP.
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The headliner of the night, award winning Macy Gray closed out the event.
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$1.00 of every ticket sold was donated to Notes For Notes, a non-profit organization that designs, equips, and staffs after-school recording studios inside Boys and Girls Clubs, offering youth the opportunity to explore, create, and record music for free.
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Photographs By Jon Endow
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