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Chase Oaks “Got Talent Show” 2009 WINNERS

By Janet Osorio

1st Place      $100        The Helms Family, Karli Weber & Cole Helms

 

2nd Place      $25         Ani Mayo

 

 

Raffle Winners

 

Diane Medwed, C.J. Householder, Joslin Sansom , Yasunori Baba, Jose Osorio, Narva Smith, Glenna Hardrick, Tami Cianelli, Ted Cianelli, Eric Chamberlain , Denim Sansom, Susan McManus, Ashley Funk, Elizabeth Trimmer, Ray Hernandez, Charles Brockman, Marvin Cowens, Nancy Householder, Austin Thomas, Jeff Trimmer, and Marietha Williamson

 

$100 Third Prize Gregory’s Bistro Prize - Ed and Sharon McElroy

$150 Second Prize Target Gift Card --- Jane Dismuke

 

FUN FEST CONTEST WINNERS

 

Potato on the Spoon      Charles Brockman and Thomas Cianelli

Hula Hoop I                      Sarah Bibb, Jia Hua                                                                                          

Hula Hoop II                    Charles Brockman & Sunny Hua

Basketball Free Throw     Hayden Householder and Reggie Howard

Football Toss                     Kevin Hatch

 

After experiencing weeks of rainy weather, October 24^th turned out to be a beautiful Texas fall afternoon for our second annual community wide FUN FEST & Talent Show II. Chase Oaks neighbors enjoyed spirited games and contests, great food from Love & War in Texas, three bounce houses, and a top–notch talent show.

Putting on a four hour event requires a lot of planning, preparation, and attention to detail to pull off a safe and fun afternoon for the neighborhood. Thanks to so many of our outstanding neighbors who selflessly gave of their talents and gave many hours of their free time, we would like to acknowledge their valuable contributions.

First, we must acknowledge the exceptional job Barbara Cowens did in 2008 taking on the very difficult task of putting on the first FUN FEST last year. Going first is never easy, but Barbara’s event was such a success that we simply expanded the foot print from 2008 and implemented her working plans for this year. Barbara contributed her time and talents again by heading up the solicitations for business donations for door prizes and sponsorships. Working with Geneva Hamilton and Swede Syverson, they were successful in collecting $ 5,000 in donations that were awarded this year despite the tough difficult economic climate. Barbara’s husband, Marvin Cowens, did an excellent performance as McGruff the crime dog for a second year in a row.

Steven Dennis was our Co-Chairman this year handling many important details for the event. He has major skills as our Master of Ceremonies as all in attendance will acknowledge. Steven also deserves a medal for donating his entire Saturday working from 9:00 AM until about 8:30 PM setting up his sound system for the event and then tearing it down to bring it back to his house. Zoe Dennis helped with publicity by being a watchful editor and helping with all of the lay outs for the flyers.

Other key contributors who deserve Chase Oaks Medals and everyone’s thanks are;

·        Nancy Householder led a wonderful group of volunteers who put on twelve contests from Hula Hoop to basketball throughout the afternoon. Nancy benefited from the help of her two sons, CJ and Hayden, as well as all the help from Susan and Matt McManus, Neil Medwed, and twelve volunteers from the Eighth Grade National Honor Society of Hendrick Middle School. One of the National Honor Society hardest working members was JJ Delapaz, son of James and Janice Delapaz of 7420 Vineyard, who deserves recognition for working and filling in wherever he was needed as he was onsite from 1:30 to closing at 7:00 PM.

·        Julie and Billy Lane coordinated the three bounce houses that we used from Plano’s Mr. Bounce House. They also took on the important task of keeping all the fired up children bouncing safely along with their son, Sam Lane.

·        Ashley Funk, daughter of Steve and Rose Funk, played an important role in coordinating the talent participants and insuring a smooth Talent Show.

·        Steve and Daryl Eccles handled the many details of registration and ticket sales working with Susan Chamberlain and event volunteers Ann McGovern, John Reilly, Elizabeth Trimmer and Jeffrey Trimmer.

·        Norm Grills lent his truck and muscle in helping us with the logistics of setting up on October 24^th.

·        Serving as our Treasurer as well as helping with ticket sales and registration was Diane Medwed.

·        An important contribution came from Jimmy Dismuke who donated 2000 copies of the flyers used in promoting FUN FEST. Jose Osorio, our web master for www.chaseoaksplano.com also deserves recognition for all of the timely content made available in the weeks leading up to October 24^th.

·        Swede Syverson took on the task of securing the Lime Green T-Shirts worn by all the committee members.

·        The new Chase Oaks Business Association (COBA) was presented for the first time to the community by Neil Medwed and CiCi Thomas, whose son, Austin Thomas, also worked hard during the set up and closing of the event.

·        Serving as our imbedded FUN FEST reporter recording all the day’s winners was Janet Osorio.

·        John Reilly secured our street closure and event permit from the City of Plano.

·        Chase Oaks residents and photographers Scott Chow and Michael Hua took excellent photos of the event that were displayed on our web site.

·        Love & War in Texas, owned by Chase Oaks residents Tye and Kim Phelps, served wonderful brisket, quail kabobs, and venison sausage with the help of their hard working children, Zoe and Wyatt.  We appreciate their sponsorship and participation of FUN FEST 2009 and encourage everyone to drop by Love & War for a wonderful diner or lunch.

·        Other business sponsors and advertisers include Scentsy Candles, Costco, LA Fitness, Alma Animal Hospital, and Rocket Garage Door Service.

·        Richard Wilson, Chase Oaks block captain on Mossycup, represented Civilians on Patrol for the Plano Police Department. Thanks for their participation to the City of Plano Police Department and the Plano Fire Department.

·        Post Oak neighbors the Gotses family, the Counts family, the Grills family, the Apt family, the Smith family, and the Miller family generously donated space and electricity helping us to have a safe and exciting event.

·        Ted and Tammy Cianelli of 637 Post Oak were especially accommodating in allowing us to use their front yard and home as the center stage on Post Oak for FUN FEST. Thank you very much for your family’s cooperation.

 

 

Despite all the hard work from so many valued contributors, the only negative from FUN FEST was the attendance of 300 which matched the previous year. FUN FEST is set up to be self funding from family ticket sales, advertising revenue, business sponsorships, and raffle ticket sales. FUN FEST 2008 turned a small profit which was returned to the general COHA budget. Our 2009 event covered 90% of all expenses requiring $ 236 from the allotted COHA social budget for this year.

 

As the FUN FEST tradition grows in the future, we hope to improve on our community’s participation and involvement as we hit October on the calendar. Those in attendance the last two years will surely attest that this event is worth all the efforts to make it a great opportunity to meet and socialize with your neighbors. An involved community, neighborhood safety and higher home values are three of the main objectives of our Chase Oaks Homeowner’s Association.

 

As always we encourage your feedback and ideas on how to make the event an even bigger success from the date, the format, available entertainment, to the diversity of FUN FEST. See you in October of 2010.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Eric E. Chamberlain @ eechamberlain@digichamber.com