Bobbie Deitch Band closed the music for the day. Bus 11, a hard rocking local band of teenagers got everybody moving. Billie Schloss started if off with her amazing solo act. Participants painted the river down the center of a piece of driftwood collected at Nyack Beach and then applied sand on either side that had been collected from each side of the Hudson River. Tables filled the gym floor, where children and families engaged with Strawtown Studio’s “Colors of the River” art activity. On stage, Craig Dreves, Principal of Upper Nyack Elementary School was a crowd pleaser when he brought forth a time capsule created by students. Most of the outdoor events were moved into the Upper Nyack Elementary School Gym using the gym floor and the stage. Both spoke of new grants for Upper Nyack improving the Old Stone Meeting House and the River Hook Preserve.Įlijah Reichlin-Melnick, Karen Tarapata Ken Zebrowski, Karen Tarapata Upper Nyack 150th committee volunteers pose with speakers in front of the Old Stone Meeting House. Reichlin-Melnick and Zebrowski both presented proclamations to Tarapata commemorating the village sesquicentennial. Long-time Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski completed his talk while holding his two-year son. Elijah Reichlin-Melnick, NYS senator for the region mentioned that he lived only a stone’s throw from Upper Nyack. George Hoehmann, Clarkstown Town Supervisor and Michael Graziano, Councilman for Clarkstown Ward 2 that includes Upper Nyack spoke passionately about the village. Local politicians introduced by Upper Nyack Mayor Karen Tarapata spoke briefly in the Old Stone Meeting House.
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