MANY
THANKS!
On behalf of the Southwest Harbor &
Tremont Chamber of Commerce I would like to publically thank the 200 plus
volunteers who contributed to last weekend's successful 18th Acadia
Oktoberfest. The event is a fun season end celebration for the community and
weekend visitors to Mt. Desert Island but from the point of view of
organization, it is a campaign depending on the generosity and hard work of the
volunteers both seasoned and new for its success.
We will not name everyone, but like the
proverbial horseshoe nail, we wanted them all.
As always, Colleen Maynard of Bar Harbor
Bank and Trust helped recruit many of our volunteers. Special thanks go to her
for this and her aplomb and assistance at the ticket gate. Debbie Sanner was
there all day as usual and I am personally grateful for her consistence and
reliability. Same goes for John Williams at the entrance gate. Thanks also to
John for booking the bands this year! Everyone enjoyed the music. Thank you to
Larry Hudgens and the Causeway Club for the generous loan of the golf carts.
Thank you Jean Goodwin for overseeing the
craft tent again.
Special thanks to Rich and Sandy McMillan
who worked round the clock on Saturday and then some. Jim and Patti LeClair travelled
from Belfast to help out generally and to judge the table decorations. Thanks
Jim, for the pictures! Thank you, Jay and Candy Emlen for everything! Thanks Dennis Damon for overseeing the Keg Toss. He was
ably and in Drew's case, agilely, assisted by Drew Cosby and Lauryn Smith from
All Trips. Thanks and congratulations to all the contenders and to Atlantic
Brewing for the keg! Thanks everyone who came in costume and winner Patty Z.
who has set the standard for 2014!
Thanks to Chamber members Tom and Doug at
Atlantic Brewing Company for their advice, advertising assistance and general
support. Thanks to all the brewers for sharing their beers and expertise and
for recruiting volunteers!
This is the place to give particular
thanks to Tyler Johnson and his father Tom from the Liquor Locker in Southwest
Harbor. Besides the Friday evening beer
tasting at their store on the corner of Seal Cove Rd. and Main St., Tyler
hosted the new experts' tent where everyone enjoyed special beer infusions thru
hops, chilies, honeycomb and coffee! BTW, congratulations to Tyler and his wife
on the recent birth of their son. Best
wishes to them.
Thanks Hunter Tracy and WNSX for their
generous advertising donation and for broadcasting live from Smugglers Den
Campground. Thanks to our hosts, Smugglers Den Campground. Thanks to Roberto Rodriguez and the Seal Cove
Auto Museum. Thanks Julie Fernald and Dr. Raimen from the Southwest Harbor
Medical Center. Thank you Thom Willey and the Southwest Harbor Junior Fire
Department for the Great Ball Drop. Thank you Harbor House, Ingrid, Diana,
David and Eric. Thank you, Steve Lambert, Jimmy Ginn, Joey Waraskevich from
Pine State and Brian Spencer and his crew from Wallace Tent. Thank you as
always to Thom Ingram for the Oktoberfest website. Thank you to all the
brewers, food vendors, crafters, the Peterson Project and Jeff Walls and
Russell Snyder. Thank you Corey Goodwin and his crew. Thanks Mike McEnroe
for the use of his parking lot. Thanks to the Southwest
Harbor Police Department.
For Friday night's wine and cheese
tasting, thanks to Scott Worcester of Sawyer's Specialties for his time, talent
and expertise. Thanks Ingrid (again) and Rain, Pete, Joan, and Susi.
Lastly, I'd like to thank our general
manger, Cynthia Crow for her oversight and organization. Cynthia was invaluable
in helping execute a complicated project with many moving parts. She is already
planning Oktoberfest 2014, as of this writing, only a short 352 days away.
Sincerely,
Kristin Hutchins, President, SWH & Tremont Chamber of Commerce
