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I was impressed with what I saw. The production quality was top notch, and the clip was a preview-style montage of interviews and moments captured by Sheldon and his team. Things moved quickly, but I saw Chuck Silva, Skip Virgilio, Dan Selis, Chris Cramer, Greg Koch, Tom Nickel, Vince Marsaglia, Vinnie Cilurzo, and more. The narra- tive, weaved together by interviews, was


strictly San Diegan. To say the 90 second or so preview left me wanting more is an understatement. Suds will be released to DVD late 2011. We’ll keep you posted as we hear more.


So with all this beer and a tight production schedule, was Kaplan ever overwhelmed? “Never,” he says. “ I’m a tenacious mother****er.”


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Over a month later there has been little resolution between AFBF organiz- ers, non-refunded ticket holders, vendors and media outlets, like ourselves, that took a weighty loss. Harrison and her husband/event co-organizer Jeff Har- rison finally sat down with West Coaster to tell their side of the story, including how a festival of this scale was canceled at the last minute due to lacking funds. According to the couple, AFBF started as another installation of the Summer Music and Culture festival at the Water Conservation Garden at Cuyamaca College. Jeff claims a policy change


regarding the blockage of county roads earlier this year forced the festival home- less; instead of scratching the event, the chamber searched for possible locations outside of Rancho San Diego/Jamul and entered an agreement with Qualcomm Stadium to use its sprawling practice fields instead. Now with a bigger, more central location, the chamber’s board of directors decided to throw a larger-scale event, and AFBF was born. West Coaster requested the minutes from this particu- lar meeting, but according to Valerie, the chamber has since “lost” the person responsible for the records.


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