Name: Beaver Island holds the 2008 Boodle and Bite of Beaver, 2008
Start: 2008-10-04
End: 2008-10-04
Location: Holy Cross Parish Hall

Event

Date: 2008-10-04
Kind: Celebration
Where: Holy Cross Parish Hall
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: sportscelebrationcommercecommunitycommunication
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The October 2008 issue covers Beaver Island’s October 4 fall festival program: an expanded Boodle with a bike ride, the 5K walk/run, the Bite of Beaver food festival, artisan booths, and contests. The separate fourth annual Celtic Games were held on September 13 and are documented in their own event record.

Evidence limits

This combines the issue’s advance program and post-event report; it does not provide audited attendance or complete contest results.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "What Celtic Strongmen Do in the Fall: A Boodle and a Bite."
Reports the October 4 bike ride, 5K Boodle, Bite of Beaver food and artisan festival, apple-pie and harvest-dessert contests, and the advertised food-festival program. The separate Celtic Games took place on September 13. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, October 2008, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue scan confirms the event preview and outcome report.
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Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Arts & Parts at BICC!," September 30, 2008.
Advance notice places the Bite's arts-and-parts sales at the Community Center from 11 a.m., lists participating craft categories, and describes the advertised menu. It is a promotional program, not a final vendor list or attendance report.
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Beaver Island Forum, "Rigormortis Playing at the Beachcomber After The Bite," September 30, 2008.
Advance notice announces a post-Bite performance at the Beachcomber. It establishes the advertised after-party, not that the performance occurred or its attendance.
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Diane McDonough and Beaver Island Chamber of Commerce, “Island Boodle 5K Run & Walk—October 4th,” Beaver Island Forum, September 23–29, 2008, topic 1267.
The organizers announced the third annual 5K/run-walk for October 4, 2008, directed readers to the Chamber registration form, and said proceeds would benefit Beaver Island Sports Boosters. This is advance promotion and a stated beneficiary, not a participation count or financial report.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001267

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island holds the 2008 Boodle and Bite of Beaver, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-celtic-games-bite-boodle-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, October 2008, "What Celtic Strongmen Do in the Fall: A Boodle and a Bite." (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

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