Jovis Mobile

Jovis is now mobile! We just got back from a three day weekend at the Montrose Bluegrass Festival, "Pickin'at the Pavillion". We had an absolute blast as there were musicians from all over the region and we were amazed at all of the talent walking around! Individuals would just pick up a guitar and begin playing--sometimes with strangers creating a spontaneous bluegrass jam session. We were able to offer all of our fresh roasted coffees and espressos to attendees and musicians alike. Pictured is our very own Barista, Ashley, insuring that everyone has the energy to enjoy 3 days of great music!

Bring Your Daughter to Work Day

This past Thursday we partnered with Passage Charter School of Montrose to be a part of the National Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. Students spend the work day shadowing business leaders/mentors throughout a typical day. Pictured is Passage Charter School Student, Dezaray, learning to pull a perfect shot of esspresso from our Barista Tara.

The day was a success as Dezaray learned from the baristas and the management team about the ins and outs of running a coffee shop and roasting facility on a typical day!

Barista greetings from Africa!

Stevi, one of our multi-talented baristas, has been spending the past month in Uganda, Africa.

Serving as photo journalist for the Missions based project, "Light Gives Heat", Stevi has been documenting the country, the culture and the people.

This email was received today...along with photo. We will have to ask her what exactly is going on in the background when she returns back to us at Jovis! Look closely, and you will see the young girl holding a snake.

Hello !
Hope things are going well over there!
We have been loving it over here and have been busy, though it does not seem like we do a whole lot as it takes the whole day to get one or two things done. It is a different pace here. The filming is hard because I hate having all these camera's in peoples faces, but have learned when I should and should not be filming or taking pictures.
The boys killed a goat yesterday and we had it for lunch. I am glad I was not there to see it. Dillon did get lost of pictures so he could share...yeah it was not pretty.
Anyway send my love to everyone! *Stevi

Dana

Hello fellow coffee-lovers,(or haters, but we will change that),Allow me to introduce myself... my name is Dana, I am currently a student at Mesa State College, my major is Sign Language Interpretation, with a minor in communication.I have worked at Jovis for a little over three months, however I have been a Barista for about two years (I used to work for my worthy opponent).I would be greatly honored if you would let me create your next beverage...you know you want it, you know it's calling you...ANSWER!

Latte Magic

The first benefit Magic Show at Jovis was a huge success. Tickets sold out two days prior and we had a standing room only crowd. All of the ticket sales went to the Black Canyon Boys & Girls Club. Three area magicians all lent their talents to present a magic show in three acts. Each magician had a very different style which made this an enjoyable Saturday night for live entertainment. A future show is already in the works for the first part of May. If you are a local or visiting the Montrose, Colorado area, you should not miss the opportunity to grab a latte, espresso, or just pure fresh roasted coffee and enjoy the show!

Magicians on Caffeine

The Magic in March show is all set for this upcoming Saturday. The show is a fund raiser for the Boys & Girls Club. In fact, within the club, the kids had a contest for the best magic trick and the winners will perform at this Saturday's show! To help promote the show, a group of kids came to Jovis on Thursday to create awareness through signs and even performed some tricks for our guests. It must have worked, because the show is already sold out!

As part of their preshow performance and to get some extra practice time, some of the magicians used Jovis Baristas as their audience. Definitely check back after the weekend for pictures of all the acts for this very worthwhile charitable event.

The CLUB

We recently held our first "Club" event. The last Friday of every month we partner up with the Boys & Girls Club to host a live musical or comedy act. Our first event brought in Chris Paul Overall- a Christian Rock artist out of California. He brought an acoustical act and really impressed us. You can find out more about him at his site http://www.chrispauloverall.com/.

After the concert we held an open mic for anyone who wanted try their talents in front of a friendly crowd. The varying types of entertainment coming to Jovis is very important as we try to bring something different to our Montrose Colorado community.

Be sure to stay tuned on our entertainment page to catch all the events at Jovis-- We have Alan Vigil on the 22nd, The Shakespeare Comedy Guys on the 28th, and closing out the month is another fund raiser for the Boys & Girls Club- Magic in March featuring three different styles of magicians.