Duck Dash Raises Funds for Three Nonprofits
Bargains are in store. And, on the sidewalks!
Skaneateles' Curbstone Festival and Sidewalk Sales return July 16-18 along Genesee, Jordan and Fennell streets. Hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. The event, featuring more than 30 merchants, is organized by the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce.
"Along with the great bargains, the Curbstone Festival provides a wonderful opportunity for family fun," says Executive Director Tara Lynn.
Among the sales and specials sure to delight shoppers:
• Imagine will offer jewelry-making demonstrations, along with outdoor and indoor sales on jewelry, art glass, pottery, wood art and fiber art.
• Fleur-de-lis Florist will have an inventory sale, with 60 to 80 percent markdowns on silks, pottery, furniture and home accessories.
• Rhubarb Kitchen Shop will offer 50 percent off a wide array of kitchen gadgets, acrylic ware and cooking accessories. Cooking demos will be given Friday by the executive chef from Wustof Cutlery.
• Infused! will offer Big Green Egg demonstrations and sampling.
• Gallery 54 will feature sales on jewelry, paintings, ceramics, fiber art, sculpture, prints, cards, photography and wood art.
• cate & sally will offer closeouts and specials on a wide selection of merchandise.
• Country Ewe will offer specials on boutique-style clothing, accessories, shoes and more.
Merchants participating for the first time include AdvoCare, Arabella, Finger Lakes on Tap (which promises "fun happenings"), Nerium, Nest 58 and Shine.
Sightseeing cruises will be offered each day by Mid-Lakes Navigation. For schedule updates, go to midlakesnav.com. Tickets can be picked up at 11 Jordan St., where you will also find a selection of gift items.
Returning to Curbstone for its fourth year is the Skaneateles Duck Dash, a fundraiser that will be held from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Friday on Skaneateles Creek, behind the Fennell Street locations of Kinney Drugs and CVS. The carnival-like event will feature food and drink (Chicago-style hot dogs, pizza, fried dough, beer, wine and cider), games, and music by the Tumbleweed Jones Band.
Grand prize is $1,000 cash. A Skaneateles YMCA one-year family membership will be awarded for the second-place duck; a golf package, including carts and fees at three area courses, for the third-place duck; CNY Helicopter Co. lake rides for the fourth-place duck; an overnight stay at Mirbeau and theater tickets for the fifth-place duck; a half-day pontoon boat rental, donated by Skaneateles Marina, for the sixth-place duck; an overnight stay at the Hilton Garden Inn and a Blue Water Grill gift card for the seventh-place duck; Shop Local gift cards from F. Oliver's, Imagine and Nest 58 for the eighth-place duck; a $100 gift card from the Sherwood Inn for the ninth-place duck; and a $50 gift card from Mid-Lakes Navigation for the tenth-place duck. The ticketholder for the last-place duck will receive $100, as will the seller of the grand-prize ticket.
Tickets are $5 and are on sale at the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce, Hairtique, the Skaneateles Historical Society and the Skaneateles YMCA & Community Center (or can be bought from the strolling duck). Mighty Duck sponsors are Doug's Fish Fry and Beak & Skiff.
Proceeds will benefit Laker Limo, the Skaneateles YMCA & Community Center and the Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Also returning to Curbstone are The Jackman Twins, who will perform magic, juggling and balloon art from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, noon to 3 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Musical entertainment will be provided throughout the weekend: Tom Barnes, from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday on the lawn of the Skaneateles Library; the Skaneateles Community Band, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Gazebo; and the Usual Suspects, from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday on the Library lawn.
Gazella Dance Studio is scheduled to perform at 4 p.m. Friday on the Library lawn.
And, adding to the gaiety, Williams Realty will hand out balloons.
Parking for the Curbstone Festival is available at metered spots along the street or in the municipal lot (accessed through Genesee or State streets), where two-hour parking is free and all-day parking is $2. Free parking is also available on various side streets, in the parking lot on Fennell Street between Skaneateles Town Square/Ace Hardware and SAVES, and by the Austin Park Pavilion (across from St. Mary's Church on Jordan Street).
For more information, go to http://www.skaneateles.com or call 315-685-0552.
