You planned, saved & sacrificed. You suffered airports & long drives, and You came to Seattle. You Honked your little hearts out.
A tremendous "HONK! You" to all the bands, musicians, and dancers of HONK! West '09. HONK WEST was again an extraordinary cacophony of brilliance & joy.
We are deeply grateful to every one of you.
To the numerous friends and volunteers who housed and cooked for the musicians, MC'ed the stages, manned the doors, drove folks to the airport, made beautiful maps to keep all of us from getting lost, made posters, art & buttons, contributed essential funds in tough times, and helped us clean up:
THANK YOU
Thank you Seattle, for coming out & dancing & cheering & singing along. Thank you to the Seattle police for their extraordinary tolerance.
An extremely grateful and special Thank you to our non-profit sponsor: The Vera Project.
Also to our other sponsors and special helpers: Ann Babb-Nordling and Chuck Cady RE/MAX Northwest Realtors, Ballard Odd Fellows, Bottleworks, ButtonMakers.net, Cowan Miller & Lederman, Eat the State, Essential Baking Company, Fremont Arts Council, Full Throttle Bottles, Georgetown Ballroom, Great Harvest Bread Company, Hazard Factory, Hot Mama's Pizza, Mills Music, Squid & Ink, Vain Hair Salons, Wallingford Blog, all our auction donors, and everyone who donated money and time to make Honk! happen.
Additionally, thank you to our venues that made it all possible:
Smarty Pants
The Chai House
The Squid & Ink
Calamity Jane's
The Sunset Tavern
Conor Byrne Pub
Bop Street Records
The Stables
Thank you all for working together toward creating the world we want!
Sincerely,
The HONK! West Committee:
Ben Atkinson, Stefanie Brendler, Lesli Dalaba, Roslaynn De Roos, Barbara Hubers-Drake, Grace Kuan, Gary Luke, Tyson Lynn, Kayla Rakes, Lance Scott, David Stern, Cevin Millstead
