The Catskill Chronicle

Story and photos by Leni Santoro

Roscoe’s “All Aboard the Trout Town Express” Festival was a celebration to remember.

Though the rain came down heavy for two days before, Saturday August 1 was one of those glorious Catskill Summer days with just enough clouds drifting by in a brilliantly blue sky to give one the idea they were oddly shaped high flying balloons and not clouds at all.

Stewart Avenue was closed to traffic for the day and vendors lined the streets and filled the parking lots. There were eats and treats enough for all. Besides the vendors, the SPCA was on hand as well as the Sullivan County Longbeards, the Lions Club and many more worthwhile organizations. At the O&W Railroad Museum the newest train car was getting quite a look see and across the street the Trout Town Express itself was standing proud as parents took photos of the children beside it. 

At 2 o’clock everyone gathered at the far end of Stewart Avenue nearest the Highway overpass for a large group photo. Everyone was invited to join in. The photo will mark the Bicentennial and will hang above a Roscoe Time Capsule “for the next fifty years,” according to Lilly Constant.

In addition to the vendors and the organizations, there was live entertainment in the form of song and dance. Besides the vocalists and musicians who performed on Saturday, several of the Creative Expressions Dance Studio groups wowed the audience with their graceful movements, high flying leaps and all around high stepping style.

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