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Bring your family up to River Run real estate in Keystone, Colorado this weekend during the Uncorked Mountain Wine Festival August 22-24, 2008.  Our office for The Walsh Group is right in the middle of the action in Expedition Station next to several great options for Keystone vacation real estate in River Run Condominiums*.  River Run Village is the place to buy Keystone CO real estate near the River Run Gondola, Summit Express Chairlift, and summer events in River Run Plaza.

Once again, the Keystone Neighbourhood Company is outdoing itself for the Wine Festival with a line-up of delicious wines, award-winning jazz music, juried fine art and several new events.  Concerts at the River Run Events Plaza include Tye Dye Skye, Paris Delane, Matt Marshak, Fusion Juice, Will Donato, and Dotsero.  Admission is free of charge including crafts and activities in Silvermill Courtyard for children and youth.  Free parking is available at the River Run Lots off Gondola Road. 

When it is time to splurge, be sure to check out these highlights:

• New!  River Run Roam on Saturday and Sunday with Wine from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. and Art & Music from 1:00 – 6:00 p.m.  Wines from around the world are served by the glass or half glass at $2 - $5 per ticket as you listen to the jazzy melodies, pop in and out of the shops, take in the wonderful art displays, and sample the a la carte morsels offered by River Run and Keystone restaurants.
• New!  Exclusive Grand Wine Tasting on Saturday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Pavilion at Keystone.  Unlimited varieties of some of the world’s top wines, jazz music, and culinary samples are in store.  Tickets are available at 970-496-4386 for $75.
• New!  Exclusive Wine Pairing Dinner Friday 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. to benefit the Snake River Community Association for building the River Run Cultural Arts Center.  This gala four-course meal with wine pairings, live music, and a silent auction will be an exciting evening.  Tickets are available at 970-496-4386 for $100.
• Wine Seminars on Saturday and Sunday at 12:30 p.m. and Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at the Pavilion at Keystone will host two wine seminars that are guaranteed to offer an in-depth perspective on new and old wines.  Tease the wine palate while learning the latest trends in the wine industry.  Limited seating.  Tickets are available at 970-496-4386 for $15.

*The River Run Condominiums includes deluxe accommodations in more than eight complexes. Choose from studio units as well as one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom condos.  Each building has a lobby area for reading and gathering, fireplaces, elevators, complimentary heated underground parking, room-key access storage, coin-operated washing facilities, and hot tubs. 

Call The Walsh Group of Re/MAX Properties of the Summit, the #1 Broker in Summit County, at (970) 513-0404.

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Keystone resort real estate comes with an international spark—and even more pizzazz when Caribbean dancers take to the streets near real estate in Keystone, Colorado’s River Run Village.  Wouldn’t it be great to mark your calendars and bring the entire family to see your new Keystone CO home during the June 2009 Annual World Music Festival and Marketplace? 

How easy it was during the June 27-29, 2008 event to pick up a taste of Caribbean Island, Latin American, or New Orleans cuisine for family and friends staying in Keystone vacation real estate.

A wide selection of nearby properties in Keystone’s River Run includes condominiums at Red Hawk, The Springs, Arapahoe Lodge, Black Bear Lodge, Jack Pine Lodge, Dakota Lodge, Silvermill, Expedition Station, Buffalo Lodge, Lone Eagle, Riverbank Lodge and Timbers Condominiums.  Vacation real estate in Keystone’s River Run neighborhood regularly offers excellent restaurants, clubs, ski services, and shops as well as three world-class mountains for fabulous skiing, and biking and hiking trails.

Celebrating with Reggae and Calypso music, traditions, dances, artwork, games, and food, the 2008 Festival, the 4th Annual Music Festival and Marketplace, offered something for everyone in the family.  This year’s event in River Run Village coincided with the Merchant Tent Sale that included a drawing for a new bike, and the opening of Keystone Mountain for a season of mountain biking and chairlift rides. 

The international cuisine was accompanied by special beers and wine drinks.  And, the children loved the snow cones as well as hours of bounce-house play, international games that are played by children in the Caribbean, crafts, and educational entertainment.  This year’s free musical performances included Paul Borelli, Tommy Shreve Louisiana Roots, Sambadenda, and others—benefitting the Keystone Kares.  The Kares are a local affiliate of Relay For Life, a national support group engaged in the fight against cancer. 

This is only one of many outstanding annual festivals held in River Run every summer.  In addition to exceptional winter sports and mountain biking, the resort offers award-winning golf courses and miniature golf, road cycling, rewarding horseback riding excursions, gold-medal fly fishing, white-water rafting, high-altitude boating, and infinite hiking possibilities in the surrounding national forests.

We invite you to find out why The Walsh Group at RE/MAX Properties of the Summit has achieved status as the #1 Broker in Summit County.  Contact us at (866) 513-0404 or (970) 513-0404 for real-estate advice in the resort.

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It is easier to find real-estate treasures in Colorado’s Keystone Ski Resort during the summer months. Festivals and events are more plentiful when it is warm and families have longer vacations.  The bicycle-friendly landscape of Summit County’s real estate in Keystone is absolutely awesome as it bends and folds through the Ten Mile Range and the Gore Range, inviting everyone out into the sunshine to listen to the birds and see Keystone real estate when it is all abloom.

Stop by our office at The Walsh Group and RE/MAX Properties of the Summit in Expedition Station to see what gems we can unearth of Keystone, Colorado vacation real estate for your family.  This weekend on August 9, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. celebrate the Old West with the children.  With no admission charge, the River Run Frontier Fair includes train rides, artisans, bounce houses, the Mountain Miner petting zoo, caricatures, performers, face painters, and balloon artists.  Several beautiful River Run condominium complexes are right here, very near the ski lifts.  We can also show you Keystone properties in Mountain House, Ski Tip Ranch, Old Keystone, and Keystone CO homes around golf courses and near the Snake River.

Stay for a few days and take in the Lake Dillon Foundation for the Performing Arts’ Summer Gala Event on August 13.  Everyone is sure to enjoy the evening of Broadway’s Best, performed by this summer’s acting company.  Benefitting the Lake Dillon Theatre Company, tickets include entertainment and appetizers.

And then there are Family Fun Days the following Saturday along with hikes through the forest, fishing in the Snake River, visits to old gold mines, bike rides on award-winning bike paths and unparalleled bike terrain, and a good ole pleasant atmosphere in the resort.  This is a great time to enjoy the highly rated golf courses and to relax in the Rocky Mountain ambience and refreshing temperatures. 

Back to River Run for the Exclusive Wine Pairing Dinner on August 22, a new event in 2008 that benefits the Snake River Community Association that is building the new River Run Cultural Arts Center.  The four-course meal with wine pairings, live music, and a silent auction is priced at $100 a ticket.  Following this special occasion will be the Uncorked Mountain Wine Festival August 23 and 24—a weekend of wines, award-winning jazz, and a juried fine-art show.  Activities for children will be available in the Silvermill Courtyard and fabulous restaurants will offer food priced a la carte.

Contact the real estate experts at The Walsh Group at (866) 513-0404 for the inside scoop about great values in today’s market.

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This weekend, August 2nd and 3rd, River Run Village in Rocky Mountain Keystone, Colorado resort real estate hosts the 12th Annual Bluegrass and Beer Festival.  The knee-slapping Appalachian melodies by several nationally acclaimed “hillbilly” bands will be complemented by great food, interesting brews, and activities for the children.

Bring the entire family out to experience mountain music and real estate in Keystone’s River Run and we will show you available Keystone CO real estate here in Expedition Station, Jack Pine Lodge, Silvermill, The Springs, Red Hawk, and other condominium complexes.  Maybe you’d rather look into other Keystone neighborhoods such as Mountain House, Old Keystone CO homes, Ski Tip Ranch golf homes, or at more rural Summit County homes and cabins that will meet your vacation and recreation needs.

The weekend event is available with free admission and free music.  Then more than two dozen microbreweries are offering unlimited beer samples from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. for $30 per person each day.  Beginning at noon in the Beer Garden, along with acoustic bluegrass music, the Blue Moon Beer Garden will offer $4 beers and select wines.  The excellent restaurants from River Run and Keystone will join the fun with their own booths, offering wonderful down-home cooking a la carte.  Energy Alley will be entertaining the children with inflatable features and “wacky” activities.

Listen to the line-up.  Out at Events Plaza Stage, Pavilion at Keystone, and Arapahoe Courtyard Stage, we’ll be hearing from Quickdraw, Grass It Up, Oakhurst, Spring Creek, White Water Ramble, Kantankerous, 3 Left Feet, and the Ackermans!  The Ackermans retain a traditional rugged and roughhewn dynamism carried forth from decades and generations of playing together.  They wear tuxedos and perform around a single microphone, milking the ‘hayseed’ image of back-wood folks.  Every instrument is featured as they meander through foot-stomping fiddle tunes to waltzes to old-time music.

The bluegrass musical genre caught on like wildfire in 1946 when it created as much excitement as rock ‘n roll would a decade later.  This year’s Bluegrass and Beer Festival will benefit the High Country Conservation Center.  It is sponsored by Sprint, Blue Moon, Comcast, KSMT, Keystone Neighbourhood Company, Keystone Resort, SOBE Energy, and SOBE Life Water.  Free parking is available at the River Run Lots located off Gondola Road.  One heads up:  Dogs and other pets are prohibited at festivals in River Run Village.

Call The Walsh Group of Re/MAX Properties of the Summit, the #1 Broker in Summit County, at (970) 513-0404 to see what we can drum up for the weekend.

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A three-day classic art show and sale is in full swing in River Run Village.  The Mountain Art Gathering, one of many popular summer events for residents and guests of Keystone, Colorado real estate is taking place from July 26 to July 29 at The Pavilion at Keystone.  What a wonderful way to really savor the beauty of the picture-perfect mountains, the Snake River, and real estate in Keystone’s River Run Village—while mingling with artists who spend their days trying to capture the essence on canvas, in clay, or a variety of other mediums.

From our office and Keystone CO real estate in Expedition Station, we can actually see the festivities and a variety of wonderful vacation-home options in the Red Hawk Lodge, The Springs, Arapahoe Lodge, Black Bear Lodge, Jack Pine Lodge, Dakota Lodge, Silvermill, and more.  If you live along the Front Range, we’ll meet you in a couple of hours to show you some great investments in the summer market, including studios, one-, two-, three-, and four-bedroom units or single-family homes near the Keystone Ranch™ Golf Course or The River Course™ at Keystone, both of which are situated above 9,000 feet with spectacular views of the White River National Forest.

The Mountain Art Gathering highlights the work of artisans from Summit County as well as several acclaimed artists from around the United States.  Twenty percent of the proceeds from the weekend’s art sales are donated by these outstanding artists to Soul of the Summit, an initiative of the Summit Foundation.  The extraordinary event also features activities for children, live music, and is free to the public. 

Last night, the Summit Foundation which sponsors the Mountain Art Gathering, held a fantastic Gala in celebration of their 21st anniversary.  Summit County’s 28,000 residents are touched by the work of the Summit Foundation.  Established in 1984, the Foundation is a leader in building a legacy of generosity in the area.  The Foundation’s volunteer Center manages over 400 community volunteers.  Donors give their wealth, wisdom, and work.  Through fundraisers such as the Annual Grand Timber Lodge Celebrity Golf Tournament, Rubber Duck Races, and Parade of Homes, the organization funds a large spectrum of local nonprofits and programs in the arts, culture, health, human services, education, scholarship, environment, and sports. 

For more real estate information, call The Walsh Group of RE/MAX Properties of the Summit, the #1 Broker in Summit County, at (970) 513-0404.

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Plan to stop by our Expedition Station office in Keystone Colorado’s River Run neighborhood to ask what great summer Keystone real estate bargains are available in our Rocky Mountain ski resort.

If you do ski, you can imagine the convenience owning vacation real estate in Keystone’s River Run Village next to the new River Run Gondola.  But if you come August 23 and 24 for the Wine, Jazz & Art Festival, you’ll be welcomed into one of Vail Resorts prize communities, known for its plentiful family activities.  From festivals and plays to recreation galore, Keystone CO real estate is home base for not only skiing but gold-medal fly fishing, hiking, biking, golfing and so many more exciting activities.

The 11th Annual River Run Wine, Jazz & Art Festival at Keystone Pavilion in River Run will give you a glimpse of what it would be like to own a home away from home right in the middle of the action in Keystone.  Prefaced by a Gala event on Friday, August 22, the extraordinary weekend brings sophistication to the mountains.  It is sponsored by the National Distributing Company.

The event showcases hundreds of delicious wines and extraordinary works of juried fine art displayed in a picturesque mountain setting that will be infused with the melodious excitement of deluxe jazz ensembles.

Wine-appreciation seminars are scheduled to tease the wine palate.  Participants will learn about the latest trends in the wine industry, the subtleties of the beverage, the different wine-growing regions of the world, and the delicate nuance of flavors that evolve in the finest vineyard blends. Wines can be purchased by the glass or half glass and if you attend the Exclusive Grand Tasting, the wines are paired with dinner.

A cluster of eight options in the River Run Condominiums—our own Expedition Station plus Black Bear Lodge, Jack Pine Lodge, Dakota Lodge, Silvermill, Buffalo Lodge, The Springs, The Red Hawk Townhomes, and Arapahoe Lodge—and Riverbank Lodge, Timbers Condominiums, and Lone Eagle are only steps away.

If you come a few days early, bring the kids to River Run Family Day on August 16 or stay on for the Snake River Chamber Concert on August 29.  We’re here all year long to serve you.  Contact The Walsh Group of RE/MAX Properties of the Summit, the #1 Broker in Summit County, at (970) 513-0404 in Expedition Station.

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Come see the bargain real estate at Keystone on a Tuesday (June 24 – August 12, 2008) during the summertime Discovery Days and your children and teens will beg you to stay longer.  There are wonderful options for Keystone CO real estate at River Run Condominiums in Red Hawk Lodge, The Springs, Arapahoe Lodge, Black Bear Lodge, Jack Pine Lodge, Dakota Lodge, Silvermill as well as right here in Expedition Station above the offices of RE/MAX Properties of the Summit.  Explore Discover Days in the Pavilion at Keystone from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and see for yourself why families vote for Keystone when deciding on vacation real estate in Summit County.

Then on Wednesday evenings (July 2 – 30, 2008), the community—including families already living in Keystone real estate—converges upon River Run Village from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. to relax in the pleasant summer breeze.  The children can let loose at the bounce houses, play carnival games for fun prizes, laugh at the ventriloquist, and marvel at the juggling stilt walker.  Kid’s Discovery Days present lessons about music and the old west, sing a-long sessions, and live zoo animals.  After the show, children enjoy free pizza, face painting, and playful animal balloons.

Another excellent time to come look at properties is during the River Run Frontier Fair on July 19, 2008, a real celebration of the Old West.  Children love to pan for gold, visit the petting zoo, have their faces painted, and play midway games.  There’s also a train ride around the Village.

If you can’t make it until mid August, come for the Saturday family event on August 16, 2008 featuring live music, food, street entertainment, games and more sponsored by the Keystone Neighborhood and the Village associations.

Arrive early on August 15, 2008 and take in the Children’s Theatre in last performance of “Pinocchio: An Americans Folktale.”  Performed by the award-winning Lake Dillon Theatre on Fridays from July 11 – August 15, 2008), the play is based on the novel by Carlo Collodi.  Pinocchio is a wooden puppet who, in his desire to become a real boy, runs into mischievous characters along the way.  The Lake Dillon Theatre Company has been named “Best Colorado Theatre West of Denver” by the Colorado Theatre Guild and “One of Colorado’s Top Ten Theatres Outside of Denver” by the Denver Post.

The Walsh Group at RE/MAX Properties of the Summit is the #1 broker in the area and can be reached at (866) 513-0404 or (970) 513-0404 for expert real-estate assistance in the Rocky Mountain resort area.

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Last weekend’s soothing but lively strands, admirable artworks, and family fun filled the air at River Run Village and nearby in Keystone, Colorado real estate during the 4th Annual Blues Festival and Art Show August 2-3, 2008.  Growing in popularity among the summer festivals in Summit County, the event permeated our offices and Keystone CO real estate in Expedition Station as well as the courtyard at Silvermill in the River Run Condominiums.

Known for its wonderful summer music festivals, ownership of vacation real estate in Keystone’s River Run neighborhood also comes with excellent restaurants, clubs, ski services, and shops as well as three splendid mountains of fabulous skiing, and biking and hiking trails.  A Keystone vacation home at Red Hawk Townhomes, The Springs, Arapahoe Lodge, Black Bear Lodge, Jack Pine Lodge, Dakota Lodge, Silvermill, Expedition Station, Buffalo Lodge, Lone Eagle, Riverbank Lodge or Timbers Condominiums will provide the cradle for years of family memories in the Rocky Mountains.

Residents and visitors were right at home at the Keystone Blues Festival and Art Show.  The sun-kissed days caught them swaying to the acoustic melodies, mingling with friends, bouncing in the bounce houses, admiring a lavish display of classic art, sipping cool drinks, and smacking their lips while sampling the tasty food.

Entertainment featured two days of the sounds of Energy Alley, Jeff Meyers and the Bluez Doggs, Sheryl Renee, Lee Boys, Dig Daddy Lee and Kingbees, and the Todd Tijerina Band.  The art show featured the work of 30 artists using various mediums to encapsulate the fullness of life for buyers to enjoy at home.
A nostalgic highlight of the entertainment, the Lee Boys with their sacred steel music, carries on the family legacy left by Alvin Lee’s brother and father who passed on in 2000.  The men are remembered for their gospel roots but Alvin and three nephews spiced it up with blues, funk, country, and jazz, strumming out some great high-energy sounds.  The positive uplifting music got ‘em out onto the dance floor.  This was their last performance on a tour of the Rocky Mountains.

Don’t hesitate to contact The Walsh Group at RE/MAX Properties of the Summit at (866) 513-0404 or (970) 513-0404 for real-estate advice in the resort areas.

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