Lots of Energy at the Spring Fling
May 4th, 2010
by Chris Fastie.
Gay Truax, Tom Dumont, and Dolly Dame preparing the Spring Fling meal.
Salisbury’s Community Events Committee ran another superb event last weekend. The Spring Fling Dinner was their third annual Green Up Day event, and has apparently become a tradition along with their summer Town Picnic and winter Holiday Tree Lighting events.
The incredible dessert buffet at the Spring Fling. Wow.
As always, the evening’s highlight was a sumptuous feast prepared under the talented direction of Gay Truax, with lots of expert help from Dolly Dame, Chris Sylvestri, and Mary Beth Tichacek. There was additional support from Ken Tichacek, Tom Dumont, Lynne Pirkkanen, and excellent emcee John Nuceder. (Login and comment below to add the people I neglected.) This crew works really hard to organize, run, and clean up after these events, and can always use some extra hands. Get in touch if you would like to help with the Town Picnic at Branbury Beach this summer.
Old Bones keeps the audience entertained from the stage.
The state park is a great place to hold this event, but they need lots of help transporting everything over there and setting up.
Pat Stevenson and the three reptile and amphibian posters she won in the conservation commission raffle.
The Spring Fling included lots of entertainment this year. Chris Turner reported on Green Up Day results via a contest to see who could guess how many bags, tires, and large items had been collected so far (maybe somebody can post a final report in a comment below). Old Bones, an excellent country and folk band of local musicians were on stage for most of the evening. The conservation commission held a fundraising raffle of about 25 items donated for the event and raised $127 in raffle ticket sales. Thanks everyone who donated items and all who bought tickets.
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