Thanks....
| Thank you to every person who volunteered their time to this amazing night for Toad. We apologize that we weren't able to assign a shift to every person who wanted to volunteer. With so many people wanting to volunteer, we did our best to assign as many shifts as possible. We are thankful to all who gave of themselves in any way to this incredible night. It was an amazing experience to watch so many people in our motorycycle community come together for Mike and his family. We are humbled and grateful to have been a part of the "Tribute for Toad" evening and to witness the positive impact it had on the Motorcycle Community. Guess we will have to honour Mike again and keep him fresh in our memories.. so stay tuned for next year.. In the meantime.. I would like to thank those that helped us out........ |
| First of all thank you to Mike (Toad) for your presence in our motorcycle community.. We will never be the same and the Legend WILL go on... For all you wonderful people for coming out to show the family and friends your love and support. For all the people that formed a group to make this happen. Their devotion to this was outstanding, that includes: Brian Bailey, Brian Horne, Janice Gould, Jimi Swinimer, Marc Rappita and Pam Vickery. Garnet and Sean from PowerTrend for their huge input into the Silent Auction that raised $8025.00 Brent Wambolt for endless hours of selling tickets on the helmet.. brought in $3090.00 Heather Bates for her huge input to the family... and selling the tshirts for $2000.00 more going to the family. Kirk Arseaneau and Mike Connel from Advanced Silkscreening for the t-shirts everyone got. Jim Mackie, Sarah Mason and Kevin Crowell for design and printing of the posters and tickets Faun Millman, Ken Doctor and Boyd and Jaunita Sharpe - from Brain Freeze Video Production for their awesome video production they produced in Mikes Honour and played all night. And Garfield Hendrickson for the Video Projection Playback he provided for us.. The Band Members of Lodi, The Deadbeats, Low Rider, Sam Moon and Pam Marsh, Green with Envy with Paul Lawson for donating their time and talents to this show. Rich Bonner for lighting up the show with Atlantic Illumination. House and Monitoring Audio supplied by Smiley Audio.. Bernie Smiley is the best! The Jimmy Jam Society for arranging to take care of the bar for us. Harry and Wendy Nesbitt, from Nova Scotia Motorcycle Tour Guide, for their huge dedication and contribution to the silent auction with endless certificates from hotels and motels across the province. Speakers: AJ Wilson, Gary Hooper, Garnet Hill, Karen Goudie from FOOD.. Feeding others of Dartmouth, Phonse Jessome from Cruise for Crohns and Colitus Society, Mike Herman, Nancy - Mikes sister, Leora and Marlene, Ernie Arseaneau, Steve Barry and Dave Underwood and friends. Sackville Bottle Exchange - Terry O'Connell for giving us the truck to pick up beer and store beer so it would stay cold... Nighttrain Rick and Gabe - Orange Lightening.. did you see him fly? for hauling around the booze. Barry from the Road Dawgs... helping stock the fridges and keeping the beer flowing.. awesome job! Adam Bailey...... Jimi, Brian, Steve McL and Marc for helping Richard set up his light show. Ron MacCormack and Steve McLauglin for pretty much having a hand in on everything...set up, lights, collecting bottles, ticket sellers and coming back in the morning to tear down... you name it they did it! Dorothy Kent, Brian Horne and Jimi Swinimer helped with the tearing down of the Lighting equipment. Wayne Hiltz for getting us the snacks Big Mike, Paul Arnold, Mitch and Monster Joe for keeping an eye on the crowd for us. Brian Bailey and the Dawgs for doing the 50/50 draw that raised over $500 for the winner. Ken LeRude and the Jokers for picking up bottles.. And anyone else that participated.. I saw many.. like Peter Fowler and Sally.. and I'm sure there were tons I will miss.. was a job that everyone participated in....and it was AWESOME.. thank you.. Sherry, Derrick, Debbie, Gary and all the other members of The Tribe that helped out.. Especially Garth who did the video production and the continuous feed to the screens as the bands were playing... The Ticket Sellers...Garnet and Sean of Power Trend, Colleen at Privateers Harley Davidson, Jimi and Sally at Riding in Style and poor Marlene at Toads for nearly going out of her mind! I told her it was her own fault .. Her husband shouldn't have been so popular! Our Liquor ticket sellers... Huge job! because its continuous all night long. Angel Smith, Angela and Shawn Welsh, Ron McCormack, George and Rebecca Woodworth, Cheryl Reid, Cathleen McKinnon, Art Goulden, Doris and Peter Fowler. Coat Check was looked after by Amanda Lahey and Wade Kavanaugh all night long!!... Also with the help of Deb Benedict. Bar Staff was Stu, Christine, Pam, Caroline, Lilly, Julia, Steve McLauglin thank you so much for hours and hours of pumping the liquor out. Door People - Sherry and Derrick McGregor, Debbie and Gary Conrad... started the evening out. Cathy and Brian Carter, Roxanne and Greg Gaudet, Pierre and Paula Lessard, Wayne and Barb Grimes, Lynn and Wayne Hiltz and Dorothy Kent ended the evening for us. Thanks to all the people that gave to the Silent Auction, you can see them listed on the Auction page. And please forgive me if I have forgotten anyone........ and don't hesitate to let me know...... |