Welcome to week 9 of the SoCal Spotlight!
Each week the SoCal Spotlight highlights five of the awesome posts from #socalsteemit! So, lets dive on in and see what kind of cool stuff the SoCal Steemians have been posting about this week!
Up first in this weeks SoCal Spotlight we have a Steemit Open Mic contest entry by 
@derekrichardson who plays his acoustic guitar and sings an original song that he wrote called "Revolution evolution"!
@derekrichardson who plays his acoustic guitar and sings an original song that he wrote called "Revolution evolution"!Steemit Open Mic Week 83 - Original Song 'Revolution, evolution'
Up next for this week 
@denisechips takes us into another world at the Renessiance Pleasure Faire for #marketfriday! She got to meet fairies, watch jousting, hear live music, and tons of other fun stuff!!
@denisechips takes us into another world at the Renessiance Pleasure Faire for #marketfriday! She got to meet fairies, watch jousting, hear live music, and tons of other fun stuff!! In the third post for this week 
@mikesthoughts shows us the next evolution in his "Creative Journey"! He shows us a bunch of his new paintings and even includes a really cool video where you can actually watch him create one of the paintings!
@mikesthoughts shows us the next evolution in his "Creative Journey"! He shows us a bunch of his new paintings and even includes a really cool video where you can actually watch him create one of the paintings! Our next featured post for this week is by 
@madpotters who participated in the #payitforward contest run by 
@thedarkhorse and 
@wolfhart where she highlights some great content on Steemit written by newer users who still have a reputation under 50!
@madpotters who participated in the #payitforward contest run by @thedarkhorse and @wolfhart where she highlights some great content on Steemit written by newer users who still have a reputation under 50!Pay It Forward Curation Contest. My nominees are....[win SBI and Steem-Bounty, whatever they are!]
Last but not least we have a great meetup post by 
@dbru from our last #socalsteemit meetup at Newport Beach in Orange county! It was perfect weather for the beach and we all had lots of fun talking Steemit, Crypto, geology, and more. Even his "mini-me" seemed to have a really fun time!
@dbru from our last #socalsteemit meetup at Newport Beach in Orange county! It was perfect weather for the beach and we all had lots of fun talking Steemit, Crypto, geology, and more. Even his "mini-me" seemed to have a really fun time!