Last Month, I photographed the Audubon’s Bird of Prey’s 30th Anniversary.   Some of the images from that event were printed in the Audubon of Florida’s Naturalist Winter 09-10 edition [link].  Below is one of my favorite images from the event.

This month, the Audubon Birds of Prey in Maitland, celebrated their 30th anniversary with an event at UCF. We photographed the event and here are some images from this exciting night.

Here’s a little history about this great organization:

On June 14, 1979, Audubon staff member Doris Mager climbed into an inactive Bald Eagle’s nest in Central Florida. She remained in the nest for six days and five nights to raise awareness of the plight of the Bald Eagle and to raise funds to build the Audubon Center for Birds of Prey. The Center opened on October 19, 1979, in Maitland thanks to a generous donation from the Baldwin Family, in loving memory of Madalyn Baldwin. That first year sixty-six sick, injured and baby raptors were admitted for care.

UPDATE: Images from this night were printed in the Audubon of Florida’s Naturalist Magazine (Winter 09-10 edition).  Here is the link

The Orlando Young Professional images have been uploaded to the gallery [Link].   You can also check out the images by viewing the slideshow above.

This event was held on July 25, 2009 at The Vue in downtown Orlando.  It was a day of fun pool side on the 7th floor of this awesome building.  The event helped raise money for A Gift for Teaching [Link].

Over the last two day’s I’ve shared images from the 4th of July events where Catina Mack [Link] performed the National Anthem, today’s images are from her performance at the City of Orlando’s Fireworks at the Fountain.

After leaving the Star Spangled Sanford, we headed to downtown Orlando where she was scheduled to perform accompanied by the Orlando Concert Band.

Prior to her performance, we took some promotional pictures for her to use.

This image is of Catina and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer.

Here’s a shot of the fireworks shooting off as Catina sang the “rocket’s red glare” portion of the national anthem.

Here are some more images of the 4^th of July events where Catina Mack [Link] performed.  Her first event on the 4^th was at Star Spangled Sanford on the Riverwalk at Fort Mellon Park.

Magic 107.7fm was broadcasting live from the park and Catina was interviewed by Dave and Leslye.  This picture shows Catina live on the air during the broadcast.

After the interview, Catina enjoys a relaxing moment in front of Lake Monroe.

 Catina meets the Mayor of Sanford, Linda Kuhn before she takes the stage.

 Catina delivering another great performance.

If you’re a National Anthem Singer, Independence Day is a very busy holiday and for Catina Mack, a Sanford based performer, this year was no exception.  This year Catina performed at three Independence Day celebrations in the Orlando area and I was selected to document her performances at these events.

On July 3rd, she performed at Red, Hot and Boom [Link], which was sponsored by XL 106.7 and held at Crane’s Roost Lake Park in Uptown Altamonte.  Catina kicked of this event and was followed on stage by Evan Taubenfeld who is best known for being the lead guitarist for singer Avril Lavigne.

On July 4th, she had two performances, the first was at Star Spangled Sanford, which was produced by the City of Sanford and held at Ft. Mellon Park.  Prior to her performance she was interviewed on the radion by Magic 107.7 FM’s Dave and Leslye.

After her performance in Sanford, we made a dash to downtown Orlando for her performance at the City of Orlando’s Fireworks at the Fountain, which took place at Lake Eola.  This performance was broadcast live on Orlando’s WFTV Channel 9 and she was accompanied by the Orlando Concert Band.

Catina did a fantastic job at all three events, be sure to visit her website [Link] and you can watch her performances on YouTube [Link].

I will post images over the next few days, here are some pictures from the Red, Hot and Boom event that was held on July 3rd, 2009.

This picture was taken on the boat that took us to the back of the stage at Crane’s Roost Lake.

This picture of Catina Mack and Evan Taubenfeld was taken before Catina performed the National Anthem.

This image was taken during Catina’s performance of the National Anthem.

This image was taken after Catina’s performance.  You can see the Crane’s Roost Lake Ampitheather in the background.