Hat City Blues Band Says Thanks

To the Editor:

The members of the Hat City Blues Band would like to extend their profound thanks to all who helped make the 3rd Annual Hat City Blues Band Benefit Concert for Newtown Youth Services such a success.

More than 100 people filled the Fireside Inn on Saturday, May 21, and danced, bought raffle tickets, bid on auction items, and had a great time while raising a record amount of $3,100. That total brings the amount raised since the event’s inception in 2003 to more than $7,600.

Thanks go to Donald and his staff for hosting the event at the Fireside Inn and to the great kids (YABs) at NYS, without whom we couldn’t have had such a great success: Samantha and Stephanie Villa, Dylan Kelleher, Tina Hartlett, and Natasha. Thanks also to Sable and Alex who sold more than $300 worth of tickets on an early Saturday morning in front of Dunkin’ Donuts.

Thanks to our special musical guests who helped spice up the evening: The Doug Whalberg Band, Clashing Headstocks, and Anne Conte of the Newtown Color Center who belted out a great rendition of “It Hurts So Bad.”

Thanks to Roseanne Loring, Joy Kopesky, and Tony Pozzi at NYS who printed up and distributed tickets and flyers, organized the YABs, and beat the bushes for additional support.

And finally, many thanks to our sponsors, too numerous to mention here, some of whom participated for the third consecutive year:

We look forward to our next event!

The members of the Hat City Blues Band

David Lott, Ed Pryzby

Ron Caruso, Gary LeVan, Bill Morris

71 Head O’ Meadow Road, Newtown                             May 25, 2005