Story and photos by Carol Montana
The Catskill Chronicle
As hundreds of people lined Main Street in Livingston Manor, some dressed in very fishy attire, the 6th Annual Trout Parade kicked off. The parade began at Livingston Manor Central School, winding up at at Bicentennial Park – an appropriate place since the Town of Rockland is celebrating its 200th year.
Sponsored by the Livingston Manor Chamber of Commerce, the event raises funds – through vendor fees and the sale of T-shirts and posters – to benefit arts and music programs at Livingston Manor Central School. So, as you can see, it wasn’t a shellfish affair.
Pre-parade music was provided by Paprika, an all-female band from Brooklyn.
As international dance music filled the air, folks from all over filled the street and tasty smells from neighboring restaurants filled the senses.
Visitors were treated to fine (but fishy) art, which lined many of the store windows created by the school students. 
Over 20 organizations took part in the parade; many dressed in costumes that echoed the fishy theme. The Catskill Puppet Theatre, Forestburgh Playhouse, Creative Expressions Dance Studio, The Mountaintones, 4-H, and many more marched and twirled, fished and swirled, as they threw candy to watching children.
The parade went to the dogs with the appearance of many four-footed members of the Mid-Atlantic Basset Hound Rescue group.
Following the parade, fish and folk of all kind gathered in Bicentennial Park to hear the tall tales of local legend Johnny Darling and see demonstrations of fly casting and fly tying.
It was a parade with a porpoise – participants and watchers alike were involved – hook, line and sinker.
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Lakewood House Sequel is Another Round of Fun
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Photos by Leni Santoro
When they pass out bug spray at the box office, you know this is isn’t your ordinary theater piece.
The Lost Book of Lakewood House will be presented for one more performance on Saturday, June 20 at 8 p.m. NACL is located at 110 Highland Lake Road in Highland Lake. Tickets are$15 general admission and $10 for students and seniors. Call 845-557-0694.
And the NACL Theatre in Highland Lake – never a company to offer anything that is even remotely ordinary – is presenting another fun and unusual show.
The Lost Book of Lakewood House is a sequel to NACL’s 2005 play, The Mystery of Lakewood House.
There’s something for everyone in this show, which takes place outside the theatre at the former resort hotel next to NACL, and later moves inside the theatre.
From 1929 to 1969, psychics and ghosts, Henry Ford and Adolf Hitler, music, dance, shadow puppetry, acrobatics and peace symbols, temperance, gambling, anti-Semitism and religion combine with creative license in a tribute to Sullivan County’s Bicentennial.
The Lost Book of Lakewood House was created over a six day period by 10 people including director Brad Krumholz. The performers/creators are: John Bevan, Glenn Hall, Sarah Dey Hirshan, Brett Keyser, Tannis Kowalchuk, Sean LaRocca, Laura E.J. Moran and Kathy Randels.
And Dramaturg Mimi McGurl (simply put the R&D person within a theatre company) has done a fantastic job pulling together the history of Lakewood House with the events and happenings in the rest of the world.
Don’t worry if you forget the bug spray. NACL provides it at no extra charge.
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