It is not often that one gets to spend three evenings with 80 of your favorite friends.  In fact over a thousand people got to share memories with us.

 Words cannot express my appreciation to the cast of the 2011 Krazy Kudzu Follies.  Each time an act went on stage, I realized the sacrifice each was making to insure the success of the event.

 Business owners, elected officials, employees of both large and small businesses, retired individuals all came together to give people an escape from all of life’s problems for a couple of hours.

I want to thank Randa and Allison Owen for loaning us a segment of “Randa Alabama”.  The short film was shown of Roland Walls, Mr. Swap Shop, interviewing Randa.  He was greatly missed this year

 I want to say thank you to the following individuals who “covered” Fort Payne with a lot of laughs:  Alisha Battles, Amanda Hicks, Amy Justice, Amy Woods, Barbara Isbell, Brenda Bailey, Brian Baine, Chasity Beagles, Christian Payne, Christine Ashley, Cindy Bynum, Dale Jackson, Jr., Darrel Haney, Darryl Sartain, David Beddingfield, Debbie Daniel, Dennis Benefield, Dr. Charles Isbell, Gerald Taylor, Gloria Jackson, JD Davidson, Jack Martin, Jackie Chitwood, Janine Sims, Jennifer Whitton, Jeremy Taylor, Jerry Cyree, Jerry Ware, Johnny Eberhart, Josh Miller, Joyce Rabinowitz, Kathy Nellis, Kevin Chitwood, Lance Woods, Linda Beville, Linda Stiefel, Lindsay Slater, Mark Ford, Martha Miller, Michael Weatherly, Mike Griggs, Nicki Barksdale, Pam Elsaesser, Rhonda DeHart, Roland Anderson , Ronnie Crabtree, Ronnie Osborn, Ronnie Warren Shawn Wilborn, Sherrie Guinn, Stephanie Fritz, Steve Bell, Steve McKeehan, Tammy Jones, Tony Dobbs, Tony Lockett, Tricia Clinton, Wanda Henderson, Chris Blake, Michelle Blake, Gary Culberson, Frank Humphreys, Michelle Blake, Chris Blake, Gary Culberson,  Rita Shirley, Rebecca Dellinger, Tricia Shankles, Kendall Shankles, Emily Wooten, Don Stout, Scott Bateman

A very special thanks to Donna Parshall, Office Manager, who kept us all in line.

 Our sponsors this year included the City of Fort Payne, Buffalo Rock, DeKalb Regional Medical Center, Golden Treasures, Duncan Medical Equipment, and the Times-Journal.

 Visit our facebook page or our website at www.fortpaynechamber.com to view photos.

This year’s performance was truly “The Best of the Best.”