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| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Jul 07 2006 : 5:03:11 PM
As I read such wonderful stories of everyones exciting adventure at Farm Fair it reminded me of an experience I had the lucky pleasure of going to for all of my childhood and some of my adult life. I invite you to take a peek inside a place I thought was magic.
http://www.ciweb.org/Panorama%20Site/
I want to share with you an excerp from my 12th grade paper on Chautauqua...
A stroll down any of the twisting streets, shadowed by old oaks and maples, reveals marvelous old 19th century victorian houses with large porches. In appearance, Chautauqua is like an 1896 New York village revived and dusted off for the annual summer fair. The structural gem is the 125 year old solid wooden hotel fittingly called the Athenaeum.
And as the season ends....
..... You'll listen for the Bell Tower chimes , but her voice is silent.The only noise you can make is to sigh or to sing. She'll talk to you heart and soul and promise you wonderful times again and you'll smile. Chautauqua will come alive again next summer as she has for over a century.
I hope you take the time to visit. Hope to see you all at Farm Fair next year.[
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
http://bethsblissnblossomfarm.blogspot.com
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| Kathigene |
Posted - Jul 08 2006 : 11:45:14 AM
Wow, what wonderful "pictures". I live in NY and I've never been there. I've been near there but I guess I never knew what I was missing. I will have to put that on the list of places to visit. It's so interesting the various types of information that appears in these forums.
Kathy
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| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Jul 08 2006 : 08:23:03 AM
Hey Teddie- Yes i am a Chautauquan. Spent every summer there from age5 til I was 20. Now we go back every year for a week or two. My kids love it as well and my husband LOVES to fish for Muskies there. I have a bunch of old pictures i will try and post. It is such a neat place. I have heard lectures from so many influencial people over the years. And the concerts are great, last night ABBA played and I saw them there severals years ago. I think that is where I first fell in love with old houses and big porches. I always wanted to get married in the Hall of Philosophy with its greek collumns and openess. My mom is there right now as she still spends her summers there.
You are right it does have an outstanding art school, however I have only toured it and never taken a class there. i did as a young adult teach at the childrens school. And I had many friends in the opera department. this weekend is the Arts Festival. Bestor Plaza fills with so many talented vendors that make the plaza just buzz with excitement.
Another excep....
Many years ago Chautauqua's summer school became a University and was administered by Syracuse University. It is now an independent school program offering training in and instruction in such coarses as music, dance,mathematics, history , art, drama and a host of other areas of study.
The heart and soul of Chautauqua is the Ampitheater(affectionately known as the amp) which seats 5000 people and has standing room for several thousand more. The Amp is covered with open sides. Performances go on night after night undisturbed in all kinds of weather. In the Amp, religion, education and recreation have found a common meeting ground. Here, leading Christian Clergy and Jewish Rabbis serve as clergy of the week, holding early morning services. Here, leading scientistrs and inventors from Thomas Edison to NASA space scientists have found an interested audience through three-quarters of a century. Here, the telephone was demonstrated before a skeptical audience of eighteen seventies; and here were heard lectures on atomic energy in the nineteen fifties. Social reform, politics, mental health, international affairs--whatever topics are currently significant--are discussed from the Amp's spacious platform.
I will post the entire paper on my blog later today.
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
http://bethsblissnblossomfarm.blogspot.com
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| theoanne |
Posted - Jul 08 2006 : 06:13:00 AM
Beth,
I have been to Chautauqua! My Uncle ,who lives in Akron,OH, has his sailboat there. He goes evry weekend to sail during the season. One of my sons goes every year with him. As a matter of fact he just went last week. Last yr all 6 of us went. all 4 sons and my husband. He took us to a wonderful Sicilian Restaurant for supper. Then in the morning we ate on the Lake at a cute little restauraut that sold cinnamon rolls the size of a dinner plate! The town was sooo cute and I would love to go back and see the houses and tour the shops. Since I was with "the guys" we went sailing. That was fun too and we had a beautiful day.
Are you from Chautaqua? Did you go to the arrts school there? Is it called the institute? Your writing was very descriptive. I'll be going to your site soon.
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