Angelica Heritage Days, August 3 & 4

August 3 & 4

Park Circle Walking Tour, Court House at 200, Saturday Night Street Dance will highlight Angelica’s 50^th Anniversary Heritage Days Festival

 If you come to Heritage Days in Angelica for the focus on local history, you’re sure to enjoy this year’s program. The festival takes place in the town park, which is the center of Park Circle National Historic District. A highlight of the weekend will be a guided walking tour around the circle, offered on Saturday at 11 a.m. & 2 p.m., and on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The cost is $5, and provides a tour brochure with brief descriptions of all 17 spots on the circle. These include five church buildings, the Town Hall (original county court house), several private homes, and the Post Office. The public buildings will be open for viewing, with people on hand at some of them to answer questions.

The Old Court House too will be in the Heritage Days spotlight. It was built in 1819, and to mark its bicentennial a new publication, Angelica Town Hall, is being released by Heritage Days Press. The 16-page booklet employs photos, drawings, and other images to capture key moments in the origins, history, and preservation of this iconic structure. Copies will be available for $12.
Returning for the Heritage Days 50^th are some “greatest hits” from years gone by. Along with the walking tour, the schedule welcomes back the Street Dance. Off the Wagon, classic rock band from Andover, will play on West Main St. on Saturday night, from 6-9 p.m.
Making a return as well is another old favorite, the Bed Race, which will take place on W. Main at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. The Saturday activity will lead off at 10 a.m. with an automotive rescue demonstration by Angelica Fire & Rescue. And, on Sunday afternoon, visitors are invited to take part in the cornhole (beanbag toss) tournament, and the frozen T-shirt contest.
Along with the local history emphasis and the activities noted above, the Heritage Days festival will feature a full lineup of live music in the Park Circle bandstand; a large art-craft-antique market; croquet tournament on the unique “roque” court; memorabilia exhibit in the Grange building; Colonial Rooms museum open at Angelica Free Library; tour of old school building; wagon rides through the Historic District; theme basket auction and quilt raffle; and plenty of good food, including the Sunday chicken barbecue.

Heritage Days is sponsored by the Angelica Booster Citizens. For more information on the August 3 & 4 event (including market vendor participation), email angelicaboosters@gmail.com or call 585-466-7930; visit angelicaboosters.com, or the Booster Citizens on Facebook.  

50^th Anniversary

Angelica Heritage Days

2019 Schedule of Events

Friday, August 2

7:00 p.m.   Organ concert, St. Paul’s Church

Saturday, August 3

7:00 a.m.   Coffee & doughnuts, Booster tent

9:00 a.m.   Market opens, Park Circle

10:00 a.m. Refreshment stand opens, Booster tent

10:00 a.m. Michael Scott Smith, bandstand

10:00 a.m.  Rescue Squad demonstration

11:00 a.m. Walking tour of Historic District

11:00 a.m. Croquet semifinal match

11:00 a.m. Memorabilia & Quilts, Grange Bldg. - 4 p.m.

11:00 a.m. Colonial Rooms exhibit, Library - 4 p.m.

12:00 Noon  Fair to Fiddlin’, bandstand

1:30 p.m.   Adam Stack, bandstand

2:00 p.m.   Walking tour of Historic District

2:00 p.m.   Croquet semifinal match

2:00 p.m.   Tour of old ACS building - 4 p.m.

3:00 p.m.   Appalachian Moon, bandstand

4:30 p.m.   Bed Race, Main Street

5:00 p.m.   Market closes

6:00 p.m.   Street Dance, Off the Wagon - 9:00 p.m.

Sunday, August 4

7:00 a.m.   Coffee & doughnuts, Booster tent

7:00 a.m.   Pancake Breakfast, Legion - 10:00 a.m.

9:00 a.m.   Market opens, Park Circle

10:00 a.m. Refreshment stand opens, Booster tent

10:00 a.m. Homecoming Service, Methodist Church

11:00 a.m. Memorabilia & Quilts, Grange Bldg. - 4 p.m.

12:00 Noon  Chicken BBQ, Methodist Church

12:00 Noon  Old Hippies, bandstand

12:00 Noon  Cornhole tournament, basketball court

1:00 p.m.  Colonial Rooms Exhibit, Library - 4 p.m.

1:00 p.m.  Croquet championship match

1:30 p.m.  Frozen T-shirt contest

1:30 p.m.  Walking tour of Historic District

2:00 p.m.  Creek Bend, bandstand

4:30 p.m.  Theme basket drawing

5:00 p.m.  Market closes

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

Angelica Enterprises Inc. / Angelica Spring Company

Bainbridge Family Farm / Brown & Powers Funeral Home

Community Bank / East Wind Landscape Nursery

Hasper & Dye--Lawrence Dye / Hill-Warner Post 414

Mascho Homestead Farm / NY Land-Home Quest

Otis Eastern Service / Phillips Angelica Forest Products

Richardson & Stout / Steuben Trust / Stoney’s Storage