Concert for the Angels

Thursday December 6th was the social event of the season for Roatan. That was the night the Roatan Intl. Airport is turned into a grand hall fitting of a gala to raise awareness and money for some of Roatans most important non profit groups.

The event is called the Concert for the Angels. It supports some great local charities including clinica esperanza http://www.clinicaesperanza.com/, Little Friends foundation http://www.lff.roatancharities.com/ and the low cost day care that provides day care for working women.

The event itself goes down like this. They take the airport concourse, baggage claim areas and decorate them all up (even a red carpet entrance). Then they turn off the ugly lights and create some mood lighting. They set up some bars on the rental car counters and put food in the baggage claim (local eateries donate tables of food). You make your entrance and spend some time socializing with people that look familiar but somehow you hardly recognize in their best duds. Then after a while the show starts. They have a variety of great artists lined up including string quartets and singers.

The highlight however was seeing some examples of the actual angels. These angels are the kids that were positively effected by the actual charities. Including getting holes in hearts fixed, club feet, cleft pallets etc. It was really heart touching and a great thing. You can check it out at. http://www.ccaroatan.com/

The event of course was all Roatan. It started a little late (hey it is island time). The AC in the airport is still broken so it was a little hot too. But all in all it was a great time and we loved it.

In the pictures above you can see the following people: William and Lowie Crisp look great (love Williams T-Shirt under the jacket). You can also see the chairs in the check in area for watching the show and the buffet in the baggage claim. Finally you see the grand entrance and of course yours truly and my lovely wife.