I am not sure you picked the right right event, the correct town or even the right state for this project. My wife and I moved to Tunbridge a little over a year and a half ago and I can tell you that the old timers have no trouble meeting the new comers and vice versa. Tunbridge isn't some bustling community where people's paths don't cross. It isn't void of things to do and ways to meet people. Tunbridge has a Neighbors Helping Neighbors program. It has a library that, in addition to the usual events, sponsors "Winter Evenings" with poets and musicians. Tunbridge has ice cream socials and Town Photo Day where everyone in town meets at the Fairgrounds and has their picture taken together. We have the annual minstrel show and we also have an annual Memorial Day parade. My favorite way to meet my neighbors is to attend Town Meeting Day in March while learning about the town and governing it. My wife volunteered to be a town auditor. I like the concept of your project, but I am not sure a small town in Vermont where the motto includes the word "unity" in it, is the best place. People in big towns have trouble meeting one another. People in Tunbridge don't seem to. Here, if we want to meet others, we go to the Village Store or we go to the church--and no one cares what your religion or denomination is. Your decision to do this project in our town when 40,000 out-of-towners are here and everyone is focused on making sure they have a good time may not have been the best decision. Here, if you don't recognize someone, you ask them "Are you from Tunbridge?" If they say yes, then you ask where (and whose house it was you bought). If they say no, you ask where they are from, and if they like Tunbridge, and can you help them find something. Good luck with your project. I hope you have success.