With Arts Fest just a few weeks away, CNY Arts Center is looking for local talent to compete for prizes June 9 at Fulton’s War Memorial Community Center. Prizes will be awarded in three categories according to age, under 12, 12-20 and 20 and older. Event co-chair Kiley Casper said, “We want to encourage everyone(…)
The Fulton Music Association presented the 2012 Senior Music Awards during the 15th Celebration of Community Music concert May 19. G. Ray Bodley High School seniors Nathan Deavers and Nicholas Abelgore each received a $500 Outstanding Senior Music Award. Dallaslyn Lamb received a $300 Special Achievement in Music Award. Deavers, an accomplished vocalist, will attend(…)
The Shirts ‘n Skirts Square Dance Club is hosting a fund-raiser Saturday, June 2 from 2 to 10 p.m. at the Kenney Middle School on Cayuga Street in Hannibal to benefit The ALS Association. The event is in honor of Elaine Eno, a graduate of Hannibal Central School and a long-time dancer who was diagnosed(…)
by Jim Farfaglia The Gauchos Memorial Day Weekend, 1968. A 9 year old boy leans against his bicycle, waiting in anticipation, just across the street from the Nestles parking lot. He watches them prepare for the parade: tuning their horns, strapping on their drums, shining their wooden rifles, then follows them through their(…)
Participants in the Step By Step Wellness program are discovering the joy and power of music. Established by Peer Generalist Derrick Hart, the program’s new music therapy sessions have been a welcome addition to the programs and activities that the Step By Step Wellness program offers its participants. Since joining the Step By Step Wellness(…)
The CNY Arts Center will hold a class for adult writers entitled “Building Your Writing Muscle.” Instructor Jim Farfaglia will teach this six-week class for beginning writers or experienced writers who are looking to develop better writing skills. The class will be taught for six consecutive Thursdays beginning June 7. Class time will be from(…)
The Fulton Community Band formed twenty years ago in February of 1992. Paul Sherman, an art teacher at G. Ray Bodley High School and a performer of many musical instruments, sent out a notice to all teachers hoping to form a faculty band. Due to lack of interest and available talent, Sherman talked to Carol(…)
Oswego Players Director Inez Manor Parker has announced completion of casting for the Players’ summer musical, “Once Upon a Mattress,” based on the fairy tale story of, “The Princess and the Pea.” Cast members are Marsha Preston (Queen Aggravain), Richard Mosher (Wizard), Julia Preston Fulton (Minstrel), Molly Brown (Winnifred the Woebegone), Adam Schmidtmann (Prince Dauntless(…)
The Fair Haven Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its second annual May Festival in the Village Park in downtown Fair Haven Saturday, May 19 beginning at 11 a.m. The Village Park will be bustling with vendors, demonstrations and games celebrating spring’s arrival. The event kicks off at 11 a.m. with a parade. Adults and(…)
