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Beaver Island rings in 2009 with a Holy Cross Hall New Year's Eve dance

Also New Years Eve Dance 2008 · Holy Cross Hall New Year's Eve 2008

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TypeEvent
Date2008-12-31
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Event
Date
2008-12-31
Kind
Celebration
Where
Beaver Island
Eras
Modern era
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Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Beaver Island’s New Year’s Eve Dance was announced for Holy Cross Hall on December 31, 2008. The poster advertised raffles, a midnight light buffet, live music, and a program featuring RigorMortis and Island musicians.

Evidence limits

The Beacon poster is an advance announcement, while the forum thread includes a later participant report that the dance was a success. Neither source provides an audited attendance figure or proceeds statement, and the final performer list is reconstructed from announcements rather than a program.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

  1. Beaver Beacon, January 2009, "New Years Eve Dance at Holy Cross Hall."
    Poster announces a Holy Cross Hall New Year's Eve dance with raffles, a midnight light buffet, live music, and performers including RigorMortis, Danny Gillespie, Joe Moore, and Brian Roman. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held January issue scan confirms the dance poster.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2009-01_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The forum thread develops the event from an initial announcement into a detailed program: admission, happy hour, local musicians, a Holy Cross fundraiser, a Community Center donation, and a January 3 participant report calling the dance a success. The participant report is community testimony, not an audited proceeds or attendance record.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001336
  4. A companion notice advertised a Donegal Danny's pre-party, live music, and a Stoney Acre prime-rib and crab buffet before the Holy Cross Hall dance. It is an advance hospitality notice, not proof of attendance or meal service.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001345
  5. The Shamrock announced a separate New Year's Eve menu and Doghouse Boodlers performance. It documents another venue's advertised celebration, not attendance or sales.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001378
  6. The restaurant advertised an all-you-can-eat New Year's buffet from 5:30–9:30 p.m. This is a companion hospitality notice, not proof of service or attendance.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 01 · t001381

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island rings in 2009 with a Holy Cross Hall New Year's Eve dance”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-new-years-eve-dance-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, January 2009, "New Years Eve Dance at Holy Cross Hall." (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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