“Party on Park” will be the place to be Saturday
Dan McClelland
by Dan McClelland
Residents need to plan on staying in town Saturday for what is expected to be another successful “Party on Park.”
The uptown business district is expected to be in high gear with over 25 itinerant vendors filling the street with the local retailers, many of whom have many specials planned for the day.
It’s the official kick-off of Tupper Lake’s normally robust summer season.
Vendors are expected to arrive by 10a.m., with activities and sales blossoming from there from 11a.m. through 4p.m.
There are expected to be ribbon-cuttings hosted by ROOST of new businesses on Park Street, including A.J. Beaudoin’s Battlefish Charters and custom rod-making shop. The fishing pro offers a full line of outdoor services, including workshops, bait and tackle, fishing rods and reel sales, kayak sales and guiding. A.J. caters to any outdoor adventurer in search of many outdoor experiences.
A ceremonial ribbon will also be cut at Andrew and Faith McClelland’s McClellands’ Family Farm store, just open now right next to their popular Spruce and Hemlock Store and Bakery.
The Adirondack Sky Museum and Observatory has moved its headquarters to the former Casagrain Gallery across from Community Bank, and museum following are expected to be on hand to talk about forthcoming celestial programs and exhibits coming to town soon.
A ribbon-cutting is set there too during the afternoon’s excitement.
In past years the event has been hosted by the retailers there, but this year it was turned over to the able hands of Tupper Arts, which brings to Tupper each year dozens of arts and cultural programs, as well maintaining a retail front-room filled with painting and sketches by local and regional artists. It’s a colorful world when you step into its door.
Throughout the day Park Street stores and their vendor guests, which will include several food trucks, will welcome both residents and guests from around the region.
There’ll be special promotions and attractions to punctuate the day.
There will be live music at Tupper Arts by Tupper’s country and western stand-out, Brock Gonyea.
In a recent press release, Tupper Arts President Susan Delehanty, called the event “a great opportunity to celebrate our community.”
She said under their new sponsorship her volunteers have been working very hard to bring every retailer here out for the kick-off to summer event, as well as all sorts of street vendors and activities never witnessed here before. The goal, she said, is to bring a festival-like atmosphere to the two blocks and side streets of the uptown trading center here.