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Recap of Chowderfest 2008 |
Despite the dicey weather, more than 33,000 servings
of chowder were consumed Saturday at the 10th annual
Chowderfest!
Thirty-six member restaurants participated and an
estimated 5,000 attendees sampled the 4-ounce
servings of chowder!
Chowderfest 2008 Winners:
Best On-Broadway-Cantina
Best Off- Broadway-The Parting Glass
Best Non-Downtown-Longfellows Restaurant
Best Canine Chowder-Sloppy Kisses and Impressions of
Saratoga
Best Newcomer-Cantina
Most Chowder Served-Brindisi's
People's Choice Award-Gaffney's
The Bureau made two $1,000 donations, one to
Shelters of Saratoga and one to the Saratoga
County Arts Center. We want to thank the
Saratoga Springs Visitor Center and the
Saratoga County Arts
Center for being the outlets for ballot drop-offs
and T-shirt distribution during the event.
Local Winners of Chowderfest 2008:
Kathy Leyden of Slingerlands, NY
Won: Brunswick Bed & Breakfast overnight and
2 Home Made Theater tickets, Dinner for 2 at the Inn
at Saratoga
Paul Keller of Saratoga Springs, NY
Won: $20 Gift Certificate to 99
Restaurant & Pub and
2 Home Made Theater tickets
Gary Rubin of Lake George, NY
Won: $20 Gift Certificate to 99
Restaurant & Pub and
2 Home Made Theater tickets
Serge Zaslavsky of Albany, NY
Won: $25 Gift Certificate to Hattie's and 2
Home Made Theater tickets
Lynelle Mykins of Saratoga Springs, NY
Won: $20 Gift Certificate to Grey Gelding and
2 Home Made Theater tickets
Karen Higgins of Charlton, NY
Won: $20 Gift Certificate to Grey Gelding
and 2 Home Made Theater tickets
Cliff Stevens of Ballston Spa, NY
Won: $25 Gift Certificate to Impressions of
Saratoga
Click Here for
Chowderfest 2008 Pictures!
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Northeast Christmas
Conference and Trade Show Coming to Saratoga
in January 2009 |
First quarter
business is always welcomed in Saratoga Springs,
so we are excited to announce the signing of an
agreement with Christmas Tree Farmers of New
York State to host a northeast regional
conference here January 23-25, 2009. The Bureau
appreciates the teamwork that has gone into
growing this conference from “ a seedling,” and
we extend our thanks to Chip Ellms of Ellms
Family Farm in Charlton, NY, along with Mark
Baker and Judy LeCain of the Saratoga Springs
City Center, and Cindy Sullivan and Darryl
Leggieri of The Saratoga Hotel. Mark, Cindy and
the Bureau’s Senior Sales Manager Molly Brindle
attended the CTFANY annual conference at Turning
Stone in January 2007 to talk with board members
about moving to Saratoga in 2009. CTFANY
Executive Director Bob Norris and the board
decided not only to move their conference, but
to use this opportunity to move forward with a
plan they’d tried once before to host a
northeast regional Winter conference attracting
the New England state associations. Saratoga
supported this effort by conducting
pre-conference promotion with Kathy
Denkenberger, Judy, Cindy and Molly at Turning
Stone this January, and by exhibiting at the
National Christmas Tree Association Summer
meeting in Bangor, Maine in August 2007. The
Northeast Christmas Conference has the potential
to become an annual or bi-annual January
conference with 300+ attendees.
From left to right: Rob
Brown, Chair of 2009 Northeast Christmas Conference &
Trade Show, Cindy Sullivan, Sales Manager of
The Saratoga Hotel,
Bob Norris, Executive Director of Christmas Tree
Farmers of New York, Kathy Denkenberger and Molly Brindle of the Saratoga Convention & Tourism
Bureau, Judy LeCain, Director of Sales of the
Saratoga Springs City Center, and Chip Elms,
President of the Christmas Tree Farmers of New
York.
The Hyde
Collection has named a new executive director
David Setford is expected to join The Hyde Collection, a museum in Glens
Falls, on Feb. 4 as the new executive director. He replaces Marijo Dougherty, former director of the
University at Albany's University Art Museum, who served as The Hyde's
interim executive director since May.
Visit
www.hydecollection.org for more
information!
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New Partner Joins Massage at Saratoga
Eva LaVigne will take on the additional duties of
Director of Marketing and Retail while continuing as
a licensed massage therapist at the Broadway
location in the Downstreet Marketplace.
Eva combines her background in Psychobiology and
customer service to promote an environment that is
soothing to the senses while extending that
experience with many at-home items that relieve
pain, strengthen muscles, and prevent further
discomfort.
Every therapist at
Massage At Saratoga is a New York State licensed
practitioner of massage therapy.
For more information, visit
www.MassageAtSaratoga.com
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