Saturday’s 23rd Annual Albemarle County Democratic BBQ was a huge success. Over 300 Democrats turned out to hear from our candidates in this year’s election, including Edd Houck, Creigh Deeds, Cynthia Neff, Christopher Dumler, Connie Brennan, Ned Gallaway and others.
Former DNC Chair Terry McAuliffee and former Congressman Tom Perriello also fired up the crowd for this year’s critical elections – especially holding the Democratic majority in the State Senate and winning a majority for the county Board of Supervisors.
Attendees were entertained by the BBQ Band, comprised of Democrats Marcia Joseph, Maynard Sipe, and Ray Varona.
At the BBQ, the Albemarle Democratic Party presented the Enie Nash Award to former Chair Will Harvey, who has served ably for many years as the chair of the Butler Scholarship committee and as the Democratic appointee on the Albemarle County Electoral Board. He is stepping down from both responsibilities this year. The 2011 Butler Scholarship winners were also announced.
The Democratic Party also presented a special award to retiring Supervisor from the Scottsville District, Lindsay Dorrier, recognizing him for his thirty years of public service.
A special thanks to Paige McGrath, owner of Lower Sherwood Farm, who graciously hosted the BBQ this year.
And as always, the committee is grateful to our amazing BBQ chefs, who cooked our chicken, pulled pork and beef brisket to perfection: Jeff Sobel, John Loehr, Peter McIntosh, Steve Rose and Elton Oliver.
Check out coverage of the event from NBC 29.
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Cynthia Neff and Tom Perriello also appeared on the Charlottesville, VA, interview program Politics Matters with host Jan Paynter discussing journalism: http://bit.ly/polmatters. The new Terry McAuliffe interview will be posted there soon as well.
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