Summerfest Committee Seeks Additional Committee Members
by John Becker
Who’s ready for some Summerfest?
Unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a few more months for this year’s weekend of art, music, food and neighborhood fun. Our 33rd festival is set for June 4-5, but the Summerfest committee is already hard at work planning this year’s event.
If you can’t wait for June to start thinking about neighborhood fun in the sun, the committee has a couple of open slots it would love to fill with interested VaHi residents.
Lead Needed for Kidsfest Area
One opening is for someone to assist in the planning of, and act as primary onsite manager for, our ever-popular Kidsfest area. Jenifer Keenan and Meghan McCloskey planned and executed an incredible Kidsfest last year, but Jenifer will be unavailable for onsite management this year and Meghan will be focusing on this year’s children’s book sale (a very popular part of last year’s Kidsfest).
Jenifer has relationships established with a number of Kidsfest sponsors. She will work with the new person to secure those and other agreements and will be available to otherwise assist in planning this year’s event. This is a rare opportunity to get directly involved and learn from a successful previous chair at the same time. If you love children – and organizing and executing an awesome event – this is the perfect opportunity for you.
Onsite Manager Needed for Tot Trot
We also need someone to assist with planning and possibly act as onsite manager (at least assist) for our incredibly popular Tot Trot which takes place on Saturday morning after the Summerfest 5K Road Race. Dana Woodhall was last year’s point person and she did an outstanding job with what has become one of the festival’s most popular events (and one that is over by 10 AM Saturday, leaving you free to enjoy the rest of the festival). Dana is more than willing to help with planning this year’s festival but there’s a chance her job as a doctor will require her to miss the festival itself. Our new team member will work with Dana to plan the event and either lead onsite if Dana can’t attend or work side-by-side with her if she can.
For More Information
Please visit last year’s event page at https://vahi.org/summerfest/events/ to learn more about these events. If you’re interested in helping or just want to learn more, send an email with your contact info to [email protected] and he’ll get back with you.
John Becker is Co-Chair of Summerfest 2016.
Photo by John Becker