Thank you for an amazing Festival!
Well, another wonderful festival in the books!! It was a warm one, but God sent a bit of a breeze and our tents provided us with a lot of appreciated shade! “Thank you” is a phrase we often hear, but I hope you can feel the overwhelming gratitude this committee feels for EVERYONE that helped make this festival a success. We needed each of you: the bakers, the dinner help, the basket makers, the sausage sellers, the bartenders, the ticket sellers, the musicians that help make our outdoor mass so beautiful along with Prayer and Worship, the bands, the gardeners that donated plants and produce, those of you that donated a hog or something to the auction, our corn roasters, grillers, and food servers, our office people that you never get to see because they’re in the office all day, the crafters and blacksmith, our personal “ice cream man”, those of you that brought your cars to the car show or drove your tractor in the parade, the Boy Scouts, those that kept all of the ‘littles’ entertained, and our set-up and take down crew. (I know I made extra work for you this year with our Cans for K-9 Cops. That was a lot of cans to clean up at the end. I “extra appreciate” you!) A special thanks to Officer Muller for security, Level Up Racine and Vibe-Vector the Dancing Robot (he was a huge hit!) Matt and crew from Chay’s Tae Kwon Do, Diane Maller, our Infusino’s connection, Sweet Melody Strings, our Caledonia K-9 Officers Radke and “Louie”, Bob our auctioneer, and all of you that came and spent your hard-earned money and spent time with family and friends, both old and new.
On a personal note, you get to see my name in all of the Best of the Fest articles because I’m the contact person for most things involving the festival. But you need to know who our other team members are. They each have their own area, but we all work together to make the festival the best it can be.
- Auction-Ann Hedrington
- Food Court-Jodi Celeste
- Finance-Mary Kay Ehleiter & Debby Willms
- Kids Area-Tracy Lutterman
- 50/50 Raffle-Mark & Pam Mano
- Beverage Tent-Jesse and Teri James
- Raffle Baskets-Mary Jo Schimanski
- Grounds-set up/take down/electric-Marc Lovdahl
- Website/Social Media/Photographer- Dave Mudry
- Resource and Creative Director/meat raffle-Karen Peterson
- Italian Dinner/Bakers-Jacque Strueder
- Craft Area-Jamie Flick
- Car Show-Mallory Dam
- Wayne Palmer-Ball and Dave (the blacksmith) Chvilicek aren’t in charge of a particular area, but serve as consultants and provide much needed wisdom as well as time, talent, and treasure to our committee.
- Barb Maller- Communications and Bakery/Farmer’s Mkt
When you see them, please thank them! These are the hardest working people I know. Each one is a VERY important part of this team. Two days of fun is the result of months and months of planning and working. If you have ideas on how to improve the festival, please consider joining our committee next year.
Barb Maller
A Special Thank you to our Sponsors: Phantom Fireworks Texas Roadhouse-Oak Creek Apple Holler Oak Creek Automotive Heritage Funeral Home Les’s Home Improvement Erv’s Mug Cave of the Mounds Racine Zoological Society Hitters Jellystone Scores ROC Foundation and Milwaukee Wave Piggly Wiggly-Erie Judy Joerndt Daniel Uciechowski Tony & Laura Stevens Kingfish Baseball Tin Can Roadhouse Milwaukee Admirals Wayne Palmer-Ball Racine Theatre Guild Treebusters Kelly’s Bleachers II Bristol Oakes Golf Club Brossman’s Meat Market Lorry Venturi Dorothy Acker Buy Rite Auto Parts Michel’s Garage, Inc. South Shore Flooring Brat Stop 7 Mile Fair Maresh-Meredith Funeral Home Top Nails RAM-Racine Art Museum Steren McDonalds Randy Maller Aspen Property Care O&H Bakery Breezy Hill Nursery Detour Marketing Larson Motorsports Bob Klinkhammer Marilyn Lewandowski Teriyaki House Sal’s Beer & Wine Jeff Braun Realty JM Brennan Lehmann’s Bakery Borzynski’s Farm & Floral Market Bernie Strueder Family Blue Ridge Farms Health-E Vend, LLC Malicki’s Piggly Wiggly
2023 Festival Memories
Enjoy a few pictures from our Parish Festival!
