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Beaver Island celebrates New Year’s Eve 1999 with a community Millennium Party at Holy Cross Hall

Also Beaver Island Millennium Party 1999 · Holy Cross Hall New Year’s Eve 1999

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TypeEvent
Dates1999-12-31 – 2000-01-01
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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1999-12-31 – 2000-01-01
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Celebration
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Summary

Beaver Islanders celebrated New Year’s Eve 1999 with a Millennium Party at Holy Cross Hall. The report credits community volunteers, musicians, food providers, transportation services, decorators, and general chair Kathy Adams with making the gathering successful.

Evidence limits

This is an appreciative retrospective, not an attendance count, budget, or independent event record.

Sources

  1. Describes the New Year’s Eve gathering at Holy Cross Hall, decorations, food, music, late sandwich buffet, volunteer bartenders and cleanup groups, transportation support from the Boat Company and Island Airways, and Kathy Adams as general chairperson. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2000-02_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held issue scan confirms the Millennium Party retrospective.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2000-02_Beaver-Beacon

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island celebrates New Year’s Eve 1999 with a community Millennium Party at Holy Cross Hall”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-millennium-party-new-years-eve-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, February 2000, “Millennium Party is a Huge Success!” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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