Angelica, A Town Where History Lives
Angelica Heritage Days 2011 - Schedule of Events
Friday, August 5
6:00/7:30 pm Live Music – Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café (donation)
7:00 pm Camelot Choraleers Variety Show, Library Auditorium
Benefit United Methodist Church Uganda Mission
Saturday, August 6
7:00 am Coffee & doughnuts, Booster Citizens refreshment pavilion
9:00 am Craft / antique market opens
10:00 am Hot dog stand opens, Booster Citizens refreshment pavilion
10:00 am Croquet tournament, semifinal
11:00 am Sausage stand, American Legion lawn, Main Street
11:00 am Salty Austin, bandstand
12:30 pm The Band of Brothers, bandstand
12:30 pm Civil War Tour of Until the Day Dawn Cemetery
1:00 pm Colonial Rooms open, Angelica Free Library – ‘til 4:00 pm
Civil War Exhibit
1:00 pm Quilt show, Baptist Church – ‘til 4:00 pm
1:00 pm Croquet tournament, semifinal
2:30 pm Sound Foundation, bandstand
2:30 pm Civil War Tour of Until the Day Dawn Cemetery
4:00 pm Mountain Air, bandstand
6:00/7:30 pm Live Music – Black-Eyed Susan
Acoustic Café (donation)
9:00 pm Tent Event – Live music, American Hotel (cover charge)
Sunday, August 7
7:00 am Pancake breakfast, American Legion – ‘til 10:00 am
7:00 am Coffee & doughnuts, Booster Citizens refreshment pavilion
9:00 am Craft / antique market opens
10:00 am Hot dog stand opens, Booster Citizens refreshment pavilion
11:00 am Heritage Sunday Service, Methodist Lawn
12:00 Noon Chicken BBQ, Methodist Church
12:00 Noon Fraterrigo Family Band, bandstand
1:00 pm Colonial Rooms open, Angelica Free Library – ‘til 4:00 pm
Civil War Exhibit
1:00 pm Quilt show, Baptist Church – ‘til 4:00 pm
1:00 pm Croquet tournament, championship
1:30 pm Twin Tiers Community Band, bandstand
1:30 pm Civil War Tour of Until the Day Dawn Cemetery
3:00 pm Quigg Hollow Band, bandstand
4:30 pm Chinese Auction drawings, Booster Citizens tent
Corporate Entertainment Sponsors:
Angelica Enterprises Inc. / Angelica Spring Company / Angelica Winery
Bainbridge Family Farm / Brown & Powers Funeral Home / Community Bank /
Hart’s Jewelry
Phillips Angelica Forest Products / PR Engine Science / Steuben Trust Company
Angelica Heritage Days – Saturday & Sunday, August 6th & 7th
Civil War tours of Until the Day Dawn Cemetery, a roque (croquet) tournament, and a variety of musical entertainment will highlight the 42nd annual Heritage Days, to be held the weekend of August 6th & 7th in Angelica. The event is sponsored by the Angelica Booster Citizens.
There are more than 100 Civil War veterans buried
in Until the Day Dawn. In observation of the 150th anniversary of the start
of that terrible conflict, several of these old soldiers will “come to
life” as part of Heritage Days tours of the cemetery. Members of the 136th
NY reenactment group will portray the Union veterans, talking in turn about
their wartime experiences as the tour group moves from one gravesite to another.
Visitors also will hear from Calvin Fairbank, the famed abolitionist who lived
his last years in Angelica. Fairbank served 17 years in Kentucky prisons for
his anti-slavery activities.
The cemetery tours are Saturday at 12:30 and 2:30 pm and on Sunday at 1:30 pm.
Get tour tickets at the Booster Citizens tent in the park, the cost is $5.00;
transportation provided from park to cemetery.
Founded in 1805, the oldest township in Allegany County, Angelica bills itself as “A Town Where History Lives”. The 90-acre Park Circle Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Croquet is an Angelica tradition that dates back to the 19th century. The unique court—a clay surface with oak plank sideboards—will be the stage for the semifinals of the annual tournament on Saturday, at 10:00 am & 2:30 pm. The championship match is set for Sunday at 1:30 pm.
The weekend entertainment begins Friday night
at 7:00 pm with the Camelot Choraleers Variety Show in the Angelica Free Library
auditorium (free-will offering benefits Methodist Church Uganda mission). There
is live music at Black-Eyed Susan Acoustic Café, 22 West Main, with Gary
Boldt & Debra Cagwin playing at 7:30 (tip jar donation).
Hometown favorite Salty Austin returns to lead the Saturday music lineup with
an 11:00 am performance in the Park Circle bandstand. Next up, at 12:30 pm,
is The Band of Brothers, followed at 2:30 pm by Sound Foundation, and Mountain
Air performing at 4:00 pm.
On Saturday night there is live music at Black-Eyed Susan with Chris Squier
performing at 7:30 pm. Zoar plays at 9:00 pm under the tent at the American
House & Hotel, 128 West Main (cover charge).
On Sunday afternoon, the Fraterrigo Family Band will perform at 12:00 Noon in
the bandstand. Playing at 1:30 pm will be the Twin Tiers Community Band, followed
by the Quigg Hollow Band at 3:00 pm.
Corporate sponsors of the Heritage Days entertainment are: Angelica Enterprises
Inc., Angelica Spring Company, Angelica Winery, Bainbridge Family Farm, Brown
& Powers Funeral Home, Community Bank, Hart’s Jewelry, Phillips Angelica
Forest Products, PR Engine Science, and Steuben Trust Company.
Other highlights of the Heritage Days weekend
will include:
• Art / craft/antique market – Park Circle, Saturday & Sunday,
9:00 am-5:00 pm.
• Quilt show – Baptist Church fellowship rooms, Sat. & Sun.,
1:00-4:00 pm / Colonial Rooms museum, featuring Civil War exhibit – Angelica
Free Library, Sat. & Sun. 1:00-4:00 pm.
• Chinese auction – Tickets available at auction tent in Park Circle,
prize drawings Sunday, 4:30 pm.
• Antique apparatus – Machinery exhibition & demonstrations
and vintage car show.
• Tractor-drawn wagon rides around Park Circle & along Main Street.
• Festival food – Saturday & Sunday – Hot dogs & hamburgers,
cold drinks, ice cream treats at Booster Citizens refreshment pavilion in Park
Circle, along with coffee & fried cakes for the early birds. Also –
Saturday – Sausage stand, American Legion lawn, 11:00 am / Specialty items
from American House & Catbird Griddle, Park Circle. Sunday – Pancake
breakfast, American Legion, 7:00-10:00 am / Chicken BBQ, Methodist Church, 12:00
Noon.
Angelica is located in the heart of Allegany County, at Exit 31 of I-86, Southern Tier Expressway. For more information on Heritage Days (including market vendor participation) call 585-466-7930; email info@angelicaboosters.com; visit www.angelicaheritagedays.com, or the Booster Citizens on Facebbook.