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Triple Crown Baseball

Break out the gloves and sunscreen — baseball season is back!
Triple Crown Baseball arrives in the Valley, March 23-27, for its
fourth tournament. Triple Crown is adding an additional week to
its spring championship’s early competition and MLB spring train-
ing games. More than 300 teams and families are expected to
travel to the Valley, including Scottsdale, for the event.

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Triple Crown Baseball

Scottsdale Spring
Classic
Watch beautiful equines strut and jump
at the Scottsdale Spring Classic, an
event that has been held at WestWorld
Equestrian Center for nearly two
decades. Root for riders and their
horses during this hunter-jumper event
that showcases skilled competitors as
they navigate and conquer the courses.
Horses of various sizes and breeds and
riders of all ages will be competing for
the chance to take home a prize. The
judges in this five-day competition hail
from various parts of the nation, includ-
ing North Carolina, Florida, California
and, of course, Arizona. And, with nearly
90 percent of the hunter-jumper popu- Scottsdale Culinary Festival
lation of Arizona residing in the Valley,
you know this will be one popular event.
Free to the public, the Scottsdale Spring
Classic takes place from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.,
March 23-27. Food, Fashion and Competition
Looking for six consecutive days of food, wine and music? Look no
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further than the 33rd Annual Scottsdale Culinary Festival from
April 5-10. The festival, which takes place at locations throughout
Scottsdale Spring Classic Scottsdale, showcases many talented chefs, a large variety of foods
that will have you salivating, lavish dinners, live entertainment and
cocktail parties, including a fashion and wine-tasting party. Attendees
also will have the opportunity to check out a local “Top Chef” meets
“Iron Chef” cooking competition. Among the challenges, four chefs
will be presented with identical “mystery baskets” of ingredients,
which they will use to whip up an appetizer and an entrée using iden-
tical stove tops and cookware. Finally, the festival’s largest event, the
Great AZ Picnic, takes place in Downtown Scottsdale at the Civic
Center Mall. So, eat, drink and dance the night away at the Scottsdale
Culinary Festival.

www.scottsdaleculinaryfestival.org

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Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts

Festivals Taking Over Scottsdale

Comfortable temps and seemingly perfect weather call for
more outdoorsy events, including arts festivals galore. This
March and April, residents have the opportunity to take part
in not one, but two art fairs — the 41st Annual Scottsdale
Arts Festival and Sunday A’Fair.
For $7 ($5 for students with an ID, and free for chil-
dren under 12), attendees can take part in the Scottsdale
Arts Festival. They can purchase or browse through works
of art by 200 jury-selected artists from across the nation.
Attendees also can hear live music by popular bands from
throughout the state, bid at the online art auction, get a
bite to eat and sample some wine, and treat the kids to
free arts activities at Imagine Nation. The Scottsdale Arts
Festival takes place from March 11-13 at the Scottsdale
Center for the Performing Arts.
The Sunday A’Fair, which takes place every Sunday at
the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall until April 3, is a free
event at which the Valley’s top entertainers will perform.
Have a picnic, take part in the free art activities, enjoy
live music, meander among the booths that are selling
arts and crafts, and spend a relaxing afternoon out with
the family.
www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org

Arizona Bike Week

Classic Bikes & Classic Rock
More than 4,000 biking enthusiasts will roll into WestWorld of
Scottsdale for the 15th Annual Arizona Bike Week, March
30-April 3. Bike lovers and attendees can shop for motorcycle
gear and test drive the latest models, while also enjoying food and
music. Entertainment includes live music from Skid Row, Heart,
Buckcherry and Warrant. Bike lovers will have the opportunity to
take part in rides and activities throughout the week

www.azbikeweek.com

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 Photos: Legacy Design Build Remodeling

A Legacy of Quality
Despite the weak economy,
Legacy Design Build Remodeling
is keeping busy
By Kristine Cannon

I t wasn’t that long ago that million-

dollar homes kept Michael Daniel
and his company, Legacy Design Build Remodeling,
fairly busy. However, the market for luxury home
remodeling is slowing, and attitudes toward spend-
ing disposable income are changing. Still, that
doesn’t mean the industry is disappearing.
For Legacy Design Build Remodeling, a company
known for its million-dollar projects, the game has
changed with significantly fewer high-end requests.
Legacy, however, has adapted its business model
and is moving forward.
With the market more competitive than ever and
trade suppliers reducing their prices to stay in busi-
ness — in turn lowering the costs of remodeling proj-
ects — Legacy is putting the budgets of its clients
first and then adjusting the project accordingly.
“Two years ago, clients put more thought into what
they wanted, figured out everything they wanted to
do, and then figured out the cost,” says Daniel, presi-
dent of Legacy. “Now, the cost comes first. Clients
won’t make the sacrifice, and we have to present a
more basic, budget-minded, targeted project.”
Although there are fewer million-dollar remod-
eling projects, Legacy continues to receive a grow-
ing number of requests for smaller, more budget-
minded jobs, especially kitchens and bathrooms.
“Clients say, ‘Take what I have, and do what you
can for less,’ ” Daniel says. “No one is nearly as
willing to break down walls or make additions.”
But this doesn’t faze Daniel and his business.
He takes pride in these smaller projects, some of
which have won local and regional awards, includ-
ing four National Association of the Remodeling
Industry’s Contractor of the Year awards.
“We are more proud of the smaller projects
because more creativity, design and thought
goes behind them,” Daniel says. “... we want to
emphasize that our projects range from $5,000 to
million-dollar projects; we aren’t just a high-end
company that will only take on the more expen-
sive renovations.” d
For more information, visit www.legacyaz.com
or call 480.991.1993

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