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Festive Times

Excerpt from The Times Herald Record -Local Edition ,
Thursday, June 6th,1996, P19

Festive Times- Rosendale Comes Alive

Rosendale Preps for summer festival

organizers

After a long, rough winter, Rosendale is finally coming alive. People are back on the streets- adorning doorways, hanging off porches, gossiping on stoops - and the Rosendale Street Festival is on its way.

A group of five festival directors, several committees, volunteers and community members are hard at work to make this year's festival an even bigger success than its 1995 revival. The infamous street gala was resurrected last year after a 15-year hiatus from its glory days back in the late '70s.

"The old ones were wild," says Linda Hayes, a veteran Rosendalian. "I have a picture with my mom and Tiny Tim, one of Uncle Willy in his king outfit and a snapshot of our old town supervisor, Bea Havranek, in her women's rock band, The Queens." Hayes also has a tee-shirt from the 1978 party she bought her then-infant son that said, "Trapped like a rat in Rosendale."

The festival, scheduled for the third week in August, is already stirring up waves of local anticipation. "I can't wait!" says Main Street resident Aaron Symposia. "They should have had it ten years ago. It was great; we had a good old time."

Symposia, along with other residents crowding on a Main Street stoop, note that the festival not only brings entertainment to the town but helps boost the local economy as well.

"It brings new faces and new business to Rosendale," says Hayes. "We have a green grocer coming here now, and who knows what other ideas people might get while visiting the street festival."

More than 25,000 people crowded Main Street for last year's festival, and many local residents were amazed by the efficiency of the festival directors. Last year the small group of Rosendalians conceived, created and launched the extravaganza in less than three months.

"The biggest difference between last year and this year is time;" says Esther Taylor-Evans, a festival committee member. "We've had time to take a deep breath, look over the last one, see what worked and what didn't work and how we can make it better."

"We were exhausted last year," adds Carol St. Rose, one of the festival directors who says that this year's event will be even more organized. Both St. Rose and Taylor-Evans agree that the greatest addition to this year's planning will be the creation of an activities area just for children.

Snyder Avenue will have an archway that leads into a kids' alley complete with a petting zoo, sand art, trampoline, water wars, bungee jumps and a photo gallery. "This festival will not only concentrate on adult entertainment but on the activities for the children as well," says Taylor-Evans.

Les Vegas, a festival director and music committee member is busy soliciting and reviewing bands for this August. "We will provide a wide diversity of music," says Vegas, which may include everything from R&B, country, world music, jazz, rock and gospel. Because of the success of last year's concerts there are many groups competing to perform, and the committee is requiring bands to send demo tapes. "But we'd like to keep a strong local component because there is a lot of good music in this area," adds Vegas.

The music and entertainment committee has also put out feelers for one or two national acts. And the committee will add another stage- in front of the fire department on Main Street - to this year's lineup.

Brian Cafferty, another festival director, is currently negotiating with WDST to become the official sponsor of this year's festival. K104 will also be on the scene to promote a dance party. Adding to the success of the radio sponsorship is the support Clemons Communication will be giving to the event.

According to Cafferty, Clemons has increased its sponsorship twofold from last year by providing all

the radio, mobile and stage communications apparatus, as well as an entire mobile unit that will include fire and police department communications. "That is at least $2,500 that we don't have to come up with," says a visibly relieved Cafferty. "Those radios cost at least $700 a piece."

To top things off, Party Express will be sponsoring a fireworks show that will most likely explode off the old canal berme that runs alongside the Rondout Creek behind Main Street.

"The greatest highlight of the festival is just being a part of it - watching all your neighbors dance and enjoy themselves in the middle of the street," says Hayes.

The festival still needs volunteers which will be well fed and clothed in an official tee-shirt. Call 658-3011 for further information. Vendor applications-which are going fast - can also be ordered by calling 658

3011. In addition, there will be a tee-shirt contest to determine the official emblem of the 1996 festival. Seventy-five dollars will be awarded to the winner; again, call 658-3011 for all festival information.

- Erin Quinn