Seagle's Sensational Summer of 2016

This Saturday, June 18, Seagle Music Colony kicks off its second century with a Community Concert at the Schroon Lake Central School at 7:30 pm. The program will feature a season preview and favorites from season’s past.  

Tickets are just $10 for adults and $5 for students and children.

Purchase at the door, online at www.seaglecolony.org, or by phone at 518-532-7875.

Presenting the 2016 Season at Seagle Colony

After a huge centennial season in 2015, the crew at Seagle Music Colony have planned yet another ambitious season of performances for 2016.

Saturday, June 25 at 8:00 pm, the traditional concert Old Friends and New will introduce this year’s crop of 32 talented young singers to Schroon Lake, at the Oscar Seagle Memorial Theater on the SMC campus, Charley Hill Road.

The 2016 mainstage season at Seagle Colony includes two favorite musicals, a traditional comic opera and an exciting world premiere.

July 6-9, Loesser’s The Most Happy Fella, will be presented - with a matinee performance onJuly 8.

July 20-23, enjoy Donizetti’s comic opera, The Elixir of Love, sung in Italian with projected English supertitles, with a matinee on July 22.

Seagle is excited to present the world premiere of Roscoe by composer Evan Mack and librettist Joshua McGuire, based on the novel of the same name by Pulitzer Prize winning Albany author William Kennedy. The opera will be presented August 3-6 with a matinee performance onAugust 5.

“The world premiere will be a highlight of the season, and we couldn’t think of a better way to kick off the first year of our second century than with something that’s never been performed anywhere else,” said Tony Kostecki, SMC General Director.

"We’re thinking of this premiere as something that will be another real milestone in our history, and are excited for our audiences to see it, and for our young artists to perform it.”

Rounding out the mainstage season is the perennial favorite The Music Man by Meredith Willson, which will be presented August 17-20 with a matinee on August 19.

More Seagle Events Around Town!

Some other exciting Seagle Music Colony events and performance this summer include:

July 4 SMC singers at the patriotic July 4 concert in Schroon Lake Park prior to the fireworks display

 July 9 children’s opera Jack and the Beanstalk at the Boathouse Theater, Schroon Lake

July 16 Patrice Munsel Annual Gala fundraising event

August 4 catch the SMC singers again at the Seagle Music Colony Guild’s annual luncheon at the Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing on Thursday, August. 4

Sunday, August 14 and 21 two Vespers Concerts – one of SMC’s longest running traditions.

And this Fall...

In case you can’t make it to any of SMC’s summer performances, make plans for Seagle Music Colony’s fifth annual fall season which this year includes the musical revue called Great Songs & Great Singers, which will be a part of the Schroon Lake Labor Day Weekend celebrations on Sunday, September 4 at 7:30 pm, and will also be on tour across the North Country throughout September. For more information, to buy tickets or to make a donation atwww.seaglecolony.org.

CONDITIONS IN THE HIGH PEAKS: MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND

From the DEC:

"The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation welcomes all visitors recreating on the lands & waters of the Adirondacka this Memorial Day Holiday Weekend.

This information is provided to help you have a safe and enjoyable experience while you hike, camp, boat and paddle. Adirondack Backcountry Information provides more details.

FIRE DANGER: Moderate. Never leave a campfire unattended. Be sure campfires are out.

CAMPGROUNDS: All DEC campgrounds are open for the season.

LOCKS ON THE SARANAC LAKE CHAIN: DEC will staff the locks from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Friday through Monday. The lower locks are operating intermittently requiring manual operation at times – expect delays.

SEASONAL ACCESS ROADS: Seasonal access roads used to access the backcountry can be rough, the use of 4-wheel drive pickup trucks, SUVs and other high clearance motor vehicles is recommended. Most seasonal access roads are open.

BOAT LAUNCHES: All DEC boat launches are open and docks are installed.

WATER CONDITIONS: Waters levels are low but may rise quickly during and immediately after storms. Low water crossings are passable for hiking but may not be during and immediately after storms. Paddlers and boaters should watch for unexpected obstacles above or just below the surface of the water. Some sections of rivers and streams may not be passable. People boating or paddling should wear a personal flotation device (PFD) at all times.

HIGH USAGE LEVELS: Trailhead parking lots and interior campsites will often fill to capacity particularly in the more popular areas to hike, paddle, boat and camp. Plan accordingly and seek backcountry recreation in other less popular areas of the Adirondacks.

THUNDERSTORM SAFETY: Avoid being on summits, water and in other open areas during thunderstorms. As soon as you are first aware of an approaching thunderstorm move to lower elevations, head to shore and otherwise seek shelter. Find a low spot away from tall trees, seek an area of shorter trees and crouch down away from tree trunks.

MUDDY TRAIL ADVISORY: Hikers are advised to avoid trails above 2,500 feet in the High Peaks Region to protect the trails and surrounding vegetation which are very vulnerable at this time of year. Hikers can cause severe erosion of trails and significant damage to vegetation. Steep, wet and muddy trails are also very slippery. Hikers are asked use low and mid-elevation trails at this time.

BEAR RESISTANT CANISTERS: The use of bear-resistant canisters by overnight users in the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness and is encouraged throughout the Adirondacks.

BITING INSECTS: Black Flies & Mosquitoes are present minimize the nuisance of biting insects by:

• Wearing light colored long sleeve shirts and long pants;
• Tucking shirts into pants, buttoning or banding sleeves at the wrist, and tucking pant legs into socks;
• Packing a head net to wear when insects are thick; and
• Using an insect repellant with DEET, following the label direction

ROCK CLIMBING ROUTE CLOSURES: Due to nesting peregrine falcons the following routes are closed:

• Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain – All routes on the Main Face between and including #26 “Hang ‘Em High” and # 82 “Piece of Snatch”, all other climbing routes are open.
• Chapel Pond – All routes on Lower Washbowl Cliffs.
• Wilmington Notch – All routes on Moss Cliff and Labor Day Wall.
• Crane Mountain – All routes within the Amphitheater on the Black Arches Wall (#86 “Project” to #97 “Gun Show”) and,  #98 “Torcher” and #99 “Eating Tripe and Lichen It”.
•  Shelving Rock Mountain, Lake George – All routes on the Big Wall and Jackass Buttress and the access trail to them. Enjoy your visit to the Adirondacks!"

A Lion of A Sale

This Memorial Day Weekend is the HUGE Town of Schroon Lions CLub Garage Sale and Gift Raffle. The two day event goes May 28 & 29th from 9 am to 3 pm (both days) at the Schroon Lake Boat House on Dock Street. Drawing for winners of the Raffle is at Sunday @ 2:30 pm, and the BEST News? Winners are not required to be present. 

There will be new and used items, services and gift certificates  --  donated by area businesses and residents  -- to help support the Town of Schroon Lions Club's various projects. The Lions support helping the visually impaired and the disadvantaged and fund the the Lions Annual Scholarship Fund, Summer Recreation Programs, the Diabetes Awareness program, and much more.

Good Luck!

From Our Friends in North Warren

Just south of the Main Village of Schroon, which sits in Essex County, our neighbors on the lake are serviced by North Warren County. Those towns include Brant Lake, Chestertown, Adirondack and Pottersville,  in the Towns of Chester and Horicon. These hamlets have so much to offer in every season (just like their neighbors in Essex).

The North Warren County has done a bang up job promoting their part of Adirondack Paradise in the above video, from the Chamber of Commerce. So no matter which part of our area you call “home”,  enjoy the sights and sounds of the North Country we all love.