Hey! This is @betty952, reporting that on charitywater.org/twestival, as of 1pm today, #mplstwestival officially raised $640!! Which is great for the short timescale we were given to organize and in comparison to other cities who had multiple sponsors, I think we did exceptionally well. Big thanks Moto-I (@motoi2go), EarthLust, Pedalr, and Jungle Red Salon for their generous sponsorships and donations for Minneapolis Twestival! We couldn’t have done it without your support.

Special thanks to @andrewkorf for being such a great host and to @kritterit for lining us up with such amazing DJs Trey and Jerome! The music was awesome! Thank you to @megcanada for MC-ing, and thanks to @breon for setting up the Twestival and hashtag live steams. To all of you who showed, contributed, met other twitters (or explained what twittering is!), THANK YOU so much for making #mplstwestival a sweet success. It was a blast!

pedalr.com has been a sponsor of Minneapolis Twestival from the outset - but is just getting around to adding it’s assets to the blog. Look forward to drinking some pedalr powered sake in a bit. See ya there.

OK - so… Twestival is on tonight at Moto-I ( directions here )- we have the entire second floor donated to the cause and accompanying twitterers. On deck for the eve: DJ Trey and friends (thanks @kritterit), Live streaming of twestivals around the world (thanks @motoi2go and @breon) - words about the cause and event (thanks @megcanada) - and plenty of sake and merriment (again thanks @motoi2go and @blam61). Oh and few prizes to be awarded to lucky twestivalees (thanks @betty952).

Schedule (very loose):
6.30 pm - Twestival doors open
7.30 pm - Introduction and a word about the event, the cause and the gang who pulled it together
9.00 pm - Drawing for twestival goodies
12.00 am - wrap up

Look forward to meeting everyone.

Along with our great hosts Moto-I. Earthlust has just signed up as sponsor for Minneapolis Twestival. Cool people - great products. Super excited to have their company join the fun and good cause.

Anyone interested in sponsoring the Minneapolis twestival? We have a couple generous sponsors already, but would welcome any additional sponsors to the event. Great cause. Thursday eve at Moto-I. An update on donations - you can donate to the cause ahead of time here with your twitter username: http://www.charitywater.org/twestival/