Big Thanks To:
Wet Dog Café, Columbian Theater, VooDoo Lounge, Astoria Event Center: hosting the evening reading & music program, providing button site
Columbia River Maritime Museum: workshop venue; donation to support production of new FPG CD
Baked Alaska restaurant: hosting writing workshops
J.P. Plumbing & H&R Block: Venue for FPG Gear Shack
Liberty Theater: Special rate for Story Circle
Englund Marine: generous grant for Story Circle venue
Sanctuary Restaurant: organizing pre-event readers’ dinner
Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce: national regional press releases, new photos by Jeff Wallen, public call-in center
KMUN-FM Community radio: broadcasting program live both evenings (www.coastradio.org); recording & producing new live FPG CD
Red Raven Audio: another nice deal from soundman Ron Baldwin for evening venue
Heather Marks: annual fisherpoet logo
Pat Dixon: New website photos
Cannon Beach Book Co.: on-site sale of fisher poets’ books, CDs, gear, memorabilia
Cannon Beach Arts Association: venue for Sunday afternoon reading
Floyd Holcom of Pier 39: complimentary tour, and RV/parking arrangements
Hipfish & Daily Astorian: special feature coverage
Seaside High School French Class: help making FPG buttons
Oregon Community Foundation, Patricia Freedland Fund: supportive grant
Clatsop Community College: Major support, especially Ann Gydé for printing & website design
CCC Phi Theta Kappa: volunteer help
Astoria/Long Beach area lodgings, restaurants & businesses: generous donations to FPG auction, as noted in program insert
Michael Burger: help with onsite organization
Salmon For All: Donation
Thane Tienson & Landye Bennett Blumstein LLP: Donation
On-site Volunteers: handling FPG buttons, donations, doors
AND ALL the volunteer readers, musicians, artists & workshop leaders, from near & far, who compose & create in quiet moments year round, set aside their time & money to come, and ARE the Fisher Poets Gathering!
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