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KINGS AUTOMOTIVE GROUP
SPONSORS
KNAPPST. DELI
BayFest 2012
Thanks to the following fortheir support and help
Kings Automotive Group
Con EdisonNational GridKnapp Street DeliComfort InnIL FornettoInvestors Bank
Astoria Federal Savings Arizona Iced Tea & Vinny Scotto Brooklyn NETS • Aviator Sports and Events Center • GNC • Empire Signs Wheeler’s • Brooklyn Brewery • Brooklyn Children’s Museum • The Studio New York Aquarium • Brooklyn Cyclones Brooklyn Public Library • Cold Stone Creamery JPMorgan Chase • Sheryll Princess & Capt. Pete Capital One • Century 21 • Dimensions In Dance Love Realty • Turkish Cultural CenterAmity School • Randazzo’s Clam Bar ReverbNation • Scribble Shop • Ridgewood Savings Bank • Valley National Bank • Manhattan School of Computer Technology • WCBS-FM 101.1 • Kings Bay Y • CNG • Stella Maris Fishing Station • Liman Restaurant Jimmy’s Famous Heros • BKRoads • Aardvark Amusements • A2Z Party • Collegium SoundGothic Press • ProductionHUB • Party Line Tent Rentals • Pinto Novelty • TnT Balloon Brooklyn Borough Historian Ron Schweiger Amberjack V • The Atlantis • Golden Sunshine Capt. Dave II • Bullet I & II • Sea Queen VII Marilyn Jean IV • Pink Lady • G & S Pork StoreSheepshead Bites • Sunrise Senior LivingSkyline Truck Rental • JML PrintingVaruna Yacht Club • City Parks Foundation Honest Tea • FDNY Engine 276FDNY Education Department FDNY Marine UnitNYC Parks DepartmentNYC Department of BuildingsNYC Department of TransportationNYC Police Department, 61st Pct. and Auxiliary Police • NYC Dept of Sanitation • NYC Dept. of Probation, Community Services NYC Fire Dept. • U.S. Coast Guard61st Pct. Community CouncilAll Communities Arts, Inc. • Young Adult Institute, TRIUS • Crown Trophy • The Barrisons Cliff Bruckenstein • Andrew Levenbaum, PE Richie Arneman • Laura McKenna • Jack Spadaro Councilman Lew Fidler, Supporting Admiral Assemblywoman Helen Weinstein, Supporting CaptainAssemblyman Steve Cymbrowitz, Supporting CaptainBorough President Marty MarkowitzThe Mayor’s OfficeCommunity Board 15 THE BIG BAYFEST VOLUNTEERSLIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDBay Improvement GroupLifetime Achievement AwardPatricia Dillon-Arneman Feb 1, 1963 - Oct 26, 2011Patricia lived in Sheepshead Bay since 1984. She put her heart and soul into the community and helped Bay Improvement Group at all functions, especially the annual Holiday Toy Drive and the arts & crafts at every BayFest. She was an exam-ple for all of us of what it means to give back to the community.
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ayFest is about people young and old, from the community and elsewhere, com-ing together to discover and celebrate the unique waterfront of Sheepshead Bay. This year’s very special, all new and expanded 21st annual BayFest offers six full hours of fun and music. Jay And The Americans will perform on a mobile stage on Pier 8 at 3:30pm, courtesy of the Sheryll Princess. Folk musicians Stout, Brooklyn bands SonnyBoy and Sonic Drive, and fire-fighting, bag-piping, rock ’n’ roll group The Shots, as well as Dimensions In Dance and the Aviator Gymnastics Team, will perform on the Main Stage at Emmons Avenue and East 27th Street. There will also be over twenty performances by up-and-coming bands and dance troupes taking place simultane-ously on Piers 1 to 10 of Emmons Avenue. In addition to music and dance, BayFest will also feature the Brooklyn NETS Mobile Unit, and the FDNY’s educational smokehouse and fireboat display in the bay. Food and drink will be offered on luxury cruise ships the Sheryll Princess (Pier 8—bar only), the Atlantis (Pier 9), and the Am-berjack V (Pier 10), as well as at Emmons Avenue eateries. Activities for kids, including educational exhibits, amusements, face painting, and an arts & crafts table in Driscoll Tucker Park (by the Main Stage); gift card, merchandise, and 50/50 raffles; and visits by our political leaders will round out the day. We hope everyone has a wonderful time discovering Sheepshead Bay at BayFest!
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e thank all of the great volunteers and everyone from the top down who has been part of the B.I.G. family team, working without pay to make this event possible. Special thanks to our major sponsor, Kings Auto Group. We also thank all our sponsors and elected official supporters for our 21st BayFest, and we hope you’ll thank them, too, for supporting our community. Please also visit Stella Maris Fishing Station, the power of BayFest, and say thanks.So grab family and friends and come on down--no tickets or registration needed! Enjoy the music and entertainment on the piers, eat and drink on fabulous dinner boats, have your picture taken with Jay And The Americans after their show, pick up your favorite performer’s CD on the Atlantis (Pier 9), patronize local shops, and take part in the only event of its type in all of New York City: Bayfest 2012. Come early and stay all day. And pick up an Arizona Iced Tea and raffle tickets while you’re here! Please help keep the Bay clean, too, and don’t litter. And become part of B.I.G.! Stop by the B.I.G. table near the Main Stage and join your B.I.G. Sheepshead Bay coalition family. Say
“Hello Sheepshead Bay!”
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