Thank you

Written by Margo

Tuesday, 10 June 2008

A HUGE BEAR HUG to the following people, businesses and organizations and to all who helped make our Twelfth Annual Festival a record-breaking event! Our special thanks go to: Major Sponsors Corporate Sponsor: Jim Ellis Audi Mainstage Sponsors: The Crimson Moon Cafe and The Fudge Factory Marketplace Sponsor: Hummingbird Lane Art Gallery Heritage Sponsor: Billy Roper Founding Sponsor: The Pender Family Website Sponsor: GetUWired Workshop Tent Sponsor: LVS Homes Food Court Sponsor: Norman Adams Insurance Community Sponsors - Appalachian Studies Center at NGCSU; Chestatee Regional Library; Dahlonega Pediatrics (Stephanie Corn M.D. and Maggie Payne PNP); Rees Chapman Ph.D.; Dahlonega Merchants Association; Georgia Pick & Bow Traditional Music School; Historic Holly Theatre; Jim Pittman; Lumpkin Coalition; North Georgia Foothills Dulcimer Association (NGFDA); Southeastern Bluegrass Association (SEBA); The Wiggins Group for Traditional Music; and The Smith House Co-Sponsors - Dahlonega-Lumpkin County Chamber of Commerce and the Dahlonega Convention and Visitors Bureau Auction Donors - Jack Anthony; Appalachian Studies Center; Back Porch Oyster Bar; Bear's Den; Belle Avance; Beth Brightwell; Billy Roper (Marketplace artisan); Black Magic Carriage Rides; Black Mountain Forrest; Blacktop (Marketplace artisan); Boyd Housley; Brad Walker Pottery; The Branding Iron; Cedar Hill / Kat Stratton; Tim and Karen Chambers (Marketplace artisan); Kenneth Charles; Connie's Ice Cream Parlor; Maurice Cook (Marketplace artisan); Corkscrew Café; Cottonwood Village (Marketplace artisan); Country Cottage; Cranberry Corners; Crown Mountain Limo; Dahlonega Chiropractic Life Center; Dahlonega Massage Therapy; Dahlonega Mercantile; Dahlonega Tasting Room; Dahlonega Veterinary Clinic; Chris Dunn (Marketplace artisan); Etowah River Pottery (Marketplace artisan); Mollye Farmer;  Jim Foley; Fragments; Kenny and Cindy Simmons (Frog Hollow Photography); Greybeard; The Grill at Achasta Golf Club; Gloria's Added Touch; Golden Classics; Debbie and J Hammock (Marketplace artisan); Historic Holly Theatre; Huck Finn Catamaran and Kayak; Hummingbird Lane; Jones & Co.; Kennison Photography;  Jeff Kryder; Larrivée Guitar; Lily Creek Lodge; Littlefield Cottage; Long Mountain Lodge; Chris McLaughlin (Marketplace artisan); Montaluce Winery; Mountain State Bank; Mountain Top Massage; The Oar House; Owens Welding; Parks Clothing; Piazza Italian Restaurant; Picket Fence; Pueblo's Mexican Cuisine; Cynthia Queen (Marketplace artisan); Quigley's Rare Books; Rhapsody Grill; Bill Rich (Marketplace artisan); Janice and Pat Shields (Marketplace artisan); Pat Siler (Marketplace artisan); Deborah Smith; Skip Staab (Marketplace artisan); Studio Jewelers; Studio 21 Makeover; Three Sisters Vineyard; Twinkles Café; Two Sisters Cards and Crafts; Vicki Lynn's; Walls to Walls Art Gallery; Jim Watts (Marketplace artisan); Williams Enterprises; Tim Wilson (Marketplace artisan); Win Crannell; Woodland's Edge; and Yahoola Creek Cabins Heritage Area Demonstrators - Travis Hanlon, Blacksmith; Billy Ivey, Moonshiner; Mo Hendon, Juggler; Doc Johnson’s Traveling Miracle Medicine Show; Marla Pender McGhee, Scott McGhee, and Al Fleming, Appalachian Storytelling; and Patty Cake the Clown, Face Painter and many others, including: City of Dahlonega Lumpkin County, GA Mary Lou Conner (use of the Conner House lawn) Jeff Morrison (Gainesville Recreation & Parks Dept.) Wylie’s on the Square (providing electricity for workshop tent) Mayor Gary McCullough Bill Lewis Butch Wilkins Neal Cohen of AM 1690 Atlanta The Dahlonega Nugget 400 Edition John Kelley Estill Nicholson Tom Theobald Boy Scout Troop 36 Bob and Margie McAbee Ann Whitley Al McLeod Kevin O’Connell Julie Sanders Alice Sampson Cheryl Williams Jones Dr. David Jones Teresa Moore Sonny Houston Ann Gaddis Tish Morgan Kathy Bannister Kathy Christmas Bill Patrick Foy Tootle Jennifer Gay Keith Brown Don Pruitt Dave Moser Olivia Pruitt Bob Saturn Dr. Neal Cohen Jana Collett Ted Choate “Kenny B” Bowden Norm Campbell Jon Booth Rachel Reynolds Art Chase Robin Chase Michael Chase Chuck and Ruth Treadway Jack Taylor David Oberhausen Fred Ridsdale Mike McDonald Francis Jones Judy Hurst Patrick Chisolm Sue Jones Sandy McDonald David Matteson Dan Titus Sam Johnson Cheryll Thomlinson Chris Thomlinson Zac McConnell Joe Whelchel Forest Hilyer Ron Brown Sarah Osicka Kim Laramore Randy Rick Basil and Kelly Bonner Bob Billings Lynn White David White John Caudle Theta Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity Linda Butler Mary Ann Claggett Penny Sharp Missy Long Jeff Weltzien COMMITTEE MEMBERS Glenda Pender, President; Chuck Walker and Jim White, Co-Chairs; Joe Matteson, Vice-Chair;  Kathy Yankus, Treasurer; Sherry Moser, Marketplace Chair; Melanie Pruitt, Auction Chair; Dobbin Buck, Sponsorship and Ticket Sales Chair; Becky Anthony and David Tanner, Heritage Park Co-Chairs; Beth Buck, Hospitality Chair; Bob Christmas, Signage Chair; Leonard and Teresa Gay, Information Booth Co-Chairs; Sarrah Ellen McDonald, Musical Petting Zoo Chair; Joel Cordle, Music/Marketplace Liaison; Margo and Jimmy Booth, Publicity Co-Chairs and Website Maintenance; Sheila Litherland, Janice and Pat Sheilds, Hal Williams, Amy Strickland, and Alison Kinney.

 

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