Party Photos from 'Charlotte’s Web: A Celebration of CLT Bloggers & Digital Tastemakers'

Last Saturday, May 4, I held an invitation-only event titled "Charlotte’s Web: A Celebration of CLT Bloggers & Digital Tastemakers" at Oak Room in South End. It served as a five-year anniversary party for my blog, GrownPeopleTalking.com, as well as an opportunity for me to partner with some other great sites: CharlotteHappening.com, HistoricSouthEnd.com, and MAC330.com. Each of them played an important role in helping make the event a success.

The event began at 7:30 p.m., and ran until Oak Room opened its doors to the public at 10 p.m. We featured delicious food, catered by All American Pub, while DJ Shogun played an awesome mix of music. The highlight, easily, was when I gave away prizes throughout the night such as: a 5Church gift card, two pairs of tickets to the Charlotte magazine BOB Awards (May 23), two gift certificates to The Boulevard at South End, two tickets to the Urban League of Central Carolinas Young Professionals Leadership Awards (June 22), a Chobani gift basket, a Workout 180 from Edison Nation, two passes to the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship, and more.

When the event started, I tweeted the #CLTweb hashtag for the first time. And over the next three hours, our guests tweeted using the hashtag more than 100 times.

It's 7:30. Time for Charlotte's Web: A Celebration of CLT Bloggers & Digital Tastemakers. #CLTweb | twitter.com/HollidayInk/st…
— Jarvis Holliday (@HollidayInk) May 4, 2013

Below are a few photos from Charlotte's Web. You can view more than 50 photos from the event on the Grown People Talking Facebook page. Photos by Jon Strayhorn/MAC330.

On the right, I'm addressing the crowd. On the left is my twin brother Marvis, of CharlotteHappening.com.

Ted Boyd of HistoricSouthEnd.com.

My girlfriend Andrea chatting in front of the Twitter screen.

Glenn Burkins of QcityMetro.com and Mike Kitchen of the Sol Kitchen.

Freelance writer Lauren Bongers and TV news reporter Katie Burcham.