Post by $heriff Tom on May 23, 2008 9:24:12 GMT -5
We are heading out to Old Bethpage Village Restoration on Memorial Day, which has become a Brown family tradition.
Old Bethpage Village Provides Memorial Day Weekend Entertainment, Including Sheep-Shearing Demonstrations
Old Bethpage Village will offer a range of activities over Memorial Day weekend, from sheep-shearing to dancing and music to old-time "base ball."
Old Bethpage Village Restoration (OVBR) will be alive with old-fashioned entertainment over Memorial Day weekend, including demonstrations of sheep-shearing, traditional American dancing, and 19th-century “base ball” games, among other activities, announced Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi. The activities will take place May 24 - 26.
The sheep-shearing demonstrations are a perennial favorite over the holiday weekend, as visitors watch a farmer skillfully applying a set of hand shears to remove fleece from the Village’s own flock of sheep.
The craft of wool-spinning will also be demonstrated, and children will have the opportunity to help with the preparation of wool just before it is spun into yarn, known as “wool carding.” The event takes place at Powell Farm, a 19th-century barn originally located in Syosset.
Additional afternoon entertainment includes the Old Bethpage Village Dancers performing 19th-century contra-dances (and wearing attire of the time), accompanied by fiddle and dulcimer. The Old Bethpage Village Brass Band will also be on hand to perform each day at 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.
Other activities include 19th-century “base ball” games at the Hewlett Base Ball Grounds on Sunday and Monday afternoons, horse-drawn carriage demonstrations by the Paumanok Driving Club; and a display of classic Model “A” Fords by members of the Model A Ford Club. In addition, on May 26 at 2:30 p.m., the Village’s Civil War “veterans” will commemorate Decoration Day as it was first observed in the early 1870s, complete with a parade, a solemn patriotic program, and ceremonies at the Village cemetery honoring the fallen.
Old Bethpage Village Restoration provides visitors with a unique and wonderful opportunity to step back in time and experience life in a recreated mid-19th-century American village set on more than 200 acres. Hours are Wed. – Fri., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Entrance fees are $7 for children 5 - 12 (those under 5 are free), seniors and volunteer firefighters; and $10 for adults. It is located on Round Swamp Road in Old Bethpage; for more information, call 516-572-8400.
Old Bethpage Village Provides Memorial Day Weekend Entertainment, Including Sheep-Shearing Demonstrations
Old Bethpage Village will offer a range of activities over Memorial Day weekend, from sheep-shearing to dancing and music to old-time "base ball."
Old Bethpage Village Restoration (OVBR) will be alive with old-fashioned entertainment over Memorial Day weekend, including demonstrations of sheep-shearing, traditional American dancing, and 19th-century “base ball” games, among other activities, announced Nassau County Executive Thomas R. Suozzi. The activities will take place May 24 - 26.
The sheep-shearing demonstrations are a perennial favorite over the holiday weekend, as visitors watch a farmer skillfully applying a set of hand shears to remove fleece from the Village’s own flock of sheep.
The craft of wool-spinning will also be demonstrated, and children will have the opportunity to help with the preparation of wool just before it is spun into yarn, known as “wool carding.” The event takes place at Powell Farm, a 19th-century barn originally located in Syosset.
Additional afternoon entertainment includes the Old Bethpage Village Dancers performing 19th-century contra-dances (and wearing attire of the time), accompanied by fiddle and dulcimer. The Old Bethpage Village Brass Band will also be on hand to perform each day at 2 p.m. and 3:15 p.m.
Other activities include 19th-century “base ball” games at the Hewlett Base Ball Grounds on Sunday and Monday afternoons, horse-drawn carriage demonstrations by the Paumanok Driving Club; and a display of classic Model “A” Fords by members of the Model A Ford Club. In addition, on May 26 at 2:30 p.m., the Village’s Civil War “veterans” will commemorate Decoration Day as it was first observed in the early 1870s, complete with a parade, a solemn patriotic program, and ceremonies at the Village cemetery honoring the fallen.
Old Bethpage Village Restoration provides visitors with a unique and wonderful opportunity to step back in time and experience life in a recreated mid-19th-century American village set on more than 200 acres. Hours are Wed. – Fri., 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Entrance fees are $7 for children 5 - 12 (those under 5 are free), seniors and volunteer firefighters; and $10 for adults. It is located on Round Swamp Road in Old Bethpage; for more information, call 516-572-8400.