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July 26-August 1, 2013
Allegany State Park Calendar of Events
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July 26 7:30- Artist in Residence Concert Panfils at Quaker Amphitheater July 29-August 2 Artist in Residence The Blue Mule Band August 1 8:00 pm- Hootenanny at Quaker Amphitheater August 9 Full Moon Beach Party and Fireworks at Red House Beach For a full list of events, visit: www.facebook.com/alleganystatepark
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First Annual Youth Leadership Retreat Held at Allegany State Park The first annual Cattaraugus County Youth Leadership Retreat took place on Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at Allegany State Park. Sixty-one youth representing all school districts from Cattaraugus County gathered for a day of training, education and fun in order to cultivate leadership qualities that they can take back to their communities and schools. The retreat was sponsored by Healthy Cattaraugus County: A Drug Free Coalition (HCC) and coordinated by CAReS, Inc. Prevention Staff and the Youth Development Coalition under the leadership of Dr. Anthony Evans. Catherine Speroni, HCC Coalition coordinator, emphasized that it takes buy-in from all levels of our community to support our leaders of tomorrow. “HCC is a coalition made up of a cross sector of individuals, businesses, parents, youth,
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faith-based, governmental and tribal officials, law enforcement, educators and other youth-serving agencies that encompass our county as a whole,” said Speroni. “This retreat was supported by all those groups in an effort to cultivate healthy young leaders who will go back to their schools, homes, and communities and stand for a healthier way of living, and the ability to make smart choices about the way they want to live their lives.” The retreat featured an interactive session by Barry Broughton from AKT Combatives in Olean, N.Y. “I designed the ‘Take Ground! ...It’s Your Life!’ program to assist students in developing the skills and character traits needed to be strong leaders in their communities. The concepts of teamwork, critical thinking and commitment were reinforced
Gowanda Middle School Principal, David Smith engages with a Cattaraugus Youth Leader in the “Take Ground! ...It’s Your Life!” program provided by Barry Broughton of AKT Combatives, key presenter at the 1st Annual Cattaraugus Leadership Retreat at Allegany State Park.
by learning martial arts and self-defense techniques,” said Broughton. The skills and concepts presented at the retreat will be further developed at the Youth Leadership Summit held at AKT Combatives Academy in August, also sponsored by HCC. Summit participants
will learn how to take action and overcome obstacles, culminating with an exciting board breaking exercise. Gowanda Central School responded to the retreat invitation with excellent attendance in students, volunteers and administrators.
ASPHS Biggest Turnout for Dance Hall Days
By Bob Schmid
Our Allegany State Park Historical Society (ASPHS) had our biggest turnout yet, this past Saturday, at our monthly meeting. With a packed house of approximately 80 people in attendance at the park’s school building classroom at Camp Allegany, the audience was captivated and mesmerized by our guest speaker, Bob Byledbal. Mr. Byledbal is a charismatic and upbeat man who had operated the Allegany State Park concessions of the park stores, the Quaker Snack Pavilion, and then later the Quaker Dance Hall and also the Red House Dance Pavilion from 1951 until and including 1978. The subject of Bob’s talk was the “History of the Dances and Dance Halls at Allegany State Park,” and he did not disappoint us. He went all out for this presentation that included a computerized PowerPoint presentation and
an audio and video sound system that was all controlled off to the side by Bob’s son, Rob Byledbal. He also had old photos, old park Dawn Dance posters, original film footage of square dance calling from the early 1950s, as well as actual original audio recordings of some of these memorable dances held in the park. That was followed by Bob’s fun quiz on his presentation, with some lucky winners taking home some mementos of Bob’s exciting talk. Their prizes were old original 45 records that were once actually played in the Dance Halls. With a big huge smile through all of his reminiscing, the Dawn Dances were his favorite he said. They were held the Saturday of each Labor Day Weekend starting at 9 p.m. and would continue until the break of dawn, thus given the name Dawn Dance. The Quaker Dance Hall closed after Labor Day Weekend of 1970 and was used by the park
Dave Remington and Bob Byledbal
for storage of appliances. The last dance ever held at the Red House Dance Pavilion was on July 4, 1973. After the dances ended in the park, this Red House Pavilion was used as a snack bar and game room, and was torn down in the fall of 1984. A miniature golf course was built on the exact same site as this old Dance Pavilion. If you have any questions about park history or ASPHS, please contact Bob Schmid, Director of the ASPHS on their Facebook page or call (716) 400-1834.
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Americana Art Fair • Photos by Jennie Acklin
Two free art workshops will be offered at Allegany State Park in August. Experience the outdoors and create art using the inspiring natural surroundings of Allegany State Park. Creating Art from Nature will be offered Aug. 2 and Aug. 9, 10 a.m. – noon. These classes are free and open to all ages but anyone under the age
of 12 must be accompanied by an adult 16 years and older. This fun workshop will give kids and adults a chance to create art from nature and have a beautiful creation to take home with them. Ellen Goos, a local artist, will guide participants through creating an interesting composition using collage techniques. Participants will make their
own piece of art while learning about the environment all while having a great time. Register for these workshops by contacting the Cattaraugus County Arts Council at (716) 374-7455 at least 24 hours before the class to ensure a seat. Class space is limited to 10-12 students. All workshops will take place at the Warming Hut located at the Summit Cabin Loop across from the Art Roscoe cross-county ski trails. From I-86, take exit 21 into Allegany State Park and proceed to the top of the hill. The hut will be on your right across the parking lot. These workshops are a collaborative program between Allegany State Park and the Cattaraugus County Arts Council.