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VOLUME 7 ISSUE 39 The Official Newspaper of the Village of Ellicottville, the Town of Ellicottville, Ellicottville Central Schools and the Towns of Great Valley, NY and Mansfield, NY
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Get Your Scare on Nightmare Hayrides By Rich Place
As Nightmare Hayrides on Sommerville Street celebrates 28 years, it continues to find new and innovative ways to scare the many attendees that come by year after year. This year is no exception, with a new feature to be added out on the hayride. But don’t expect to know what it is before you ride, says Karen Kent, who co-owns the business with her husband, John. “We don’t want people to know about it until they get out here,” she teased. “It should be a lot of fun and it should scare them.” Hosted at the same location as the Ellicottville Championship Rodeo, the Nightmare Hayrides on Sommerville Street will begin Friday, Sept. 28 and continue on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights through Oct. 28. The experience includes a 25-minute tractor-drawn hayride, a haunted wooden maze, a haunted barn and a vortex tunnel. “Every year we change things around,” said Kent. “In fact, it’s never really the same even night after night. A lot of times
Music
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the haunters decide they want to do something different each night. It’s a lot of fun.” The hayride haunts include a full cast of clowns, witches, chainsaw men, scarecrows and anything and everything in between. And because several of the characters are meant to be frightening, Kent emphasized that the experience it best for children 12 and up. Admission to the hayrides is $20 per person; 5 and under are free. The hayrides will run Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, Sept. 29 through Oct. 29, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. with the last ride running at 9:30. No reservations are needed. For more information on this event, visit the website at nightmarehayride. com or search for them on Facebook. However, Kent stressed if people have questions they should call 699-4839. She said she’s busy all weekend at the site, which doesn’t have reliable internet access, and it’s difficult to respond to messages via email or Facebook on the day of the events. Nightmare Hayrides is located at 6319 Sommerville Valley Road in Ellicottville.
BAR BANDS
Friday • Toast • 7pm Saturday • Jake James & The Freight • 6pm
BACK BAR BANDS
Friday • Jamie Smith • 10pm Saturday • Qwister • 10pm
20 Monroe St • 699-4162
Upcoming Events SEPTEMBER 29 - 30
National Alpaca Farm Days
SEPT. 28 - OCT. 28
Nightmare Hayrides on Sommerville Street
OCTOBER 6
Fall Festival 5K Run
OCTOBER 6-7
Fall Festival
OCTOBER 6-7
Rail Jam Road Show Ellicottville 12pm - 3pm at Holiday Valley
OCTOBER 7
Fall Festival Mountain Bike Race
OCTOBER 20
Winter Season Job Fair at HV 9am - 11am
OCTOBER 27
Get Ready for a New and Improved Fall Festival Next Weekend With eight Chamber of Commerce festivals behind us in 2018 and fresh off two hugely successful events, the Rock N Roll Weekend and the second annual Lacrosse Festival, the Chamber staff is ready to tackle the big daddy of them all, Fall Festival. The Fall Festival, Ellicottville’s oldest and largest event, is a huge economic engine for the village
generating more than $10 million in revenue and provides a major trickledown effect for all levels of employees, not-for-profits and residents who receive well over $70,000 from various donations and festival events they manage. The festival continues to grow in popularity and provides an opportunity to showcase the area and its attractions converting many to repeat
visitors and second home owners. We are continually striving to provide a betterquality experience that will attract a demographic that truly wants to enjoy all the area has to offer. Based on this valuable feedback from our members and residents both full time and seasonal, we are confident that this year’s festival will be our best to date and will provide an excellent blueprint for future
EVL Halloween Half Marathon and 5K
NOVEMBER 9 -10
festivals. With so much to do for mom, dad and the kids it’s no wonder this event attracts so many families from three states and Ontario. From the carnival rides and activities in the village to all the events and chairlift rides at Holiday Valley and HoliMont and don’t forget Pumpkinville just down the road.
Holiday Valley Beer and Wine Festival
NOVEMBER 23 - 25
Christmas in Ellicottville
DECEMBER 1
Christmas Stroll
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