The SAGE Summer Soiree

July 7, 2008

The day after the party! I'm writing this from the future, but I can tell you the party was great! Even though it was rainy most of the day, it cleared up right around 4 when the party started and we had about 60 people enjoying the food, music and company. The rain stayed away until the last band played so everyone came in and danced.

So many people helped make this event a success, and we'd like to thank you all.

First of all - thanks to everyone who came!

Thanks to everyone who helped to set up the hall and clean it up afterwards.

We had a huge selection of homemade vegetarian potluck dishes - thanks to everyone who brought something!

Thanks to all the kitchen helpers who made lemonade and ice tea the old fashioned way. (Jenika, Azley, Mair, Diane & Lona)

Andrea Jones of Raising Spaces for the door prize

Terra Fleenor helped plan the party - everything from finding a venue, to finding musicians, to taking tickets at the door to getting the kegs to work, and being the mc for the night! Thanks so much Terra!

Nanda Gruss of Living in Unison is a talented feng shui consultant and she helped set the mood in the hall and transform the gloomy day into a celebration!

Mike Tulley of MKT Systems was our tireless sound tech, and he transformed the Riverdale hall into a super concert venue. Thanks for looking after all the musicians needs and keeping things on track.

Thanks to all our musicians! Without you it wouldn't have been a party! As you can see from the list below, we were spoiled.

Tophee Davies
Ken Stead
Mike Ehlers and Zizi
The Urban Coyotes - with our own Ron Berezan! I didn't know you were in a band, where do you find the time?!
Isoul
Tracy Reed

Ambers Brewing provided some of their locally made, special brand of beer. Thanks for all your help and they even deliver!

So if you missed this one, don't fret - we're having a 1 year anniversary party on DEC 11, so watch for more details and mark your calendars.