Oneonta Newspaper
Gifts Of An Otsego County Christmas
12/11/09













































































































































































































































Here Are The Other 24 Gifts Of An
Otsego County Christmas

1. Todd Pink’s locally made Soap Rocks, Riverwood, Cooperstown. 2. Glimmerglass Opera subscriptions for the 2010 season, on sale at www.glimmerglassopera.org.
3. Fly Creek Cider Mill’s cider and wassail mixes, as well as wines and spreads.

4. Laura’s Chocolates, made in Franklin by Laura Haney and sold all over Otsego County.

5. Gift certificates from Capresso, Main Street, Oneonta.

6. Lynn Deichman’s alpaca-wool hats and yarns, available at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market.
7. Photographer Richard Duncan’s Otsego County photo books – and now, T-shirts – at The Farmers’ and Fenimore Art museums’ gift shops, Cooperstown.
8. Liz Shannon’s hand-woven scarves, available at the Artisan’s Guild, Oneonta, along with work by many other local artists.

9. Bear Pond Winery, Milford Center, offers many unique wines.

10. Cooperstown Art Association’s Holiday Show, gifts by local artists.

11. American Girl doll clothes and hats by Molly Holtje, at the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market.
12. Memberships to the Oneonta Family YMCA available. Week Two

1. Fresh-roasted beans from Stagecoach Coffee, Cooperstown.

2. Imagewood, utilitarian sculptures from drift wood. Call Michael Bean at 434-8235; visit www.imagewood.com.

3. Funky bottle-cap jewelry by Oneonta’s Jill Carey at Blue Sky boutique, Pioneer Alley, Cooperstown.

4. Jeweler Wolf Wilde’s original creations at his Clinton Plaza store, Oneonta.

5. Oneonta’s Sandra Swift’s “old world” Santas may be viewed at Morey’s Restaurant, Route 7, or call 433-2921 for a viewing of her original paintings.

6. Itz A Hit Chili Sauce, made in Colliersville, sold at Brooks BBQ, Oneonta Spice Company, Cooperstown Natural Foods and Tin Bin Alley.

7. Folk artist Ed Johnson’s originals at his Lilly Knoll Gallery in the Fly Creek Valley. Call 547-5695.

8. Ten different types of fudge, Tin Bin Alley, Main Street.

9. Hundreds of hand-made ornaments at Butternut Barn, east of Richfield Springs, run by mother-daughter team Judie and Kelly Stone.

10. Apples, jams, sauces, salsa and local-food gift baskets at Dyn’s Cider Mill, Route 28 north of Schuyler Lake.

11. Local books, including Joann Krivin’s “Jazz Studies,” Chuck D’Imperio’s “Upstate New York History Happened Here,” Howard Simonson’s Oneonta photo books, Jim Atwell’s “From Fly Creek,” and Niles Eggleston’s “Eva Coo, Murderess,” among offerings at Green Toad Green Bookstore, Oneonta.

12. Maple syrup, candles, pottery, everything New York at Savor New York, Main Street, Cooperstown.

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Follow-Up, And How
SAM GOODYEAR
ART BEAT

One goes out on a limb by trumpeting an upcoming event, as I did some weeks ago about the Musical Madrigal Dinner at Oneonta’s First United Methodist Church on Dec. 1, master-minded from start to finish (literally – more about which later) by Dr. Jason Curley, professor of horn and conducting at Hartwick College, and cultural force-about-town extraordinaire.
Over the two-and-a-half years that I have been writing this column, I have gone out on many limbs. It is unfortunate that, because of my program on WSKG radio in Binghamton on Saturdays, I can never attend any of the Saturday events I preview in print, hence less follow-up than I would like.
Such, luckily, was not the case with the Musical Madrigal Dinner, sold-out and exuberantly enjoyed by 126 patrons, of which I was fortunate to be one, because it fell on a Tuesday night.
All the myriad elements came together in perfect sequence, starting with arrival in the lofty meeting room adjoining the church’s sanctuary.
It might as well have been a English baronial dining hall, festooned with garlands of evergreens and festive lights.
A court jester showed guests to seats at long, seasonally decorated tables. A string ensemble filled the air with sprightly melodies floating above the expectant chatter and buzz.
“Deck the Halls,” first of three carols performed by the entire assembly, has possibly never been more rousingly sung. I am a pushover for good cheer and I confess to a sudden welling of tears at the genuine joy and enthusiasm that shook the timbers.
Then came the feast: soup, game, vegetables, condiments, cider.
With the succession of courses came a succession of musical offerings, all provided by the several excellent ensembles, vocal and instrumental, at Hartwick.
If that were not enough, there was also high royal patronage in the form of King Stephen Markuson and Queen Mary Ann Ross.
Dr. Curley, splendid in 17th Century garb, served as Lord Chamberlain, ringing a handbell and making announcements, assuring a smooth and cordial unfolding of everything he had so meticulously put together, including the figgy bread pudding he had made himself.
This was an inspiring start to the end-of-year social hoopla. Among the many gratifying and encouraging elements was the mutually appreciative unity and interconnectedness between town and gown. Long may it last!
(Reserve NOW for next year.)

Sam Goodyear’s column on the arts in Otsego and Delaware counties appears weekly.

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