The Catskill Chronicle

Story & Photos by Carol Montana

LOCH SHELDRAKE & LIBERTY, NY (May 10, 2013 – It was a weekend to celebrate kites and families.

SUNY Sullivan held its 22nd Annual Kite Festival on Saturday May 4 on the grounds of its campus in Loch Sheldrake. As in years past, clear skies greeted the hundreds of kite fliers and spectators. And there was just the perfect amount of wind to get the kites off the ground and keep them flying high.

There were bouncy houses, craft vendors and food tents, along with face painting, the PRASAD Children’s Dental Health Mobile office and the Loch Sheldrake Fire Department. And musical entertainment filled the fields, while inside the Seelig Theatre the Mike Fisher Film Festival featured works by students of the college’s Media Arts program, as well as works by local film makers.

In the theatre lobby, there was the annual SUNY Sullivan student art show showings paintings and drawings in color and black and white.

Here’s an album of some Kite Festival photos. For a link to the full album of photos for the Kite Festival click the link at the bottom of this article.

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On the same day that people were flying kites in Loch Sheldrake, the Greater Liberty Chamber of Commerce was holding its inaugural Fiesta de la Familia on the grounds of La Polt Park in Liberty.

Following the successful Cinco de Mayo festival in 2012, the Chamber decided to expand the celebration to include all of the Latino residents in the area.

There was food and singing and dancing, and even Charlie Barbuti, the supervisor of the Town of Liberty, took a turn dancing the Macarena.

Here an album of photos from the Fiesta de la Familia. For a link to the full album of photos, click on the link at the bottom of this article.

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To see more photos or to purchase prints from Fiesta de la Familia, visit the Catskill Chronicle on Zenfolio.