It was a great, great, great day at Bill Rosendahl’s Celebration of Life event!

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 Bill Rosendahl’s Celebration of Life

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Article by Alex Stowell.
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It was a great, great, great day!    Saturday, April 16, 2016 hundreds gathered in the Mar Vista park to honor and celebrate the life of L.A. City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, who passed away from cancer in March.  
There was a tree planted in Bill’s honor, endless free food and drinks, a Venice Paparazzi photo booth, live music, presentations, story telling, dancing and an overall feeling of love among those who came to pay tribute.
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Bill was a great guy, and it was clear by the turnout that he was well loved.  Bill’s saying was: “Love yourself, love your neighbor as yourself, and don’t judge.”
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In photo above:  Celebration of Life event organizers Rodney Scott and Kelly Layne

 

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View “Celebration of Life” event photo highlights by Venice Paparazzi’s Edizen Stowell
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The Welcoming Committee

The Welcoming Committee

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Opening Music by the Koshin Taiko Drummers

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Welcome and Remembrance Address by City Councilmember Mike Bonin

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Assemblymember Autumn Burke and Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl

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Tonga Blessing

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Christmas Medley by the Jingle Bell Rockers

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Performance by the New Directions Veterans Choir

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Mayor Eric Garcetti greeted by Councilmember Mike Bonin

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Bill Rosendahl’s family

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Eulogy by Mayor Eric Garcetti

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Zuma Dogg

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Messages to Bill Rosendahl

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National Anthem and live performance by the amazing band VENICE

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Food donated by James BeachThe Cow’s End, and Whole Foods Market.  All flower arrangements by the talented Andrea Tan of AtDesigned.

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Tony Arranaga (center) with other volunteers.

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Performance  by Brightside

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Recreation and Parks’ Bob Davis, Fred Ealey

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Animal Petting Zoo

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Daryl Barnett and Sunny Bak.  Thank you for all that you do for the community!

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Bill Rosendahl’s Bell Ringers

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Venice artist Emily Winter

Celebration of Life fun photo booth hosted by Venice Paparazzi

“Celebration of Life” fun photo booth hosted by Venice Paparazzi. www.HireVP.com for your next event!  In this photo:  VP’s Edizen and Lina.  To Gabe, VP loves your Health Ade Kombucha.  Yummy!

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Bill Rosendahl's Celebration of Life. 4/16/16 www.11thdistrict.com/remembering_bill Photo by VenicePaparazzi.com

Marina Grill and Bar’s  del Rey’s Milan Kolenicka and family

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Venice Grind’s Demetrios Mavromichalis and City of LA’s Len Nguyen

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The planting of the Bill Rosendahl’s tree at Mar Vista park.

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Tree People

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Bill Rosendahl’s family, Zuma Dog (bottom left) and Councilmember Mike Bonin

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