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First County Bank Presenting Sponsor of
2015 Norwalk Seaport Association”™s Oyster Festival
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STAMFORD, Conn., June 15, 2015 —First County Bank announces its sponsorship of the annual Norwalk Seaport Association”™s Oyster Festival being held Friday, Sept. 11th through Sunday, Sept. 13th, at Veteran”™s Park, adjacent to Norwalk Harbor on Seaview Avenue in Norwalk. The Bank has been an ongoing supporter of the festival since 2007, and is once again the event”™s presenting sponsor.
The Oyster Festival offers three days of continuous family-friendly activities and entertainment. The entertainment headliners include John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band on Friday, September 11, Dennis DeYoung: The Music of STYX on Saturday, September 12, and Smash Mouth on Sunday, September 13. All these acts will take place on the Main Stage. In addition, dozens of local and regional musicians as well as those competing in the Hour”™s “Breaking The Band,” will perform over the course of the weekend on The Hour/Heineken stage.
“We have another year of great national musical acts lined up,” says Oyster Festival Chairman Mike Reilly. “Dennis DeYoung who wrote seven of the eight Top Ten hits for STYX, Smash Mouth, plus John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, both of which wrote movie soundtrack hits for “Shrek” and “Eddie & The Cruisers” respectively.”
Returning after their popular debut last year will be the Nerveless Nocks Thrill Show,aerial stunt artists that perform motorcycle high wire acts and other daredevil stunts (www.nervelessnocks.com). This year they will be adding sway poles to their act, stunts on skyscrapingly high poles, free of wires or other safety means. Past attractions returning include the Paul Bunyan Lumberjack Show (www.lumberjackent.com), a Craft Beer tent with more than 25 beers, an expanded food court, the largest everArts & Crafts Pavilion with more than 100 artisans and crafters, the oyster slurping contest, and much more.
Photo caption L to R: Vincent Scicchitano, Norwalk Seaport Association president,
Robert Granata, president and COO of First County Bank, Irene Dixon, president of the board of trustees of the Norwalk Seaport Association, Inc., Mike Reilly, Oyster Festival chairman/trustee. As the presenting sponsor, First County Bank presents their sponsorship check to the Norwalk Seaport Association for the 2015 Oyster Festival.
“As a community bank, we have a commitment to support local nonprofit organizations and to help make a difference in the lives of people in our communities,” said Rey Giallongo, chairman and CEO of First County Bank. “We are proud to participate as the presenting sponsor of the 2015 Norwalk Oyster Festival and to help publicly showcase and raise awareness of the area”™s maritime heritage.
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About First County Bank
First County Bank , headquartered in Stamford, Conn. for more than 163 years, is an independent mutual community bank with 15 branches in Stamford, Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Norwalk and Westport offering deposit products, mortgages, trust and investment services, business banking services and online banking. First County Bank has more than 220 employees and assets in excess of $1.4 billion. For additional information, please visit www.firstcountybank.com. Become a fan by clicking “Like” on the bank”™s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/firstcountybank. Follow it on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/firstcountybank or look for First County Bank on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/company/920207.
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About the Norwalk Seaport Association
The Norwalk Seaport Association was founded in 1978 as a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, education and public awareness of Norwalk”™s maritime environment and heritage. The Seaport Association and its volunteers are solely responsible for organizing and financing the Oyster Festival. In addition to the Oyster Festival, the Norwalk Seaport Association owns Sheffield Lighthouse and its volunteers maintain the lighthouse and grounds as a museum and nature preserve. The organization also offers harbor cruises, special events, maritime education programs and habitat restoration projects with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. For more information, visit www.seaport.org or call (203) 838-9444.
Tamara L. Ledwith Vice President Sales and Product Marketing Manager Marketing Department 117 Prospect Street, 3rd Floor Stamford, CT 06901 Tel.: 203.462.4866 Fax.: 203.462.4442 tledwith@firstcountybank.com
