Rotary District Governor Fred Cholet made his official visit to Fulton Sunrise Rotary. Pictured with the District Governor are President Donna Kestner, center, and Joette Dean, assistant governor. Cholet updated Rotarians on the state of the district and shared his hopes and dreams for this Rotary year. The Fulton Sunrise Rotary meets every Friday at 7 AM at Fulton’s Riverside Inn.
It’s been a few years, but an old friend is back in town.
Fulton’s Jazz Fest opens tonight, renewing the festival that ran for years in downtown Fulton. The event has a new home — behind the War Memorial. Bring your own lawn chairs to enjoy two days of great music.
Below is tonight’s prime time entertainment, The Critics honr section with the Cortini Brothers rhythm section, seen here at Fulton’s Rock The Block event.
The full schedule:
Friday:
5:30 p.m.: The Do Good Swing Band
8:00 p.m.: The Critics with the Cortini Bros.
Saturday:
3:00 p.m.: Melvin Sparks
6:00 p.m.: Nancy Kelly
8:00 p.m.: Classified
Can’t make Jazz Fest? How about the Fort Ontario Festival of the Arts on Saturday in Oswego or the annual Minetto Canal Splash fun canoe and kayak race at the Magic in Minetto festival.
Hey, do ’em all!
Formed in the early 90’s the band brought together a number of talented Central New York musicians who had performed with some of the top acts in the area. The collective resume of the members was so long that it looked like a ‘classified’ ad, as a result the name Classified stuck and the band began its mission of EOE, equal opportunity entertainment for all.
Murdock’s has donates four bikes to the Oswego YMCA to be raffled off during the 30/50 mile Tour de Loop Bike Race scheduled for Aug. 22.
Here’s a good news story to start your day: Sisters who grew up in Fulton and played sports here are separated by thousands of miles but sports is bringing them together again. Terri Rogers of Cortland and Michele Rebeor of Arizona have been pushing each other to keep training and keep getting better in the demanding sport of triathlon. And they are getting better each year, even as they head into their 40s.
Their mom, Jan Rebeor (who was one of our original employees 10 years ago) sends us this account…
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