Thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed the party. With over 500 attendees, it was literally and figuratively a huge success. As you can probably guess, it takes quite a bit of work to pull off an event of this size and scope. Luckily we had a lot of help. As board president Sharon Dent likes to say, “it takes a village.”

Special Thanks to:

• Liz Ross & Band, SOS, and Todd Sines for the audio setup and great live music.
• Red Oak Brewery, Cane Creek Farm, 9th St Bakery, G3 Sauce, Satisfy Your Soul, Counter Culture Coffee, Zack’s and Redbud Farm for the great local food.
• TS Designs, Saxapahaw General Store, Danny’s Cafe,  and Bella’s House for volunteering the use of their chairs, ovens, cookers, lights, and more.
• Burlington Police for making sure everyone at the event was safe and secure.
• Meredith Gulley for the lovely video.
• Volunteers Eliza Sydnor, Charles Sydnor, and Ross Flynn for preparing the brats and burgers.
• Volunteers Eric Michel of TS Designs, JT Sharpe of J&L Bicycle, Nate Perry, Sharon Dent, Sarah Cook, Robin Showerman & Family of Bella’s House, Rusty Holt, Sam Moore, Tom Sineath, Megan Squire, Tony Crider, Matt Heidel, Eric Henry, Bob Hykes, Patrick Harmon, Caroline Ansbacher, Jan Henry, Jack Martin, Kevin Helsey for working behind the scenes to build stages, create rolling partitions, decorate, clean, set-up, run errands, and for handling the many small details that make an event like this run smoothly.

We know there are many others ………………if you got left out please let us know so we can add your name to the list.

(Board member Sam Moore helps unload the strawbales)

(Board member Eric Henry sweeps out the front doors)

(Tony Crider and Meghan Squire take a quick break from event set- up. In the background, Liz Ross and her band work with SOS to make sure the sound system is ready to go.)

(Burlington Police have a friendly chat with local business owner Tara Jones-LeGros of J&L Bicycles and Byron Neal)

(Meredith Gulley interviews Charles Sydnor: board member of company shops market, partner in Cane Creek Farm and burger grill master of the evening.)

Thank you to Meredith Gulley for putting this together. This video has been posted to YouTube. Find it and other videos at http://www.youtube.com/companyshops