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An annual event since 1969! The first weekend
every August!
Make your plans now to come to Heritage Days this year! Along with a
giant craft, antique, and flea market in the Park Circle, enjoy some of
the other events that draw thousands of visitors to our beautiful
historic town for the Angelica Heritage Days. Here are some of the
events:
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A wagon
ride through the East Main St. section of the Park Circle National
Historic District and a tour of Until the Day Dawn Cemetery will highlight the
38th annual Heritage Days, to be held the weekend of August 3-5 in
Angelica. The event is sponsored by the Angelica Booster Citizens and also
will feature a roque (croquet) tournament, an antique tractor pull, and a
variety of musical entertainment.
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Founded in
1805, Angelica is the oldest township in Allegany County. It was the
first county seat and is the home of the original county courthouse. Built in
1819 and in continuous public use since then, the courthouse (now the Town
Hall) is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The Park Circle
as well as much of Main Street has been designated an Historic District.
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David Fleming,
knowledgeable local historian,
will lead the cemetery tours
and talk about a number of the
pioneer settlers that rest in Until the Day Dawn. The tours will be given at
12:30 pm & 2:30 pm on Saturday & Sunday. The cost is $7.00, and seating is
limited.
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Croquet is
an Angelica tradition that dates back to the 19th century. The
unique court—a clay surface with oak plank sideboards—will be the stage for
the semifinals of the annual tournament on Saturday, at 10:00 am & 2:30 pm.
The championship match is scheduled for Sunday at 1:30 pm.
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The weekend
festival kicks off at 6:00 pm on Friday night with an
antique tractor pull.
This event was a hit of the 2005 Bicentennial activities and returned for an
encore last year. A section of Center Street will be closed off where the
pulling power of these old workhorses will be put to the test.
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Also on Friday
night, beginning at 6:30 pm,
Down Home Country will play on
the lawn at the Angelica Sweet Shop on Main Street.
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Hometown favorite
Salty Austin
returns to lead the Saturday
entertainment lineup with an 11:00 am performance in the Park Circle
bandstand. Next up, at 12:00 Noon, is the
Band of Brothers,
a group from the Nunda area, followed at 2:00 pm by
Fred McCarty, a singer and
songwriter originally from Wellsville and now based in California.
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On Saturday
evening, at 7:30 pm, the High
Banks Boomers will entertain
in the Assembly Hall of the Angelica Free Library. A slide show of vintage
railroad photos will accompany their performance.
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On Sunday,
the Hardy Brothers,
from Belfast, will perform at 12:00 Noon in the bandstand. Playing at 2:00 pm
will be Brother Dietze & The
Dixie Boys, from Andover.
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Corporate
sponsors for this year’s Heritage Days entertainment are Angelica Enterprises
Inc., Bainbridge Family Farm, Brown & Powers Funeral Home, Community Bank,
Phillips Angelica Forest Products, PR Engine Science, and Steuben Trust
Company.
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Other highlights of the Heritage
Days weekend will include:
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·Craft / antique / farmers’ market –
Park Circle, Saturday & Sunday, 9:00 am-5:00 pm
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·Quilt show –Baptist Church fellowship
room, Saturday, 11:00 am-4:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00-4:00 pm.
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Colonial Rooms museum – Angelica
Free Library, open Saturday & Sunday, 1:00-4:00 pm.
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·Chinese auction – Tickets available
at the auction tent in the park; prize drawings at 4:30 pm Sunday.
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·Antique apparatus – Machinery
exhibition & demonstrations and a vintage car show.
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·Old-time games – For kids of all ages
(including a celebrity dunk tank).
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·Children’s pedal tractor pull –
Saturday & Sunday, 2:30 pm.
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·Festival food – A “Taste of Angelica”
returns to the Booster Citizens refreshment pavilion in the park on Saturday &
Sunday, with offerings from the American Hotel, Harris ShurSave, and Zoommer’s
Chili. The Boosters will serve hot dogs, cold drinks, and ice cream bars,
along with coffee for the early birds with pastries from the Angelica Sweet
Shop, Heritage Café, and the Magnolia House.
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Also – Saturday – sausage stand, open
11:00 am, American Legion lawn; meatball sub luncheon, 11:00 am, Methodist
Church. Sunday – pancake breakfast, 7:00-10:00 am, fire hall; chicken
barbecue, 12:00 Noon, Methodist Church.
Angelica is located in the heart of
Allegany County, at exit 31 of I-86, Southern Tier Expressway.
For more information on Heritage
Days (including market vendor participation), please call 585-466-7930 or
466-7717; email
haggstdg@alfredstate.edu;
or visit www.angelica-ny.com
Roque Game in the early 1900s. Roque, an ancient type of croquet, is played on warm, summer evenings in the Park
Circle with mallets and balls designed for the game.
And the Band Played On sequenced by Redsal too!
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