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ere comes the bride, all dressed in … camouflage? “We’ve ordered an exclusive private line of camo bridal gowns and bridesmaid’s dresses,” said Norah Doyle, owner of Rainbow’s End Weddings & More. “We’ve got a dozen or so different styles coming in.” It may not be a trend you’ll find on New York Fashion Week runways or in the pages of Modern Bride magazine, but in Oneonta, it’s one that’s been steadily taking off since around 2011. “It’s very popular with military brides,” said Doyle. “When a girl wants to wear camo, she wants to wear camo.” It’s even starting to make its “Mama June” Shanway into popular non, mom of “Honey Boo Boo” from culture. In May the TLC hit show, 2013, “Mama June” married in camo Shannon, mother of last May, signalling child pageant queen the trend has gone Alana “Honey Boo national. Boo” Thompson and star of TLC’s hit show, “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” married Alana’s father, Mike “Sugar Bear” Thompson, in a camouflage gown with a bright orange petticoat underneath. “High-low” dresses are the most popular design for camo brides, with a long train in back and a short skirt Please See CAMO, B2
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et that healthy-living New Year’s resolution underway with the Clark Sports Center’s “Commit To Be Fit” points program to earn prizes and gym membership discounts. $10. 8-a.m.-Noon Saturday, Jan. 4, Conference Room, Clark Sports Center, 124 Cty. Hwy. 52, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 5472800, x-116. ON THE BONFIRE: Bring your tree and get a free vintage Ommegang glass, stick around for prizes, tastings and giveaways, exchange your worst present for something new. Noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, Brewery Ommegang, 656 County Highway 33, Cooperstown. Info, John Tuchowski, (607) 544-1800, x-813.
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Norah Doyle, proprietor of Rainbow’s End Weddings & More, holds up two styles of camouflage wedding gowns that are becoming options for the sportswoman bride.
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Once, Cigar Making Was Smokin’ In Oneonta By LIBBY CUDMORE ONEONTA
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t would be frowned upon now, but in the 1880s, it wasn’t unusual to see pictures of kids on advertisements for cigars, such as the kissing teens on “Save One for Papa!” That what was called a “trade card” – like a baseball card – used by comIan Austin/ OTSEGO.seniority panies like Oneonta’s Doyle & Smith Tom Oliver, former proprietor, holds up cigar makers to deliver messages like, image of Palace Cigar in its heyday. “Smoke the D&S: Best Five Cent
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Cigar.” But Doyle & Smith’s weren’t just any 5-cent cigars. Those cigars were made right here in Otsego County, The seal of the and that card local cigar mak- will be featured ers’ union. in the Greater Oneonta Historical Society’s “Oneonta Trade Cards: A Word From Our Old-Time Sponsors” Please See CIGARS, B3
MOVIE NIGHT: The Cabin Fever Film Festival kicks off with a free screening of “The Girl With the Pearl Earring” (PG-13). Fenimore Art Museum, 5798 Rt. 80, Cooperstown. Info, (888) 547-1400. SNOW THRILLS: Hit the slopes with a full day of snow tubing at Glimmerglass State Park. And when you get too chilly, head over to the warming tent for some snacks and a hot drink. $5 covers admission and tube rental. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday Jan. 4-5. Glimmerglass State Park, 1527 County Highway 31, Cooperstown. Info, (607) 547-8662. LAST CHANCE: Two final performances of Patrick Calleo’s production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera “Amahl & the Night Visitors,” featuring a cast of local children. $20 suggested donation, children free. 3 and 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, Church of Christ Uniting, 22 Church St., Richfield Springs. Info, www.patrickcalleo. com. FIRST DANCE: The Otsego Dance Society holds their first contradance of 2014 with music by Bernie Neumann, Carol Mandigo and Liz Brown and calls by Peter Blue. Suggested donation: $8 adults; $4 students, teens; free 12 and under. 8-11 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, Presbyterian Church, corner Pioneer and Church streets., Cooperstown. Info, (607) 965-8232.
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BREAK THAT ‘CABIN FEVER’ WITH A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES! 7 PM EVERY FRIDAY IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY AT HALL OF FAME, FENIMORE ART MUSEUM • DOORS OPEN AT 6:30
• Jan. 3, “The Girl With The Pearl Earring,” at The Fenimore. • Jan. 10, “A Place in the Sun,” (NR, 1951), with Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor, based on “An American Tragedy,” at The Fenimore. • Jan 17, “The Avengers,” (PG-13,
2012), cartoon feature, at The Hall’s Grandstand Theater. • Jan. 24, “Exit Through the Gift Shop,” (R, 2010), on the trials of a graffiti artist, at The Fenimore. • Jan. 31, “Madame Butterfly,” (NR, 1932), with Cary Grant, based
on the Puccini opera due at the Glimmerglass Festival next summer, at The Fenimore. • Feb. 7, “Mulan,” (G, 1998), cartoon feature on Chinese girl fighting Mongol invasion, at The Hall.
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