Party Like the BIG Dogs with Friends of Jupiter Beach

A few weeks ago Tina Valant sent me this invitation to go to an event up in Jupiter. In her photos were the most gorgeous golden retrievers at the Square Grouper and I immediately emailed her back and said "How can I help?"
I have to honestly admit that I really had no idea how much "The Friends of Jupiter Beach" did. I have taken my goldens Machiavelli and Casey to the beach a few times and I thought they just provided the poop bags and I honestly never gave it much thought.
So not only did I have fun at this event, meet a lot of wonderful people, gain a huge admiration for the "Friends of Jupiter Beach" , get to party with the Big Dogs and Dawgs and Dawgetts at the world famous tiki bar "The Square Grouper" in Jupiter but low and behold -I actually learned something.
"Friends of Jupiter Beach" is a impressive organization that is 4,000 people strong with a huge commitment to the environment and the pride in their town is palpable.

http://www.friendsofjupiterbeach.com
http://www.squaregrouper.net

many thanks to
Lynn Gibbons, Managing Director of the Friends of Jupiter Beach
Joan Ross, President of the Friends of Jupiter Beach
Jim Burg owner,  the Square Grouper
and all the wonderful sponsors and volunteers and folks and their dogs that came out. I'll be doing a second video with some more of the sponsors.

and to Skip's Pharmacy for supporting me in going out and capturing this wonderful day in our community.

A note about Tina:
I've been shooting with Tina Valant for a long time.
We are good friends that share absolute love and commitment to rescue and share a visual connection in the representation of that.
Tina is also an expert event coordinator/marketing expert and thats how we met and some how we starting doing these videos together. She shot the photos, I shot the videos, and together we could show the world how much fun you can have with your pets thus promoting responsible pet ownership- something we both have very deep feelings about.
A few years ago Tina was totally inspired by Corinne Bailey Rae's song "Breathless" and asked me to help her put a music video together. I told her sure but she needed to get permission. She did and the fine folks at the Humane Society of the Treasure Coast  and their wonderful executive director Frank Valante welcomed us no questions asked.
We gotten lots of kudos for this and I'm proud to say Tina got "Palm Beach County's Animal Friend of the Year" award here from the Palm Beach Commissioners this past year for her work on the film and all the other wonderful things she does (rescuing animals, helping rescue raise money and countless other things) She is always there to help. A good friend to all.

This is Breathless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq_42-HsYZo&feature=channel_page



music by the Eric Ness, the steel drum guy and the band vanilla monk
http://www.vanillamonk.com


This piece was produced shot and edited by Cyndi Lenz
clenz@mac.com

All Still Photos : Award Winning professional photographer Tina Valant-Siebelts
www.havedog.com

This video was sponsored by Skip's Pharmacy, Compounding  Specialists
www.skipspharmacy.com