Towpath Volunteers of Macedon (photo)
These are the Towpath Volunteers at the Williamson Apple Blossom Festival parade on Saturday. Photo by Tammy Brockway.
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Category: Festivals
Williamson Apple Blossom Festival Parade (photo)
Fire trucks in parade at Williamson Apple Blossom Festival. Photo by Tammy Brockway.
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Marchers in the parade (photo)
Happy parade marcher and passenger of Towpath Volunteers. Photo by Tammy Brockway.
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Festival queen rides through Williamson (photo)
Williamson Apple Blossom Festival Queen rides through the parade on Saturday. Photo by Tammy Brockway.
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Organizers extend early-bird registration for Canal Fest in Seneca Falls
The Seneca Falls Business Association is encouraging local businesses, artisans, crafters, and organizations to register today to take part in this year’s Canal Fest. The 2nd Annual Canal Fest is expecting over 10,000 guests to visit during the three day event which will be held July 7, 8, and 9 on both sides of the Seneca Falls Canal Harbor. Organizers...
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Health Department forces changes to Ma Bailey’s Hot & Hearty soup & chili cook-off at IAWL Fest
For many years merchants have participated in the IAWL Festival by offering a Ma Bailey’s Hot & Hearty soup or chili to our visitors on Saturday during the festival. This enormously popular event which runs from 11am to when the soup runs out has been a lovely addition to bringing and keeping visitors in your business. To make this event...
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NBC’s Today Show coming to Seneca Falls in December for the “It’s A Wonderful Life” anniversary
A major announcement was made this morning by Seneca County Tourism Marketing Director Rick Newman who says that the Today Show is coming to Seneca Falls next month. It will be a taped segment, which will be aired later in the month of December, according to Newman, who said that this was a huge opportunity for the Town. As the...
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Charles Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles celebrates 23rd year
The 23rd annual Charles Dickens Christmas jump-started the Christmas season Friday with the World’s Smallest Parade, consisting of a couple police cars, a firetruck, a horse-drawn carriage and Victorian-era revelers on foot Friday in downtown Skaneateles. The Finger Lakes holiday favorite runs Saturday and Sunday from now until Dec. 18 noon-4pm and a finale on Christmas Eve. Read more from NYUp.com
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Seneca Falls marks ‘Wonderful’ 70 years
Still not sure Seneca Falls was used by director Frank Capra as the model for Bedford Falls in the classic “It’s A Wonderful Life” movie? To help make up your mind, the Wonderful Life Committee is inviting people, skeptics and believers alike, to Seneca Falls for the 70th anniversary celebration of the 1946 movie. Three of the child actors who...
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2016 Watkins Glen Village Christmas winners
The Village Christmas Committee announced winners of the Visions of Christmas Past parade held during the festival on December 2, 2016 in downtown Watkins Glen. Winners of the Visions of A White Christmas parade sponsored by the Visions Federal Credit Union were: “Most Christmas Spirit – Visions Federal Credit Union “Best Decorated” – Elmira Savings Bank “Most Decorated Fire Truck”...
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Kenny: It’s A Wonderful Weekend in Seneca Falls
This week Kenny Haas gets excited for the upcoming It’s A Wonderful Life Weekend in Seneca Falls where thousands are expected to descend on this historic town and rants on the Syracuse Orange basketball team after their stunning loss to UConn in Madison Square Garden on Monday night. Audio Only Version:
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Bedford Falls, 1947-Seneca Falls, 2016: One was ‘wonderful,’ the other is yet to be determined
This piece originally appeared in the Finger Lakes Times and is authored by Annette Lutz, outgoing Seneca Falls Town Board member. Seneca Falls is host to the “It’s a Wonderful Life” celebration this weekend. Our streets will be transformed into Bedford Falls, the fictitious town that the film of the same name was based on. For years, the debate has...
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VIDEO: It’s A Wonderful Life in Seneca Falls!
Over 4,000 runners and thousands more holiday revelers congregated in Seneca Falls, NY on Saturday for the It’s A Wonderful Life Weekend and the 8th Annual It’s A Wonderful Run 5K. Seneca Falls is believed to be the town that inspired Bedford Falls in the Frank Capra holiday classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”. This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the...
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‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ interview filmed in Seneca Falls airs on Today Show Monday morning
“Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.” It’s one of the most-iconic lines from the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” which is a hallmark of the festival and 5K that takes place every year in Seneca Falls. This year, for the 70th anniversary, Al Roker, of the Today Show visited Seneca Falls to interview the three living...
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Scrooge spreads Christmas cheer on final day of Dickens’ festival in Skaneateles
Ebenezer Scrooge had a skip in his step Saturday as he wished people a Merry Christmas in the village of Skaneateles. On Christmas Eve, dozens of families joined a cast of more than 50 “Christmas Carol” characters on Genesee Street to celebrate the final day of Dickens’ Christmas in the village and the healing of Scrooge’s heart. Read more from...
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THE REAL BEDFORD FALLS: Country Living features Seneca Falls in story this month
Fans of It’s a Wonderful Life know that the film takes place in a fictional town named Bedford Falls located somewhere in upstate New York—the region is identifiable thanks to various references to neighboring communities like Buffalo and Elmira throughout the movie—but what they may not know is that one town in particular bears an uncanny resemblance to Bedford Falls....
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Polar Bear Plunge heats up Winterfest in Skaneateles
What started as a friendly conversation centering around how to give back to the community at a New Year’s Eve party has since grown to become the highlight of the Skaneateles Winterfest. The annual Polar Bear Plunge drew a large crowd Saturday despite the freezing winds and snowfall as more than 50 people dressed in their traditional costumes took the...
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Limited tickets remain for Frostfest in Geneva
Saturday night is the third annual Finger Lakes Frostfest at the Lakefront Ramada in Geneva from 5-10 pm. The event is both outside and inside with ten signature, interactive ice sculptures dominating the promenade including a huge bar made out of ice, Star Wars and Superman pieces. The total cost of the ice used to make these amazing sculptures is over...
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