Editor,

The mornings are chillier, the evenings are crisp, all of the signs that summer is drawing to a close. Another sign is no more concerts in the park in downtown Sherburne. We have many people to thank for helping to pull this off once again. First we need to thank Sherburne Rotarians for making all of the efforts needed to organize and execute the series. Our club has done this for 23 years and some Rotarians have helped for all of those year. This year we asked for feedback from our audience. One of the responses given several times is to extend the concert season. I will just say that more help is needed if we were to do that.

Early in the planning for the series the groups coming to perform get determined and then we go out to find the money needed to pay for them. Our committee has felt overwhelming support from our local community sponsors and from local foundations. This year our sponsors for the summer included: NBT Bank, David and Dolly Haas, The Mid-York Press, Service Pharmacy, New York Central Mutual Insurance, Sherburne Big M, Gayle Hellert, Bill Tammaro, Burgess and Tedesco Funeral Homes, James F. Taylor and Zachary Wentworth, Attorneys At Law, Bruce Webster, Chobani Greek Yogurt, Chenango County Council of the Arts, Robert C. Smith Foundation, Howard K. Finch Foundation, Harmon’s Painting, The Floral Fantasy and Manpower.