This Saturday, August 27, Phoenicia's Parish Field will host Shandaken Day, featuring vendors, watermelon-eating contests, music, games, and the annual tug-o-war among the town's emergency first responders. (Our money's on Watershed Post safety correspondent Rich Muellerleile, naturally. A special treat: Live music by Catskill Mountain Railroad president Earl Pardini and his Slide Mountain String Band. That's Earl and Mimi Pardini playing on the train, in the video above.
This year, the annual event celebrates the hamlets of Chichester, Woodland Valley and Phoenicia -- probably with an extra huzzah for Phoenicia, since it just got itself included in Budget Travel's Top Ten Coolest Small Towns of America this year. Phantastic, pholks.
8th Annual Shandaken Day. Parish Field, Phoenicia. Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. 10am-6pm. Free. For more information, see the town's Shandaken Day page.
