I would like to thank all of the wonderful performers at the Hootenanny from the bottom of my heart for your incredible performances and smiling faces, and your grace. You put up with last minute program changes, location changes, bad weather, and most of all with our requests.
Without all of you, the Hootenanny wouldn’t have been a success. Without you ALL our party would not have been filled with music and love.
At the risk of repeating myself, Thank You.
Happy Birthday Teri. You are wonderful, thanks for all you do. Enjoy your special day with the ones you love!
The next meeting of the committee, to wrap up 2008′s event and to do our post mortem will be on September 14th. I’ll keep you posted as to time and location.
Time: 2 pm
Place: Lynn and Bill’s
I have people putting photos up on the web left right and centre! Thanks everyone for keeping me in the loop. I’ll feature links to sites as I get them.
Here is the first one from ‘Ryan’. Thank you Ryan and Donna for letting me know about them.
We have items for sale – all proceeds to ALS of course!
Heather can either deliver (locally) or items can be picked up or, courier the shipping and handling would be $7.95 for 1 or 2 day service. Contact Heather at home or Music Plus to make your order, or email her at [rsnell at hotmail dot com]
Have a look at what the Brantford Expositor had to say!
Thank you to all our sponsors, performers. Thank you to everyone who came, and thank you to our volunteers. I got a message from Libby Barrie this morning at 2 am. I thought her words summed up the event beautifully. Thank you Libby (and Tim).
As I drove away from Paris Fairgrounds at 1:45 am this evening (or morning I guess) I couldn’t help be laugh at the fact that it was STILL raining! Who would have thought? : )
The reason I left with such a feeling of joy had everything to do with Heather Snell – her inspiration…her courage…the day that was…and YOU – the ARMY of friends, family, and strangers within our community that made Heather’s Hootenanny for Hope, 2008, a huge success! Thank you Ayr, Paris, Glen Morris, K-W, Brantford and beyond for embracing this cause and lending a hand.
At last count, the total of $$$ raised today was over $53,000…and you can all take pride knowing you were a part of making this happen! Congratulations, everyone! That’s no small feat, when you consider the copious amounts of rain that fell! This money will go into the research that will help to find a cure for ALS! That’s amazing!!
For any of you who weren’t there at the end of the night, I want to tell you that Heather was still dancing when Copperfield played the last song of the evening sometime after 11pm. The crowd was on their feet - laughing, swaying, and gathering around to cheer on Heather, and her family, as they celebrated the wonderful outcome of this event!
If the pleasure one finds on a long summer day is measured in smiles, compassion, a willingness to help, and a few hugs along the way, then today was the BRIGHTEST, WARMEST DAY of this summer…or any summer I can recall!
Thanks everyone, for having spirits that never dampened! I cannot express how grateful I am for your hard work! A.L.S. really is About Loving Someone – and today you proved that when we face adversity…we can rise above it, and with the help of others we can find hope - even in the midst of the storms! We must have learned this from Heather! : )
I hope you saw the rainbow over the Fairgrounds tonight! I also hope you have dried out, and that you feel a bit of the joy I’m feeling, too! Have a wonderful summer, and until we cross paths again, take good care!
Gratefully, Libby Barrie (and Tim too!)
