The annual Festival of Lights in Neahwa Park will run from Saturday, December 13 through Thursday, January 1 and, on December 31, Oneonta’s New Year’s Eve celebration will return to the Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, offering free indoor entertainment and light refreshments for the whole family from 5-8:30 p.m.…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 New Year’s Eve Celebrations NEW YEAR’S EVE—5-8:30 p.m. “First Night New Year’s Eve Party.” Live music, children’s activities, Hill City Ice Queen and more. Presented by Hill City Celebrations at Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 431-2080 or visit https://www.facebook.com/OneontaFestivalOfLights NEW YEAR—5 p.m. “Happy NYE Fireworks Display!” Hotdogs, small bonfire and fireworks at dark. Husky Park, 10 Park Avenue, Hartwick. (607) 293-8123 or visit https://www.facebook.com/TownofHartwick NEW YEAR—7 p.m. to midnight. “New Year’s Eve…
HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31 New Year’s Eve Celebration CELEBRATION—5-8:30 p.m. “New Year’s Eve First Night Celebration.” Ring in the New Year with pizza, ice cream, performances by local music groups, children’s activities, the Hill City Ice Queen, and much more. Free, open to all. Foothills Performing Arts and Civic Center, 24 Market Street, Oneonta. (607) 435-1025 or visit https://www.facebook.com/OneontaFestivalOfLights…
“Hill City Celebrations is thrilled to offer two of Oneonta’s treasured holiday traditions again this season,” said Connie Herzig, chair of the Hill City Celebrations Board of Directors.…
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HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 Parade, Poetry, & Party To Celebrate New Year New Years Eve! CELEBRATION – 5 p.m. Start a safe & sober New Years celebration with parade down Main St. followed by poetry readings, festival featuring live music, games, dancing, & special guest Anthony Eardley, Oneonta’s American Ninja Warrior. Then first ever talent show featuring $1000 prize at 7:30, then black-light after-party featuring entertainment by Cosmic Karma Fire Spinners. Foothills Performing Arts Center, Oneonta. 607-431-2080 or visit…
Cheering OUT & Swearing IN! At Oneonta’s First Night, Greg Lee and other members of his Cosmic Karma Fire troupe, left, spin flames for onlookers outside Foothills’ Atrium. At right, the Elite Dance Company’s Dejalei Champen and Emily Kane hoist Lillian Stalter up in the air. Rod Roberts, above, swings Cuca, his wife of 36 years, around the dance floor to “What a Wonderful World.” At right, tiger-faced Leah Puylara…
First Night Frolics Underway At Foothills!…
First Night Parade, Fireworks Cancelled; Festivities Still On ONEONTA – The show will go on. Though the parade and the fireworks at Oneonta’s First Night celebration have been cancelled, the festivities at Foothills are still scheduled from 5 p.m. to midnight, according to organizer David Hayes. “Unfortunately, in Upstate New York, we are at the mercy of the weather,” he said. “But it was just going to be a wall of rain, and out of concern for people’s safety, we…
