Margaret Holwill (she was my main contact for info),
Steve Hessler and Dolly Vehlow (they own a soon to open art gallery in the 1300 block of H Street, and were instrumental in securing the art cars, the speed chess, and artists who exhibited work along the Corridor).
Anwar Saleem (of H Street Main Street)
Joe Englert (of local bar fame)
Leonard Howell (a local resident who works in commercial real estate).
And countless others who volunteered long hours to make this year's Festival the best yet.
And here is a special thank you note from Joe Englert:
Sure, the restaurants and bars on H are key. But the thing that really made the H Street Festival great this year, was the art and fun events.
The art cars were spectacular. This was due to Steve Hessler and Dolly Vehlow (owners of Gallery O) making the connection and following through with the Art Car folks. They also coordinated processions with the cars throughout town, creating a lot of buzz and excitement. Last but not least, they treated the Art Car owners like royalty, throwing a party and catering for the crew the entire weekend.
Steve and Dolly were also key in recruiting Margaret Holwill to coordinate the festival. Margaret delivered with creative events like the hair show, tattoo contest and also brought on higher quality food stands.
Without things like the Art Cars and double dutch events, the H Street Festival Could become stale and predicatable. I think Steve and Dolly will keep
that from happening and in that I am secure.
Vive la difference!
It's spelled Margaret Holwill.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, how about more Bobby stories? Put them back up, your first instinct to write about him was correct.
>> By the way, how about more Bobby stories?
ReplyDeleteHere, here.
The search on iblogger is not really great. A search on 'Pittman' on Frozen Tropics returns only the most recent stuff.
Yet, I can remember several earlier discussions on Bobby's vigilante tactics that sounded much like the current one -- think Rose's Dream Land, Phish Tea, etc. etc.
Is it possible to get a 'best of Bobby' retrospective?
A huge THANK YOU to all of the folks who made the H street festival possible. The nice thing was that it was possible for anyone to have a lot fun, and I think that they did. That took a lot thought and creativity.
ReplyDeleteThese types of festivals involve an enormous amount of work, so thanks are due to all those mentioned and then some.
ReplyDeleteAnd it's typically thankless work. If we festival-goers aren't constantly entertained, don't get laid by the hottest person of choice there, don't have total strangers handing us wads of cash, and don't have someone following us around telling us how good-looking, cool, and wise we are, we think the festival is a failure.
So thanks to all that helped create this. It's particularly impressive when you remember that just a few years ago this was not only not a reality, it was not even a possibility.
Hillman, you're so right. Some friends were a bit bored with the H street festival, but they LOVED the big Fiesta DC this past weekend.
ReplyDeleteMuch more spectacle there I guess!
I'm not sure how anyone could've been bored at the H Street festival. It appears to be the only "authentic" neighborhood festival in the city! Every aspect of it was just so cool and diverse. Kudos to all who put it on. Made me very proud to be a part of the community.
ReplyDeleteJoe Englert said:
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry Margaret. Forgive me and my fat fingers!
I've heard nothing but wonderful things from the artcar artists....except maybe for the run in with Homeland Security...I certainly hope to attend next year with That Car http://www.flickr.com/photos/thatcar/3861087531/stats/
ReplyDeleteAnyone know what's happening on the empty lot between 3rd and 4th on H? It looks like some kind of construction has begun.
ReplyDeleteGREAT....GREAT....GREAT....
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