SUMMER FESTIVAL SUCCESSFUL & ENJOYED BY AUDIENCES

THIS WEEKEND THE SUMMER FESTIVAL WAS A SUCCESS WITH LOTS OF FOOD, FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT.

THE SOUND MAN WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.  HE PROVIDED A SOUND THAT WAS SUPER EVEN DURING THE HEAT WHEN HIS EQUIPMENT WAS OVERHEATING AND CAUSING HIM ANGST.  DALE SEWERS, A BOARD MEMBER AND MUSICIAN, TOOK ON THE TASK OF PROVIDING THE SOUND WHICH MEANT HE HAD TO MAKE SURE ALL THE DIFFERENT NEEDS OF MUSICIANS WERE MET.   IT WAS REALLY A WORK OF LOVE AND IT SHOWED.  WE THANK HIM FOR THIS MASSIVE EFFORT WHICH WAS SO APPRECIATED BY ALL WHO LISTENED TO THE MUSIC AND BY THE MUSICIANS WHO WERE ON STAGE DEPENDING ON HIM TO LET THE AUDIENCE HEAR THEIR PERFORMANCES LOUD AND CLEAR.

THE HOUSE BAND WAS FANTASTIC BEHIND THOSE FOLKS WHO NEEDED BACKUP AND WE THANK THEM FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE HEAT AND WITH THE MOSQUITOS TRYING TO EAT THEM ON STAGE.

ARTHUR BROWN WAS THE STAGE MANAGER FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND DID SO WITH PRECISION AND KEEPING TIME SO THAT THE WEEKEND ACTS WERE ON TIME AND WITH SMOOTH TRANSITION.  THANK YOU ARTHUR FOR COMPLETING  THIS COMPLICATED TASK SO WELL.

THE BBQ & CONCESSION STAND WERE MANNED BY SO MANY WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS AND THE FOOD WAS REALLY TASTY.  MICHELLE COLP WORKED ENDLESSLY BEFORE AND DURING THE FESTIVAL TO ENSURE THERE WAS ENOUGH FOOD AND SUPPLIES.  THANK YOU MICHELLE AND THE CREW OF VOLUNTEERS WHO MANNED BOTH THE BBQ AND IN THE CONCESSION BUILDING.

THE FRONT GATE ADMISSIONS WERE BUSY BUT FRIENDLY AND THOUGH THEY WERE IN THE HEAT, THE VOLUNTEERS THERE WERE SO WONDERFUL.  ANNETTA MOSES-GORMAN WHO HAD NEVER WORKED AT THE DAY GATE ADMISSIONS BEFORE LED A GREAT AND EFFICIENT CREW AND WE THANK ANNETTA AND THE VOLUNTEERS AS THEY GREETED AND HELPED ALL WHO CAME THROUGH THE GATE.

BEHIND THE SCENE CREWS WORKED FOR WEEKS BEFORE AND DURING AND AFTER THE EVENT AND MADE SURE THINGS WERE SECURE AND READY.  THE EVENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO ON WITHOUT THE DILIGENT FOLKS WHO MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS SECURE AND READY.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND PETER COLP MADE SURE THAT FOLKS WERE ALRIGHT MEDICALLY AND HELPED BY CHECKING TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE WAS OK IN THE EXTREME HEAT.  THANK YOU PETER FOR YOUR HELP AS A FIRST RESPONDER AS WE SO APPRECIATED IT THIS WEEKEND AS WE DO EVERY EVENT YOU HELP OUT WITH.

THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WERE THERE IN FULL FORCE AND HELPED SO MUCH.

ON TO THE MINI TRIBUTE AUGUST 18-21ST  WHEN THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE FANTASTIC MUSIC UNDER A BIGGER TENT AND WITH MORE ACTS.     KEEP THOSE DATES IN MIND.  SEE YOU THERE !!!!