Congratulations to Cindy Westover and Joan Devault, co-chairs of Walpole's Old Home Days celebration over the weekend! Great job, ladies!
Others whose work made the great weekend possible included Secretrary/Treasurer Judy Trow, ad book committee Betty Prentiss and Linda Graff, and pet show chair and emcee Myra Mansouri.
Also, Margaret and Larry Roy ran the antique car show, Dave Westover ran the tugs of war, and Dick Hurlburt was in charge of the fireworks Friday night.
George Jeffrey organized the Friday night street dance, Bruce Martin did the Sunday Legion breakfast (with lots of help!), and Krystyna Mort organized and ran the delightful talent show. Antonia Andreoli honored Lou's memory with Saturday's jazz concert that he would have enjoyed. Tara Sad judged the pet show, played Titania in Midsummer Night's Dream, and probably handled several other key tasks that I missed. Jane Prager organized the Academy breakfast, Matt and Crystall Phillips ran the junior woodsmen contest, and Diane and Ronnie Kinsbury ran the senior woodsmen contest.
Bill Perron participated/emceed the Walpole Players and emceed the parade, and I probably missed a few other of his contributions to the weekend.
Joe and Peggy Dion organized the Common for all day Saturday and were there from dawn until late afternoon making sure all exhibitors had what they needed.
Brian Pickering ran the basketball shootout, Annette Grenier and Rick Blake got the terrific red OHD t-shirts, and Jim Baucom and Steve Horton organized the 5K run early Saturday morning.
Nancy Wettach organized the Wednesday Block party with Raynie Laware, and Nancy put together one of the best parades in Walpole history on Saturday a.m.!
Jim Skofield and his wonderful cast and crew produced A Midsummer Night's Dream that the bard himself would have been delighted with and showed once again what a pool of talent our town has!
And that list is just the beginning! Many others played key roles in making the weekend one more reason why all of us feel so lucky to live in Walpole, NH! We should all take time this week to thank those noted above and all others involved for such a great project!
