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First of all a huge thanks to our sponsor JWT for providing the space.  We started off the evening at JavaVino with beverages and hors d’oeuvres , nametags and introductions.

Sue, @mrsbear, brought @estherhavens amazing prints to sell for charity:water.  If you couldn’t make it to the Atlanta Twestival, you can check out Esther’s work here.  Esther works as a photographer out of Austin, Texas; not only does Esther donate her art work to great causes like charity:water, but she seeks to inspire others to take action through her photography.

John, @human3rror, broke out the camera and vola! we were livestreaming from the Atlanta Twestival.  I think most of roughly 30 folks that were there Thursday night were interviewed, which was a hoot!  Hey John, folks want to know if the livestreaming video has been lost to the interwebs forever, or if we can find them somewhere.  Let us know.

Allison Weiss played a number of songs while folks chatted about the most popular topic of the night… twitter.  If you are still wondering what the site Allison was talking about Thursday night — besides twitter, it was tumblr.

Samantha Murphy then played two songs for us.  Our small crowd was completely silent as Samantha held the last note of Johny Cash’s Ring of Fire for… was anyone timing? over a minute? Beautiful!!

Next we raffled off the Motorola Z9 phone that The Highway Girl had donated.  And using random.org, Sue, who coincidentally had dropped her cell phone in water only a week prior, won the raffle!!!!

We wrapped up the evening with folks sharing their favorite Twitter stories and applications.

Overall, with the one week we had to plan the event, I think the night was a success.  Atlanta raised $270 from ticket sales.  Sue sold some prints for Esther.  And everyone was talking about the next Atlanta Twestival!