Each week this summer, we post the top tweets of the week about Ravinia Festival under the heading This Week in Tweets. During the last week we scoured the depths of the twittersphere to bring you the best tweets that mention your favorite outdoor music festival. Log on to Twitter, follow @RaviniaFestival, tweet about us or twitpic your lawn set-up and you might wind up in our blog feature!  

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   Kartemquin Team is back from a big shoot w @BTJAZDanceCo in NYC. Less than a month the piece debuts @RaviniaFestivalKartemquin.com/films/in-progress 19 Aug 2009 from web
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   andrewpatner My Sun-Times review of Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ivari Ilja in all-Russian song recital Tuesday at Ravinia: http://tinyurl.com/ndcrgo 20 Aug 2009 from web
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   lindab142 Saw Jonny Lang and George Thoroughgood at Ravinia tonight; perfect evening. Fun and rockin' w/the girls. Sweet dreams tweeples. I'm out 21 Aug 2009 from TweetDeck
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   mamasan1966 Just home from Ravinia. Great time! Good music and friends. I laughed so hard all night my jaw hurts. Time for bed. 6am is 5.5 hours away. 21 Aug 2009 from web
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   80g is hanging out on the lawn at Ravinia. Mmm...Boursin. 22 Aug 2009 from Ping.fm
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   krabigail I'm @Raviniawith a slanket, family, @WoodchuckCider, and Bonnie and Taj. Needless to say I'm remarkably happy. 23 Aug 2009 from txt
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   krabigail http://twitpic.com/exdbk- My little cousin and the slanket hit it off. @Ravinia 23 Aug 2009 from TwitPic
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   ingycreative Taj Mahal and Bonnie Raitt were awesome last night at Ravinia. Great atmosphere, friendship and musicianship. What a beautiful venue. 23 Aug 2009 from web
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   timmyjoe dear chicago: it's been a long, long time but tomorrow we shall reunite. love, Tim p.s. say hi to sark's, malnati's, ravinia, & wrigley 24 Aug 2009 from web
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    sparkstar9 Whew, that was quite the workout, Ravinia has the greatest audience!! Thank you!!! 25 Aug 2009 from Tweetie
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    welzkauffman Saw private run-thru of @ BTJAZDanceCo in NY - amazing - SO evolved from May at Ravinia - people in tears. 25 Aug 2009 from web
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    sh Making fried chicken for Ravinia and considering opening my own chicken shack. @srobbin and @chronicbabe better bring their appetites! 25 Aug 2009 from Tweetie

A lot of Twitter buzz building up to the Fondly Do We Hope...Fervently Do We Pray world-premiere on September 17th! Also, we now have a sleeved blanket at Ravinia count: Slanket 1 - Snuggie 0. If you are featured above, you can claim your prize by emailing your name and address to backstage@ravinia.org with the subject THIS WEEK IN TWEETS. Click here to view all entries from This Week in Tweets.

Matthew Dolkart
Development Writer