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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Here, here!- </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal">I was moved to write something Saturday (I was thinking about the forum of FB, but Town Talk is much better) then got distracted with life. So here I go with my schmaltziness:<u></u><u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman"></font><br><BR><p class="ecxMsoNormal">We have such a sweet town. Really. It was heartwarming-I mean that- to look out into the crowd and see so many faces that I’ve known throughout the years both by residing in RP and Hyattsville. My dear friend Ann Marquis and I met at a farmers market 16 years ago when our kids were comparing their pull-up diapers. Now they are both in college (sniff)! I saw her there as well as many friends many of whom I’ve formed close relationships with just by being a part of this community. As an added treat, some of those friends and I went to the Town Center Market for a fancy beer after the show!<u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman"></font><br><BR><p class="ecxMsoNormal">Gotta love Riverdale Park!<u></u><u></u></p><font face="Times New Roman"></font><br>Thank you Jim, for including me.<u></u><u></u><br><font face="Times New Roman"></font><br>Best to all,<u></u><u></u><br><font face="Times New Roman"></font><br><BR><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u>Marianna<u></u><u></u></p><br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 12:14:11 -0500<br>From: maureen.farrington@gmail.com<br>To: towntalk@riverdale-park.org<br>Subject: Re: [RP TownTalk] Riverdale Park Pride! What an awesome Saturday it was!<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Wow, Thank you, Dwight! I can speak for the rest of the Wild Anacostias (including RP residents Sue and Brian Mondeel) when I say it was our pleasure to perform at the Festival of Lights again. It's one of our favorite gigs of the year.<br><br></div>The Holiday Market/Festival of Lights is one of the best events that Riverdale puts on. Thank you to Jim and everyone else who made it happen!<br><br></div>-Maureen<br></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Dwight Holmes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwightrholmes@gmail.com" target="_blank">dwightrholmes@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<blockquote style="padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;" class="ecxgmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">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!)<div><br></div><div>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...)</div><div><br></div><div>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! </div><div><br></div><div>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!)</div><div><br></div><div>Happy holidays to all!</div><span class="ecxHOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Dwight Holmes</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div>
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