This past weekend hundreds of visitors and residents came into the village of North Creek for Race The Train, WayneStock, the Tri County Auxiliary Bazaar and Artists and Authors at the Hudson. Welcoming them were colorful new banners adorning the primary entrance to the village of North Creek.

The volunteer efforts were spearheaded by the marketing subcommittee of the Business Alliance. This group of women business owners who have “entertainingly” called themselves “WOW” or Women of Wisdom, consists of Sharon Taylor the Alpine Lodge, Lisa Thomas of Trimmers, Mary Ann and Anna Bowers of bar Vino, Poiema and the Vault, Kathleen Bennett of Braley & Noxon Hardware, Helen Miner of The Owens House Educational Center, Andy Waldron at Andie’s at Smiths, Laura Pierson of Laura’s Tavern, Sarah Hayden of Café Sarah, Mary Jane Lang of Cunningham’s Ski Barn, and Laurie Arnheiter of [...]

ALTAMONT, NY (August 13, 2010) – The Capital Region’s Hometown Fair, the Altamont Fair, is celebrating its 117th year. The fair begins Tuesday, August 17 and runs through Sunday, August 22. Directions and hours of operation are located here.

This year, the Altamont Fair will not only focus on family fun, education, and entertainment but they will provide guests with new record low all-inclusive admission prices. All tickets include admission, rides, shows and parking for just $15. Attendees can also purchase $14 tickets online by August 15.

Please contact Liz Grimes for the full list of fair events or to schedule and arrange for a press pass and satellite access.

NEWS FACTS

Brand New Highlights:
• Nerveless Nocks Aerial Stunts & Thrill Show
• Wild About Monkeys – Hollywood trained Baboons in action
• Pawstars Dog Frisbee [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: August 4, 2010
CONTACT: Melli Rose, Public Relations Coordinator
518-434-5417

Port of Albany’s
Riverfront Jazz Festival 2010
Saturday, September 11*
@ Albany Riverfront Park

Albany, New York – Mayor Jerry Jennings and the City of Albany are pleased to announce the Port of Albany’s Riverfront Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 11* at Albany Riverfront Park from 12:30 to 8pm.

The event this year features a great line up of local and nationally acclaimed acts & is presented free to the public. The evening will conclude with fabulous fireworks over the Hudson River!

*A special remembrance ceremony will take place at 4:15pm to honor this historic date.

Official 2010 Jazz Festival t-shirts for this line-up will be available for purchase at the event.

The [...]

This year’s most extreme fundraiser brings business owners and media out to support!

Albany, NY – On August 20th, participants will face their fears and rappel 18 stories down the State Street side of the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Downtown Albany. Each participant will have raised $1,000 to take part in this once in a lifetime opportunity. The chance to rappel is completely exclusive and can only be done in this area through Special Olympics New York! Over the Edge promises to be THE event of the summer!

Local business owners and media have graciously taken up the charge to support this extreme event on August 20, 2010.

Those rappelling include:

Director of Catering Jeff Michaelson and Chief Engineer Gary Supley of the Crowne [...]

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Contact
Kaila Horton
(518) 312-0286
Khorton@nyso.org

Albany, NY – Over the Edge promises to be the most extreme fundraiser of the year!!

Over the Edge is a unique opportunity for individuals to rappel off the Crowne Plaza in Downtown Albany while raising much needed funds for the athletes of Special Olympics New York. This one of a kind fundraiser has shown incredible success for Special Olympics organizations across the country. In November, Special Olympics Hawaii raised over $170,000 by sending 120 participants Over the Edge of the Sheraton Waikiki! We hope to mirror this success locally!

The Albany event will be held on August 20th, 2010 with an exclusive [...]

DATE: August 3, 2010 CONTACT: Peter Lesser: 518-473-1064

SOL Y CANTO TO PERFORM SABOR Y MEMORIA AT THE EGG

Sol y Canto will perform Sabor y Memoria at The Egg on Sunday, September 26th at 3:00 PM as part of the Rhythm International concert series.

The Latin music sextet Sol y Canto is joined by the Sweet Plantain String Quartet to perform the suite “Sabor y Memoria (Flavor & Memory) – with rhythms from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Mexico, Argentina and Venezuela.

Sol y Canto is a nationally-touring Pan-Latin ensemble led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer and bongo player Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist and composer Brian Amador. The group was formed in 1994, although the founding members performed for ten years prior in the ensemble Flor de Cana. They have developed a reputation for creating original music for both adult and family [...]

DATE: August 3, 2010 CONTACT: Peter Lesser: 518-473-1064

REGINA CARTER TO PERFORM AT THE EGG

Regina Carter will perform at The Egg on Saturday, September 25 at 8:00 PM as part of the American Roots & Branches Concert series.

Considered by many as the day’s finest jazz violinist, Regina Carter now explores a world of hypnotically beautiful African folk melodies as heard on her critically acclaimed recording Reverse Thread.

Regina Carter was born in 1966 in Detroit, Michigan and started studying the violin at age 4. She exhibited an extraordinary talent from the very beginning and eventually enrolled in master classes taught by classical virtuosos Itzhak Perlman and Yehudi Menuhin. Learning the violin first by the innovative Suzuki method, in which children learn tunes by imitation rather than by reading music, Ms. Carter did not learn to read music until she was ten.

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