The Savin Rock Festival was fun and pretty successful, overall. For 'The Council,' it was very successful. We met lots of people and got the chance to thank many for assisting in the achievement of our first major goal, the purchase of the Masonic Temple. (The future West Haven Arts Center)
We had over thirty submissions for our catch-phrase contest. All were quite good and any one of them might have been a winner for us. With the help of some festival attendees, our selection committee narrowed it down to 3 choices:
The Arts are alive with the Talent of West Haven
The HeARTbeat of West Haven
Don't Dream the Dream, Don't Live the Dream...Be the Dream
The 3rd prize winning entry was "The Arts are Alive with the Talent of West Haven," submitted by Roberta O'Brien who won $25 towards a ticket purchase for the Children's Program at The Downtown Cabaret in Bridgeport, CT.
2nd prize went to "Don't Dream the Dream, Don't Live the Dream...Be the Dream" which came from Geenamarie Rivera. Ms. Rivera won 2 tickets to the Ellington Jazz Concert series at the Yale School of Music, in New Haven, CT.
We hope that Ms. O'Brien and Ms. Rivera enjoy their prizes; thank you, ladies.
And the winner is...
The HeARTbeat of West Haven - submitted by Kathleen Smith
As the 1st prize winner, Ms. Smith's phrase will be used with all council promotional and advertising materials, when appropriate. But that's not all, Ms. Smith was awarded a West Haven prize package which included the following items:
1) A Lunch date with the mayor of West Haven, Mayor John Picard.
2) $100 in gift certificates to various downtown West Haven merchants ($25 from Leslie Jewelers, $25 from Gold Works, $25 from Blue Diamond Bistro and $25 from Flower Affair)
Our thanks go out to all who tried their hand at slogan writing and to the prize donors for their generous gifts.
We also congratulate Kathleen on her win.
Barth
