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

[bob smith]

Nicely said Dwight! Thank you for sending out!
Great time as always, and I got my morning Chocolate Croissant that evening!
bob

On 12/15/14 11:27 AM, Dwight Holmes wrote:
> 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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