Although the forecast called for grey skies, the excitement down on the waterfront seemed to have forced the sun out! In case you didn't get a chance to see our last news article before the weekend, Burlington Boatyard was invited to be a sponsor at this year's Lake Champlain Maritime Festival down at the Burlington Waterfront.
Through the help of the Jerry Rafoul and Mike O'Brien, Burlington Boatyard was front and center, enjoying all the festivities and sharing information about our business and the Vermont community with fellow patrons and attendees of the event. Over the course of the weekend, Burlington Boatyard kept track of all that was happening by putting together live video updates in our blog.
On Friday, we were fortunate enough to have our resident author and The Lake Champlain Angler Mickey Maynard stop by and discuss the lamprey initiative with Guy Mitrano, CEO.
On Saturday, we sat down with Peter Thayer and Debbie from "Will Fish For Fun" and they shared some information with us about their upcoming fishing event for kids' ages 8-12 coming up on September 6, 2008. By the end of the day, Vermont's own late night host Tim Kavanagh from "Late Night Saturday with Tim Kavanagh" made his way over to the Burlington Boatyard booth to find out what we were all about and to interview the BBY crew, and that should air sometime in the fall.
On Sunday, we finally sat down with Mike O'Brien, one of the festival directors and originators, to get an explanation on the LCMF's history and success over the years.
Juliette Dubroca also stopped by and chatted about the Lake Champlain Community Sailing Center and the future of their facility. Vermont Special Olympics' Robyn Comstock wrapped up the day by discussing their involvement in the festival and other initiatives within the area with Jimmy Farah, Chief Communications Officer of Burlington Boatyard.
All the while, our Chief Technology Officer Nick Cifuentes offered his insight on the social media and community networking aspects of BurlingtonBoatyard.com, which intrigued many vendors, LCFM staff, and attendees of the event alike. He also worked diligently from his laptop to make sure the uploading of video, content, blog entries and other online work that needed to be carried out was done seamlessly and as efficiently as it could be "from the road".
Once again, the weekend seemed to fly by down at the waterfront, but the chance to meet all of our current and potential users was the most meaningful part of our participation in the festival. Burlington Boatyard would like to thank all those who participated in the Lake Champlain Maritime Festival this year, from the vendors, security personal, construction crews, Burlington Police Department, artists and all those in charge in the logistics and success of the festival. Burlington Boatyard would like to especially thank Jerry Rafoul and Mike O'Brien, coordinators and directors of the Maritime Festival; Mickey Maynard, Peter, Debbie, Tim Kavanagh, Juliette Dubroca, Robyn Comstock, Linda Dyer from Dragonheart Vermont, and the many othersthank you for your time and support!
For more information on the festival and to see Burlington Boatyard's exclusive interviews, check out our blog at www.burlingtonboatyard.com/blog
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