SUMMERTIME BLUES 2013

CONGRATULATIONS TO:

The Nanaimo Blues Society and Volunteers 

for all the hard work at

The Nanaimo Summertime Blues Festival 2011!

 A THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

NANAIMO BLUES SOCIETY 2011

I hope you will join me in giving a Big Shout Out to All our Board of Directors:

Al (Black) Davie (Vice President) - he brings far more than drumsticks to the table. Great business perspective as a performer and tireless effort in doing whatever needs done.
Laura Masur (Treasurer) - she brings Everything to the table. She is our 'Director of The Year' doing more than any of us imagined. Our level head & cheering section all i onen.
JoyAnne Masur - our shy newbie has found her footing as a 'Just Do It' kinda girl, with a strong radar for 'what's fair' and 'what's not right'.
Doug Fetherston - also new to the team, he is constantly showing many hidden talents. The Festival T-shirt logo is his design, a great photographer and a blues fan like none.

Valerie Mumford - her dedication to community and volunteerism is second to none. Like all of us, she loves The Party and wanting to contribute.
 
Another Big Shout out to both Eric McLean & James Taylor for all their contributions to the board leading to the event. You are directors that we will miss and I hope our community will continue to produce individuals that want to contribute more, in advancing our common passion for live music and Nanaimo Summertime Blues!
 
Manda Chelmak exemplifies support to the society, without being on the board. We couldn't have pulled this off without her many talents and tricks. True of many others on the team but such a catalyst for us all while we hit various hurdles along the way. It's been quite the rollercoaster ride and I even caught Manda from jumping off at the top once or twice but it's in that journey we find some of our best stuff. And make the best friends.
 
The calm dude through it all was Rick Becker making the real part of this come together - The Stage & Sound. This has & always will be about the performers and making them shine. His team including Donnie Mac our hired sound guru, were so professional and courteous always. Nothing but rave reviews as I spoke with the performers about their experience on & backstage.
 
A huge component of the festival plan was to introduce a beer garden and this simply wouldn't have happened without The A team. Ian Andexser took on the whole project with friend Joanne Ness while Ian's wife Dianne managed our Green room for the 5th year running.
 
Nancy Mitchell gave herself up at Merchandise tent like every other year I remember but that on top of being our webmaster year round. So many others who have been there year after year but so likely I will forget many, so I will finish with Big Thanks to Billieboy & Val Lucas for showing us the way and for being able to relax & enjoy the performance this year! Billieboy booked our headline acts and was so happy when I confirmed he could do some MC while I cut my teeth on part of it. Catch Billieboy Saturdays at 7:00pm on CHLY.
 
Thanks for making me, you and our beautiful community look so good Everybody!
 
With Blues On, Keith Davenport