Owasco Community Joins to Revive July 4th Field Day

July 04, 2008

Owasco Firehouse Station I
Owasco Road
Auburn NY
 
The Firemen’s Field Day is back this year in Owasco, with a chicken barbecue, parade, dunking booth and other events planned for the July Fourth holiday.

The event starts at 11 a.m. Friday with a chicken barbecue at the firehouse on Owasco Road. Half-chicken dinners the fire department is cooking 3,000 half-chickens will be sold for $8 a piece until gone.

A parade from Second Avenue to the firehouse will step off at 1 p.m. The Prison City Rockers will perform from 2 p.m. until the close of the field day at 6 p.m.

Boy and Girl Scouts will sell popcorn and cotton candy and will organize a dunking booth.
Fleming volunteer firefighters will sell hot dogs and hamburgers, Four-Town Ambulance will sell refreshments and Ignite will sell fried dough. The field day also will include games of chance and a water slide.
Information from www.syracuse.com

Fourth of July Celebration – Area FIREWORKS

Thursday, July 3rd:

Skaneateles
-Flares around the Lake at dusk

Brewerton
-On the water at dusk

Auburn
-Emerson Park following 8 p.m. SSO concert

Friday, July 4th:

Syracuse
-NYS Fairground following 6 p.m. SSO concert

Baldwinsville
-Paper Mill Island at dusk

Merry-Go-Round Playhouse presents ”The Producers”

July 23, 2008 – August 15, 2008

Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
Emerson Park, Rte 38A, Auburn

A new Mel Brooks Musical
Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan
Music and Lyrics by Mel Brooks
And by special arrangement by StudioCanal

This multi-Tony award winning musical is our second regional premiere of the summer.  We worked especially hard to get the rights to this marvelous piece of theatre.  It is the story of a down on his luck Producer and neurotic Accountant who team up to pull the con of the century.  They’ve figured out that they can make more from a flop than a hit, at least that’s what they think.  Merry-Go-Round Playhouse is proud to bring Mel Brook’s singing, dancing, comic extravaganza.

For Tickets: 255-1785 or 800-457-8897 or at www.merry-go-round.com

Save the Date for “Beauty and the Beast”!

July 31 through August 2

Skaneateles Summer Theater will do a production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”.  The show, featureing actors from Skaneateles and surrounding communities, will run from Thursday, July 31 to Sunday, August 2. 
Tickets my be reserved at 685-8657, and also are available from any cast member.

The Great Race August 10th in Auburn, New York

August 10, 2008 at 9:30 AM
Emerson Park
Auburn, NY
The Great Race in Auburn, New York, also known as the Captain Myles Keogh Paddle, Wheel, & Run, will mark its 31th year in 2008. Five distinct Run, Bike, and Paddle (either canoe or kayak) Team Triathlon Relay races will begin at 9:30 A.M. on the second Sunday of August at Emerson Park, on Owasco Lake in New York’s Finger Lakes region.
The feature event, also known as the Traditional Canoe Race, is a relay of 4 person teams. It begins with a 10k run on county roads and the streets of Auburn. After finishing, runners hand off to their cycling teammate who then completes a course of about 17 challenging miles on country (all paved) roads. The cyclist then hands off to one canoe teammate who runs to the beach at Auburn’s Emerson Park (about 400 yards) where his canoe and canoe partner await. The canoers then complete an out and back 4 mile sprint course on Owasco Lake to try to earn the coveted title of Great Race Champion.

To learn more or register: http://www.great-race.com/