Second annual Shelburrr Fest was “awesome again”

February 20, 2016 · 0 Comments

Attendance at the second annual Shelbrrr Fest, held on Family Day this year at Fiddle Park was awesome again, with over 500 guests visiting us.

We had guests enjoying the day from Shelburne and local areas to all the way from Toronto.

What a day!

Trillium Ford was out for the day giving away cotton candy and popcorn to everyone that stopped by to say hi. LP Productions were singing in the afternoon warming everyone’s hearts in the brisk winds at the park.

Glenbrook, Hyland Heights and Centennial Hyland elementary schools all used their imaginations and worked together as a team to build their school castle. The first place prize of $800 went to Glenbrook. The second place prize for $300 went to Hyland Heights, while the third place prize of $200 went to Centennial Hyland. Great work and thanks to all that supported the kids!

Thanks also to Town Council for judging the contest. Council was impressed with everyone’s hard work — and teamwork. Great job, everyone!

Thanks again to the Good Dog Carting for coming out and giving our little ones rides. Thanks to Ken Galbraith for bringing his team of horses and sleigh to give everyone a ride in the park. We hope everyone stopped by to have a chat with our local police and fire department, hope everyone enjoyed the displays.

Thanks to Shane Hall for displaying his vintage snowmobiles. What a collection he has!

Country 105 was out broadcasting from the park letting everyone know that we were their having a great day.

We hope everyone took a look at our sponsors for this year’s event as, if it were not for them, this day would not happen. Thanks, everyone, for your support!

Behind the scenes, the Town Public Works, along with Steve Arnold and Nelson were instrumental in the event, providing trucking for hauling our snow from KTH and CDRC to make our snow mountain and school snow hills. They spent a lot of hours building those hills for us.

Thanks to Nikki Williams from the Kinettes for supplying our music and Holmes Appliance and Music for lending the sound system so everyone could enjoy music throughout the day.

Mad River Photography was out snapping pictures of everyone having fun throughout the day. Stay tuned to our Facebook page for this year’s updates.

Stump Busters supplied the wood for our warming station, manned by Lionel Chenette from LC Creations and Bob Train from Train Farms.

Allan Walker set up a log cutting display that the kids could saw some wood like they did before gas engines were built.

Kinette kitchen was busy supplying everyone with hotdogs, fries and hot chocolate. Thanks ladies for keeping everyone warm with your hot food.

The Kinsmen were busy keeping our parking lot safe with directing cars to their parking spots, good work guys.

I, Councilor Dan Sample, would like to personally thank everyone for supporting this event and I look forward to organizing next year’s event. Feel free to email me your comments to dsample@shelburne.ca I look forward to hearing from you.

By Councillor Dan Sample