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February 26, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rondout Music & Art Festival
With Art on the street, Music in the park, and Shad around the corner, Spring is off to a running start with
the Trolley 5K Run…. Saturday May 10.
Contact: B.C. Gee at 845-339-6925 , Betty Osterhoudt at 845-338-0071 or Steve Ladin at 845-331-
3399
Kingston, N.Y. On Saturday May 10th , the Rondout Business Association’s annual spring festival ,
newly renamed the “Rondout Music & Art Festival”, will be held in conjunction with the Hudson River
Maritime Museum’s Shad Fest.
The all-day activities start at 9:00AM with registration at the Trolley Museum of Kingston for The Trolley
5K Run which is a fund-raiser for the Onteora Runners Club, the Trolley Museum of Kingston and the City
of Kingston’s Heritage & Landmarks Preservation.
At 12 Noon, the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s activities kick-off with the Arm of the Sea puppet
theatre, followed by The Turtle Island Medicine Show, Native American storytelling and food ways
workshops, the Hudson River otter stewardship program, music, food, and a boat-building challenge.
The schooner Mystic Whaler will be in port at the Maritime Museum dock and open for tours.
Lighthouse tours, limited steamboat rides and trolley rides out to Kingston Point Park during the afternoon
will also be available.
As part of the activities, an earlier musical festival (Kingston Folk Festival inaugurated October 2006) will
be resurrected with a line-up of contemporary acoustic music performers in Cornell Park, Hudson Valley’s
only natural amphitheatre. The music festival will kick off the Rondout Business Association’s fund-raising
campaign to help revitalize Cornell Park.
Regional artists and craftspeople will be participating in a “Washington Square-ish” sidewalk art and craft
show on Lower Broadway.
There will be no lack of food. The Rondout restaurants will host their annual “A Taste of the Rondout”
food pavilion, serving up various fish fries, raw bars and other fish specialties. For non-fish eaters, there
will be hot dogs, soda and beer at the Maritime Museum, a barbeque lunch for the Trolley 5K Run
participants, as well as foods and beverages at the music festival in Cornell Park.
It’s looking to be a terrific Spring. Stay tuned.
The Rondout Business Association with the help of sponsors City of Kingston, Ulster County Chamber of
Commerce, Daily Freeman, Ulster Savings Bank and Rondout Savings Bank, is proud to promote the
unparalleled beauty and exceptional quality of life in the Hudson Valley.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rondout Music & Art Festival
With Art on the street, Music in the park, and Shad around the corner, Spring is off to a running start with
the Trolley 5K Run…. Saturday May 10.
Contact: B.C. Gee at 845-339-6925 , Betty Osterhoudt at 845-338-0071 or Steve Ladin at 845-331-
3399
Kingston, N.Y. On Saturday May 10th , the Rondout Business Association’s annual spring festival ,
newly renamed the “Rondout Music & Art Festival”, will be held in conjunction with the Hudson River
Maritime Museum’s Shad Fest.
The all-day activities start at 9:00AM with registration at the Trolley Museum of Kingston for The Trolley
5K Run which is a fund-raiser for the Onteora Runners Club, the Trolley Museum of Kingston and the City
of Kingston’s Heritage & Landmarks Preservation.
At 12 Noon, the Hudson River Maritime Museum’s activities kick-off with the Arm of the Sea puppet
theatre, followed by The Turtle Island Medicine Show, Native American storytelling and food ways
workshops, the Hudson River otter stewardship program, music, food, and a boat-building challenge.
The schooner Mystic Whaler will be in port at the Maritime Museum dock and open for tours.
Lighthouse tours, limited steamboat rides and trolley rides out to Kingston Point Park during the afternoon
will also be available.
As part of the activities, an earlier musical festival (Kingston Folk Festival inaugurated October 2006) will
be resurrected with a line-up of contemporary acoustic music performers in Cornell Park, Hudson Valley’s
only natural amphitheatre. The music festival will kick off the Rondout Business Association’s fund-raising
campaign to help revitalize Cornell Park.
Regional artists and craftspeople will be participating in a “Washington Square-ish” sidewalk art and craft
show on Lower Broadway.
There will be no lack of food. The Rondout restaurants will host their annual “A Taste of the Rondout”
food pavilion, serving up various fish fries, raw bars and other fish specialties. For non-fish eaters, there
will be hot dogs, soda and beer at the Maritime Museum, a barbeque lunch for the Trolley 5K Run
participants, as well as foods and beverages at the music festival in Cornell Park.
It’s looking to be a terrific Spring. Stay tuned.
The Rondout Business Association with the help of sponsors City of Kingston, Ulster County Chamber of
Commerce, Daily Freeman, Ulster Savings Bank and Rondout Savings Bank, is proud to promote the
unparalleled beauty and exceptional quality of life in the Hudson Valley.