AWARDS & NOTABLES

Edna Ross Award

The Edna Ross Award is presented annually to a local business person for outstanding service to the community. The award was created by Chestertown Tea Party Festival organizers in 2011 to honor Ross and all she had done for the citizens of  Chestertown.

 

Grand Marshal

The  Grand Marshall leads the Chestertown Tea Party Festival Parade in a horse drawn carriage.  The  honoree is one who has been unsparing of time and energy to the Tea Party Festival.
 

Past Edna Ross Award Recipients:

2022: Jamie “Big Mixx” Barrett

2019: Ralph Dowling

2018 – Bob Ramsey

2017 – Dick Goodall

2016 – Jay & Lisa Yerkes

2015 – Margaret & Bob Morris

2014 – Anna Scott Cole

2013 – Lucia Foster

2012 – Lanny Parks

2011 – Edna Ross

Past Grand Marshals:

2022: Linda Kuiper

2019 – Captain Andrew McCown

2018 – Kate Livie

2017 – Thomas Yeager

2016 – Mark Mumford

2015 – Margo Bailey

2014 – Sylvia Maloney

2013 – Curtis Dorsey

2012 – Louis Anthony (posthumous award)

2011 – Butch Clark

2010 – Hilda Hopkins

2009 – Richie Bramble

2008 – Leslie & Vince Riamond