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Organizers express appreciation

Clarks Summit Festival of Ice Chair, Barry Kaplan and Co-chair, Francene Dudziec would like to thank a number of businesses and people for their time and generosity in making this year’s festival such a success. And thanks to the numerous attendees each year from near and far whose support has enabled the celebration to grow in size and offerings.

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The 2009 Festival of Ice Committee members shown at a recent Abington Business and Professional Association meeting to plan the Clarks Summit Festival of Ice are, from left: Bernie Maopolski; Rosemary Nye; Frank Bolock; Laura Ancherani, ABPA Executive Director; Barry Kaplan, Festival of Ice Chair; Ed Shandra; Sharon Carfora; Diane Calabro; Dorothy O’Connor; Kristie Grier Ceruti and Karen Thomas. Absent from photo are: Francene Pisano Dudziec, Co-Chair and ABPA President; Beverly Bright; Jim Verano; Tim Franklin; Lisa Sniegocki; Sandy Tielebein, Tricia Richards and Joan Bird.

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They would like to thank Presenting Sponsor Versailles; Silver Sponsors Crystal Cabin Fever, Everything Natural and Gerrity’s; Entertainment Sponsor, Prince and Princess Prize Donors and Reception Host Penn Security Bank and Trust; along with Parade Sponsor Frontier Communications.

They would also like to thank Media Partners: Entercom Communications, WYOU and WBRE, The PR Dept, The Abington Suburban and, last but not least, The Abington Journal. They would also like to thank the staff of the Times Leader for all their hard work on this year’s map.

A special thank you to Keystone College for providing Parking Shuttle Service for the weekend. And to Virginia Kehoe, The Clarks Summit Borough, Gerrie Carey and Borough Council and the Clarks Summit Police and Fire Departments for all their generous help with making this festival possible. And to Lackawanna County for their continued support of this project. A thank you to Warren Watkins for assisting with the festival banners.

Thank you to the Michaela Moore and the Abington Youth Theater League as well as storyteller Chris Arcangelo for sharing their talents with the community. And to The Society of Creative Anachronism for providing us with fantastic period style entertainment. And to Barbara Cohen for organizing live entertainment at locations during the festival. And to Tim Franklin and the Chinchilla Wine and Spirits Shoppe for the wonderful Ice Wine Tasting event throughout the festival. And to the Ramada Hotel. And to Dorothy O’Connor for creating interactive displays.

Thank you to Lamar for their billboard donation and to all of the festival prize donors: Abington Travel, Bazil Ristorante, Dietrich Theater, Elk Mountain, Inn at Nichols Village, James Simrell Designs and Sculpted Ice Works for their extremely generous gifts.

And of course, the festival would not be possible without the help of The Festival of Ice Committee! These people have worked tirelessly to make all of the dreams for this year’s festival possible. A huge thank you to:

Frank Bolock; Beverly Bright; Joan Bird; Sharon Carfora; Diane Calabro; Kristie Grier Ceruti; Bernie Maopolski; Rosemary Nye; Dorothy O’Connor, Tricia Richards; Ed Shandra; Lisa Sniegocki; Sandy Tielebein; Karen Thomas and Jim Verano.

Last, but certainly not least, a special debt of gratitude to all of the participating businesses and, of course, to the Abington Business and Professional Association and Executive Director Laura Ancherani.