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‘Everyone Seems Very Happy’: 3rd Annual Waveny Park Arts Festival a Big Hit
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Tom Kretsch, dedicated to photography since he retired in 2004 after a 37-year career as a schoolteacher, travels throughout New England to show and sell his pictures in shows and exhibitions. A Westport resident and member of the Carriage Barn Arts Center, Kretsch has participated in the organization’s Waveny Park Arts Festival since it launched three years ago. “I like the fact that it’s not too big and the town really comes out to support it,” he said Sunday afternoon from his bustling booth at the festival on a clear, sunny day. “You get really good crowds here and there’s a mixture of different crafts and things. They’re not overloaded in one thing.