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DAFFODIL FESTIVAL WINNERS 2008

Antique Car Parade

Authentic 1st Place - #23 1969 Blue Chevy Camaro
Authentic 2nd Place - #37 1957 Black Porsche Speedster
Authentic 3rd Place - #44 1957 Red Mercedes 300SL Roadster
Authentic Honorable Mention - #43 Red 1964 Porsche Cabriolet
Authentic Honorable Mention - #55 Cream 1963 Austin Healy 3000 Mark II
Authentic Honorable Mention - #18 Grey 1960 MGA 1600 Coupe

Decoration 1st Place - #45 Red 1957 Willys Jeep 2 door Cabriolet
Decoration 2nd Place - #9 Green 1931 Ford Model AA
Decoration 3rd Place - #91 Blue 1950 Studebaker 2 Door
Decoration Honorable Mention - #74 Green 1948 Ford Station Wagon
Decoration Honorable Mention - #65 Green 1973 Jeep
Decoration Honorable Mention - #61 Blue 1932 DeSoto Convertible

Jean MacAusland Award - #101 Green 1909 Jackson Touring
People’s Choice - #8 Black 1950 Ford Pick Up

Window Decorating Contest

Most Traditional

1st English Trunk Show Co., 8 Washington St.
2nd Albert G Brock Insurance, 53 Main St.
3rd Murray’s Toggery, 62 Main St.
HM Jewelers Gallery, 21 Centre St.

Most Creative

1st Vis A Vis, 34 Main St.
2nd Pinwheels, 32 Centre St.
3rd Nina Hellman Antiques, 48 Centre St.
HM Claire Murray, 11 South Water St.

Daffy Hat Pageant

ADULTS
1st Robin Coutinho – Nantucket, MA
2nd Macy Smith – Sconset, MA
3rd Barbara Schuh - Shrewsbury, MA

CHILDREN
1st Makalia King & Carley Hinson – Nantucket, MA
2nd Olivia, Genevieve and Arian Farr – Lunenburg, MA
3rd Margaret Gueorguieva – Nantucket, MA

Tailgate Picnic

1st - #44 Acktoberfest – The Kittredge’s
2nd - #8 Breakfast in Bed – Candy & Tiffany
3rd - #35 Pagoda Picnic – Kelly Williams & Co
HM - #41 A Ploughman’s Lunch – The MG Car Club of Nantucket
HM - #56 Daffodil Divas Hang Ten – Penny Nieroth, Diana Abshire, Toni Lucia, and Joan Caruso
HM – #94 Beach Party – Scott Allan & Scott Thomas

Daffy Dog Parade

President of Garrison Square Management Mark Goldweitz shows Michael Molinar around the recently completed 12 Orange Street. Step inside and take a look at all of the amazing restoration that has been done to the home.

Restoration Series:

• Part I
• Part II
• Part III
• Part IV
• Part V
• Part VI

> Full coverage

2008 Window Decorating Results

Most Traditional

1st English Trunk Show Co., 8 Washington St.
2nd Albert G Brock Insurance, 53 Main St.
3rd Murray’s Toggery, 62 Main St.
HM Jewelers Gallery, 21 Centre St.

Most Creative

1st Vis A Vis, 34 Main St.
2nd Pinwheels, 32 Centre St.
3rd Nina Hellman Antiques, 48 Centre St.
HM Claire Murray, 11 South Water St.

The Nantucket Daffodil Festival Weekend is a celebration of Spring on Nantucket organized by the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce. Make sure to send your photos of the weekend to ackphotos@plumtv.com for placement on the web and on channel 22.

Saturday:

9 AM - 4 PM. Daffodil Day Craft Show. Nantucket handmade, featuring arts and crafts made on island. Clay Art Studio/Nantucket Artisans Collective, Nantucket Preservation Institute, 11 Centre St. 508-228-2376. ClayArtStudioAck.com
9 AM - 6 PM. Monogram Open Studio.
10 AM. Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend Children’s Parade. 10 AM Staging. 10:15 AM Start. Fun for children of all ages and their families. Decorate your bicycle, wagon, skateboard, baby carriage or other self-propelled wheeled transportation with a Daffodil theme. Cookies, lemonade and ribbons for all! Children under 10 should be accompanied by an adult and all children on bicycles must wear a helmet. Sponsored by the Nantucket Island Chamber of
Commerce and White Elephant Hotel, Children’s Beach, South Beach
St. 508-228-1700. NantucketChamber.org
10 AM - 6 PM. Free Daffodil Festival Rug Raffle. Win a 36” round hand-hooked rug - periwinkle blue and golden yellow, valued at $160. Claire Murray, 11 South Water St. 508-228-1913. ClaireMurray.com
10:45 AM. Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend Daffy Hat Pageant. Show off your creativity! Festively decorate a daffodil themed hat - from elegant to goofy - and come join the pageant! Open to men, women and children! Ribbons awarded in Adult and Children’s categories. Sponsored by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, Children’s Beach Bandstand, South
Beach St. 508-228-1700. NantucketChamber.org
12 PM. Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend Antique Car Parade. Car staging 9:30 AM - 12 PM on Main Street. Parade begins by taking a right onto Centre Street, down Broad Street, another right onto S. Water Street and back up Main Street before taking a left on Orange Street, through the Rotary out Milestone Road to ‘Sconset. The cars will line up on Main Street in ‘Sconset for viewing and the Tailgate Picnic. (please see map on following page)
12 - 3 PM. Fine Art and Daffodils. Fine art reception. Fresh as the flowers! The Gallery at Four India Street, 4 India St. 508-228-8509. GalleryAtFourIndia.com
12:30 - 2:30 PM. Country Village Daffodil Party! Stop by the Sconset office for refreshments! Country Village Real Estate, 10 Main St., Siasconset. 508-228-0030. CountryVillageRE.com
1 - 3 PM. Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend Tailgate
Picnic. Bring along your picnics and blankets and watch the antique cars vie for top tailgate picnic honors! Sponsored by the Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, Main St., Siasconset. 508-228-1700. NantucketChamber.org
2 - 5 PM. 34th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Show - Rainbow of Daffodils. Includes entries in horticulture, arrangement and photography. Sponsored by The American Daffodil Society Inc. & The Nantucket Garden Club, The Coffin School, 4 Winter St. 508-228-4912. Nantucket.org/gardenclub

Sunday:

10 AM - 5 PM. 34th Annual Nantucket Daffodil Show - Rainbow of Daffodils. See Saturday's Listing.
10 AM - 6 PM. Daffodil Festival Drawing. Enter our drawing to win our exclusive Soy Lotion Candle. Nantucket Lite Candle & Soap Co. 14 South Water St. 508-228-8494. NantucketLite.com
10 AM - 6 PM. Free Daffodil Festival Rug Raffle. See Saturday's Listing.
11 AM - 12:30 PM. Hydrangea Lovers! Show and tell session on pruning techniques for home gardeners. Hydrangea Farm Nursery, 86 Madaket Rd. 508-228-6493. HydrangeaFarm.net
11 AM - 5 PM. Expressions of Don Freedman Annual Daffodil Week-end Sale. Expressions of Don Freedman, 14 Centre St. 508-228-3291.

An excerpt from Miss Fairchild's "Vanilla Place" was recently played in an episode of Real World: Hollywood. From appearances on our MorningNoon&Night Show to an interview and performance at the Chicken Box, Plum has followed the local the pop/funk sensation all along.

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