If something somehow comes up hidden for a few minutes or if there’s a joke being played, “Chances are Mark Shahan is behind it,” Dillon-Jauken says. But when we get into festival mode, he’s just part of the team.” “He’s the first volunteer in the park when we’re setting up and one of the last ones out of the park each night. It’s hard to find someone who has volunteered for a community event since its inception,” says Allison Dillon-Jauken, executive director of ArtsHuntsville, which operates Panoply. Those are often dawn-to-midnight days for Shahan, so he makes sure to buy an extra T-shirt or two. In the years since, Shahan has been a Panoply volunteer, taking a week’s vacation from his real job of security, traffic planning and people moving to, well, do his real job for free. The first year, he worked on behalf of HPD. Since the first Panoply in 1982, he has been a committee member for Panoply, the annual downtown arts festival (set for April 28-30).
Mark Shahan meet regularly to plan for special events and emergency response procedures.Ī great number of those shirts are souvenirs from the same event, but for which he’s not working as Sgt. Meet the specialists of HPD’s special operations team. “If there has been a special event somewhere in Huntsville, Mark Shahan’s fingerprints are probably on it,” says Chief Mark McMurray.Īnd, apparently, if there’s been a special event, it looks like he’s probably got the T-shirt. In 2016, there were 281 special events for which the City of Huntsville issued permits, all demanding the attention of Shahan and his officers. That puts him squarely into the mix for two things that can paralyze any city: A weather emergency and activities that can impact traffic flow. Shahan, who’ll mark his 38 th year in the department this June, is the traffic supervisor in the Special Operations Division of HPD. The rest include dedicated volunteer, longest-serving uniformed member of the department, ex-motorcycle cop, monarch butterfly expert, practical joker, husband, father, uncle and special events guru. So, perhaps, we can add packrat to the myriad descriptions of Huntsville Police(HPD) Sgt. A quick count and he had to admit, “Dadgum, I do.” “No way,” he said before poking his head in. “Do you realize you have over 500 T-shirts in here?” she said after a few minutes. Susan Shahan was doing some cleaning and dove in with equal parts trepidation, bravery and curiosity, into her husband’s closet.
#PANOPLY HUNTSVILLE AL 2021 SERIES#
The festival will feature something for all minds on STEAM Street, takeaway art activities in Creativity Corner, strolling characters and much more.ġ0:15 AM - 11:00 AM: Tyler A.K.This is a monthly series introducing you to City employees and their stories. The juried Art Marketplace will welcome over 100 visual artists from a variety of mediums. The Art Marketplace provides prime-distanced shopping in a beautiful setting in and around the spring.
This year, Arts Huntsville welcomes 15 musical performances to the Panoply Showcase Stage, sponsored by Buffalo Rock. This year’s family-friendly festival will look different from previous years and will provide the community with an opportunity to safely interact and have fun while enjoying all things art.
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