“I loved the idea and asked if he would like to partner with us on a project for the Mill. By the time he had finished, there were some 240 of stars on display. Christopher, who was visiting, told her about a project he had done several years earlier, Stars Across Stowe, making large lighted stars that were put up all over that Vermont town. The project began when historical society trustee Dawn Parker was volunteering at the information desk at the society’s Museum at the Mill. Projects include re-siding parts of the building, replacing the roof, and lighting the parking lot. The profits from the fundraiser will be used for renovations on The Mill, the Chester Historical Society headquarters. People look at the same stars and they connect us all,” Christopher says.īoth Christopher and Cary Hull, president of the Chester Historical Society, emphasize that the stars are not intended as religious symbols but rather as decorative illumination to bring brightness and joy to the days with the least sunlight. All the stars are wrapped with plug-in strings of white lights The small stars measure 3 ½ feet across the large ones 7 feet. Most hang outside on doors, fences, barns, and house walls. So far, some 40 stars in two different sizes have been sold. He makes the stars and provides them to the historical society at a modest cost for resale. It’s Light Up the Night, a fundraiser for the Chester Historical Society with the assistance of local resident Christopher Owens. Seeing stars? It’s not because of dizziness or feeling faint. Serial restaurateur and jack-of-all-trades Christopher Owens is the man behind the Chester Historical Society’s Light Up the Night fundraiser.
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