<div dir="ltr">Just wanted to say that the Riverdale Park Arts Council gave away at least 200 cups of free cocoa during the festival that was gladly welcomed by all who enjoyed it. A big thanks goes out to Michael Sevener who supplied and set up a table and chairs for the Arts Council and to Ken Laureys who assisted in giving out the cocoa. It was a good day and so nice to see so many smiling faces:-) <div><br></div><div>Marita Novicky</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:00 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org" target="_blank">towntalk-request@riverdale-park.org</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send TownTalk mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Thanks to our police department (S Collins)<br>
2. Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome Saturday it was!<br>
(Dwight Holmes)<br>
3. Re: Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome Saturday it was!<br>
(James Coleman)<br>
4. Re: Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome Saturday it was!<br>
(bob smith)<br>
5. Re: Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome Saturday it was!<br>
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Message: 1<br>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 14:56:17 +0000 (UTC)<br>
From: S Collins <<a href="mailto:ugglywump@yahoo.com">ugglywump@yahoo.com</a>><br>
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One day last week when I was at work, my landline telephone decided to "die," and before it died, it apparently decided to dial 911 over and over!? That evening, neighbors told me the police were at my apartment, checking with people in the building, etc., to make sure that I was ok.?<br>
I want to say a big THANK YOU to our police force -?wonderful to know they're looking out for us, isn't it??? -? and I'm very sorry for my phones' bad behavior (it's decided to work, again)!?<br>
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:27:26 -0500<br>
From: Dwight Holmes <<a href="mailto:dwightrholmes@gmail.com">dwightrholmes@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: [RP TownTalk] Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome Saturday<br>
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I just wanted to say that even though I was busy all day (as unpaid<br>
employee and husband of the Soap Lady - conflict of interest duly noted)<br>
and didn't get to walk around all that much, I think our annual Riverdale<br>
Park Holiday Market & Festival of Lights is awesome, and this one was<br>
easily the best one yet in our 8 years of involvement. (Gorgeous<br>
mid-December weather didn't hurt, of course!) Great vendors, really good<br>
music, and friendly throngs of happy Riverdalians and neighbors coming<br>
through all day long all adds up to a wonderful event!)<br>
<br>
I was particularly struck as the microphone passed from Marianna Previti<br>
and her band to the Wild Anacostias at around 7 o'clock that it's<br>
especially cool that our town and region has so many awesome musicians! Of<br>
course, Miles Spicer had also performed earlier in the day, making at least<br>
3 acts on that very talented roster of musicians who kept us jolly and<br>
entertained all day long who hail from Our Fair City. (There may be others<br>
among the musicians who I don't know who are also from RP...)<br>
<br>
In addition to my lovely wife - conflict of interest duly noted above -<br>
many of the talented artisan crafters at the market also hail from our<br>
town, or from very nearby. So kudos to Riverdale Park AND the Route 1<br>
Corridor. It's good to be us!<br>
<br>
And finally this email would be incomplete without a HUGE SHOUT OUT to Jim<br>
Coleman, our tireless farmers market manager and holiday market<br>
coordinator. No question that this wouldn't have been half as successful<br>
without Jim. (Also should be said, it would be great to see still more<br>
volunteers to help out with different aspects of the Holiday Market next<br>
year, maybe lighten Jim's load a little bit!)<br>
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Happy holidays to all!<br>
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Dwight Holmes<br>
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 11:40:31 -0500<br>
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Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome<br>
Saturday it was!<br>
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Thanks a ton! I love my peeps here and they inspire me every single year.<br>
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Thanks, JC<br>
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> On Dec 15, 2014, at 11:27 AM, Dwight Holmes <<a href="mailto:dwightrholmes@gmail.com">dwightrholmes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> 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!)<br>
><br>
> 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...)<br>
><br>
> 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!<br>
><br>
> 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!)<br>
><br>
> Happy holidays to all!<br>
><br>
> Dwight Holmes<br>
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:03:34 -0500<br>
From: bob smith <<a href="mailto:sfmc68@verizon.net">sfmc68@verizon.net</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome<br>
Saturday it was!<br>
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Nicely said Dwight! Thank you for sending out!<br>
Great time as always, and I got my morning Chocolate Croissant that evening!<br>
bob<br>
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On 12/15/14 11:27 AM, Dwight Holmes wrote:<br>
> I just wanted to say that even though I was busy all day (as unpaid<br>
> employee and husband of the Soap Lady - conflict of interest duly<br>
> noted) and didn't get to walk around all that much, I think our annual<br>
> Riverdale Park Holiday Market & Festival of Lights is awesome, and<br>
> this one was easily the best one yet in our 8 years of involvement.<br>
> (Gorgeous mid-December weather didn't hurt, of course!) Great<br>
> vendors, really good music, and friendly throngs of happy Riverdalians<br>
> and neighbors coming through all day long all adds up to a wonderful<br>
> event!)<br>
><br>
> I was particularly struck as the microphone passed from Marianna<br>
> Previti and her band to the Wild Anacostias at around 7 o'clock that<br>
> it's especially cool that our town and region has so many awesome<br>
> musicians! Of course, Miles Spicer had also performed earlier in the<br>
> day, making at least 3 acts on that very talented roster of musicians<br>
> who kept us jolly and entertained all day long who hail from Our Fair<br>
> City. (There may be others among the musicians who I don't know who<br>
> are also from RP...)<br>
><br>
> In addition to my lovely wife - conflict of interest duly noted above<br>
> - many of the talented artisan crafters at the market also hail from<br>
> our town, or from very nearby. So kudos to Riverdale Park AND the<br>
> Route 1 Corridor. It's good to be us!<br>
><br>
> And finally this email would be incomplete without a HUGE SHOUT OUT to<br>
> Jim Coleman, our tireless farmers market manager and holiday market<br>
> coordinator. No question that this wouldn't have been half as<br>
> successful without Jim. (Also should be said, it would be great to<br>
> see still more volunteers to help out with different aspects of the<br>
> Holiday Market next year, maybe lighten Jim's load a little bit!)<br>
><br>
> Happy holidays to all!<br>
><br>
> Dwight Holmes<br>
><br>
><br>
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Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:14:11 -0500<br>
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Wow, Thank you, Dwight! I can speak for the rest of the Wild Anacostias<br>
(including RP residents Sue and Brian Mondeel) when I say it was our<br>
pleasure to perform at the Festival of Lights again. It's one of our<br>
favorite gigs of the year.<br>
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The Holiday Market/Festival of Lights is one of the best events that<br>
Riverdale puts on. Thank you to Jim and everyone else who made it happen!<br>
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-Maureen<br>
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On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Dwight Holmes <<a href="mailto:dwightrholmes@gmail.com">dwightrholmes@gmail.com</a>><br>
wrote:<br>
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> I just wanted to say that even though I was busy all day (as unpaid<br>
> employee and husband of the Soap Lady - conflict of interest duly noted)<br>
> and didn't get to walk around all that much, I think our annual Riverdale<br>
> Park Holiday Market & Festival of Lights is awesome, and this one was<br>
> easily the best one yet in our 8 years of involvement. (Gorgeous<br>
> mid-December weather didn't hurt, of course!) Great vendors, really good<br>
> music, and friendly throngs of happy Riverdalians and neighbors coming<br>
> through all day long all adds up to a wonderful event!)<br>
><br>
> I was particularly struck as the microphone passed from Marianna Previti<br>
> and her band to the Wild Anacostias at around 7 o'clock that it's<br>
> especially cool that our town and region has so many awesome musicians! Of<br>
> course, Miles Spicer had also performed earlier in the day, making at least<br>
> 3 acts on that very talented roster of musicians who kept us jolly and<br>
> entertained all day long who hail from Our Fair City. (There may be others<br>
> among the musicians who I don't know who are also from RP...)<br>
><br>
> In addition to my lovely wife - conflict of interest duly noted above -<br>
> many of the talented artisan crafters at the market also hail from our<br>
> town, or from very nearby. So kudos to Riverdale Park AND the Route 1<br>
> Corridor. It's good to be us!<br>
><br>
> And finally this email would be incomplete without a HUGE SHOUT OUT to Jim<br>
> Coleman, our tireless farmers market manager and holiday market<br>
> coordinator. No question that this wouldn't have been half as successful<br>
> without Jim. (Also should be said, it would be great to see still more<br>
> volunteers to help out with different aspects of the Holiday Market next<br>
> year, maybe lighten Jim's load a little bit!)<br>
><br>
> Happy holidays to all!<br>
><br>
> Dwight Holmes<br>
><br>
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