[RP TownTalk] Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome Saturday it was!

[Dwight Holmes]

I just wanted to say that even though I was busy all day (as unpaid
employee and husband of the Soap Lady - conflict of interest duly noted)
and didn't get to walk around all that much, I think our annual Riverdale
Park Holiday Market & Festival of Lights is awesome, and this one was
easily the best one yet in our 8 years of involvement.  (Gorgeous
mid-December weather didn't hurt, of course!)  Great vendors, really good
music, and friendly throngs of happy Riverdalians and neighbors coming
through all day long all adds up to a wonderful event!)

I was particularly struck as the microphone passed from Marianna Previti
and her band to the Wild Anacostias at around 7 o'clock that it's
especially cool that our town and region has so many awesome musicians!  Of
course, Miles Spicer had also performed earlier in the day, making at least
3 acts on that very talented roster of musicians who kept us jolly and
entertained all day long who hail from Our Fair City.  (There may be others
among the musicians who I don't know who are also from RP...)

In addition to my lovely wife - conflict of interest duly noted above -
many of the talented artisan crafters at the market also hail from our
town, or from very nearby.  So kudos to Riverdale Park AND the Route 1
Corridor. It's good to be us!

And finally this email would be incomplete without a HUGE SHOUT OUT to Jim
Coleman, our tireless farmers market manager and holiday market
coordinator.  No question that this wouldn't have been half as successful
without Jim.  (Also should be said, it would be great to see still more
volunteers to help out with different aspects of the Holiday Market next
year, maybe lighten Jim's load a little bit!)

Happy holidays to all!

Dwight Holmes
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