The Town of Delhi is happy to announce that swim lessons will start Monday, July 31 through Friday, Aug. 15. Classes will be held Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Please note no lessons on Wednesdays. Level I, Level II, Level III and Level IV classes will be offered. At this time infant/toddler or Level V lessons will not be available. Please visit townofdelhiny.com/department/pool to find a link to the registration form, or contact the Town Clerk’s office at 607-746-3737 for registration forms or feel free to stop by the office at 5 Elm Street to register. The office is open Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. through 3:00 p.m.
It’s hard to believe that August starts this week. Here are some holidays and celebrations that take place in August that you may want to celebrate. Thursday, Aug 3 is National Watermelon Day, Sunday, Aug. 6 is National Sisters Day, Sunday, Aug. 13 is National Lefthanders Day, and National Women’s Equality Day is Saturday, Aug. 26. August is also National Dog Month, Family Fun Month and Happiness Happens Month. There is something to celebrate every day of the year.
Aug. has two full Moons this year. The full Sturgeon Moon is on Tuesday, Aug. 1, and the second full moon in the same month is called a full Blue Moon and will be seen on Wednesday, Aug. 30. This Blue Moon is also the closest supermoon of the year. There will be a Full Moon Sound Bath on Tuesday, Aug. 1 at 5:30 p.m. at the West Kortright Center at 49 West Kortright Church Road in East Meredith. The cost is $30. With each month comes a new full moon which represents a new stage in our own personal journey. The moon has a lot more influence over us than we are aware of, it has been an icon of love and of light conquering darkness. By following the moon and its natural cycles we too can realign ourselves and our connection with the universe. During the session instruments are played with intuition and the nurturing intention to support clearing and to offer a space for self-healing. The power of vibration rebalances the whole system on a physiological level as well as recalibrates the nervous system, bringing a sense of attunement within oneself. Using visualization to open the body to the journey within the fragmented soul, breath becomes the guide, sound becomes the wind, and together they sail to higher realms of consciousness opening the mind, the heart, and the soul. Pre-registration is required and you can find the link to sign up online at westkc.org. The sound bath will be led by Isabelle Berger Delgrange, an 800-hour certified Jivamukti Yoga teacher, a practitioner of Energy Balancing, and a M.E.R Myofascia Energetic Release Bodyworker, and Stephan Martel, a visual artist, and composer. For more information check out the website, www.breathnation.com.
There will be a Delhi Community-wide Yard Sale on Saturday, Aug. 5 from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. If you are interested in participating, please fill out this online form so we can create a map of locations of sales, forms.gle/WGAWtqYD9iZxAr349. You can also email me at csvia@delhitel.net and I can send you the form, or look for the event on Facebook, Delhi NY Community Yard Sale to find the link there. Please sign up so you can make sure you are included in the map.
This week’s trivia question is in what year was the Delhi Post Office mural, “The Down-Rent War, Around 1845” unveiled? The mural, painted by Mary Early, was a winner of the New Deal 48-State Competition Post Office murals. July 14, 1940, the Delhi Post Office mural was unveiled.
This week’s trivia question is what is the theme for the Delhi Alliance Church’s Vacation Bible school this year? Pre-registration for Vacation Bible School at the Delhi Alliance Church is open until Sunday, July 30, and will be held Aug. 7 through Aug. 11 for 3 years old to children exiting 5th grade. In-person registration is available throughout the week of VBS. If you have any questions, please call Delhi Alliance Church at 607-746-3714 or email at delhialliancechurch@gmail.com.
This week’s community volunteers of the week are Jeremy Fitch and June Barriger, the co-chairs of the Fair on the Square Committee. Thanks to these folks and the rest of the committee, Delhi had a family fun time every Friday in July. We listened to great music, ate delicious food, played games, and shopped and supported the vendors. This year, the Fair on the Square celebrates 50 years. If you are interested in supporting the event, please fill out a sponsorship form at forms.gle/qkzCd89AJDhQa4Kn9 and return your sponsorship with a check payable to “Delhi Fair on the Square Committee” to the Fair on the Square Committee c/o Correspondence Secretary at PO Box 85, Delhi, New York, 13753. You can also donate via Venmo at DelhiFair-on-the-Square-Fots. The final Friday of the Fair on the Square is Friday, July 28 from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. at Courthouse Square. The Rotary Club will be there for games for children from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Kids can bring an item for the food bank to get a free game. Starting at 5 p.m., Bobby Curious will perform, then the American Legion will perform the Presentation of Colors at 5:45 p.m., followed by the Delaware County Community Band from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m., and The Irish Stoutmen will perform in the gazebo from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. This last week of the Fair will also feature the Soap Box Derby and a bouncy house. We had tons of fun this summer, and I hope you will consider donating so we can keep having fun for the next 50 years to come.
Bushel is pleased to present a screening of two films on Friday, July 28, Wild River, directed by Elia Kazan in 1960; and Beneath Pepacton Waters, shot locally by George Hoag in the mid 1950s and edited by his daughter Alice Jacobson, with Bob Jacobsen, in 1995. This screening, free and open to the public, is curated by writer and Margaretville resident Jennifer Kabat. The doors open at 6:45 p.m. with the screening beginning at 7 p.m. Starring Montgomery Clift and Barbara Loden, Wild River is part melodrama, part land-rights film that looks at property seizures to build the TVA dam. It is also an unvarnished picture of racism in the South, including a nod to James Baldwin, Kazan’s friend, whose writing on race partly inspired the director to make the movie. The film is based on two books: Borden Deal’s Dunbar’s Cove and William Bradford Huie’s Mud on the Stars. Beneath Pepacton Waters recounts stories of both ‘progress’ and loss as it captures the lives of people in Shavertown and the surrounding area just before the dam comes in. This rarely shown film—constructed from Hoag’s films and news footage and narrated by Hoag’s daughter Alice Jacobson—is bucolic, melancholic, and aching. This screening is organized in conjunction with Bushel’s current exhibition, “Waiting In the Deep,” a group show that brings together works on the theme of “water.”
The Bovina Dairymen and Delhi Polecats will face off on Saturday, July 29 at noon for a great game of vintage baseball at Creamery Field located at 1396 county Highway 6, in Bovina Center. All are welcome and admission is free.
The Knights of the Storm are their first Sawbelly Run, in memory of their dear friend and brother Thomas Martino on Saturday, July 29. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Delaware County Historical Association at 46549 State Route 10 and ends at the clubhouse at 43 Barrett Road. The cost is $20 for riders and $15 for passengers. Enjoy a beautiful ride through the Catskills stopping at some of Tom’s favorite places. The proceeds benefit the Heart of the Catskills Humane Society.
There will be a Good Vibes: A Lilly Bola Production held on Saturday, July 29 from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. at Birdsong Farm Community Garden at 38718 State Route 10. Join Delaware County Pride for a fabulous time. The event allows all ages, but please bring children at your own discretion. Actions and language that may not be suitable for children 15 and under may be presented. Pay through eventbrite or in cash at the door. There will be performances by Jahyra Joelle, Ryder Knightly, Bloody Valentine, and Cherry Blasè and the event will be hosted by your favorite clown, Lilly Bola. Music by DJ Sara Sisco will accompany the show. There is a $10 cover fee used to pay performers.
Bushel is hosting a talk, Plastic Math, with Rebecca Davis on Wednesday, Aug. 2, from 7 - 8:00 p.m. at 106 Main Street. Join for a combined artist talk and plastics info session with multidisciplinary artist Rebecca Davis. She will discuss her current body of work that incorporates rainwater, ice, and plastic, and how it led her into advocacy. She will also share some startling facts on the petrochemical industry and offer some tangible action steps for anyone wishing to be more involved with combating plastic pollution. This talk is organized in conjunction with Bushel’s current exhibition “Waiting In the Deep,” which includes a changing installation of Davis’s Plastic Math sculptures made of rainwater, ice, and plastic. This event is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $5 to keep the lights on. Rebecca Davis is a multidisciplinary artist and somatic practitioner, whose work encompasses performance, sculpture, and installation.
Dusty & Dot will be at the Cannon Free Library at 40 Elm Street, on Thursday, Aug. 3, from 3 - 4 p.m. These PBS favorites will join us for books, puppetry, improvisation, audience participation, games, dancing, and lots of laughs. This is a great family program that you won’t want to miss.
Mark your calendar for the next Delhi Historical Society program on Saturday, Aug. 5 at Cannon House where there will be a Billy Make-n-Mend Presentation on Sewing Machines. Please note there is a time change, and the event will now take place from 10 a.m. until noon. Bill Hancock collects sewing machines, and he owns hundreds of them. View some of his vintage machines, and learn about the history of sewing machines.
You’ll also want to mark your calendar for this year’s Shakespeare in the Valley performance of The Green Bird and Julius Caesar, starting on Friday, Aug. 4, and Saturday, August 5 at 6 p.m. at the West Kortright Centre, 49 W Kortright Church Road, in East Meredith. Come celebrate the 36th annual Shakespeare in the Valley performance. The Green Bird will be performed by the Introduction to Acting group. After the first performance, there will be a break for everyone to enjoy a picnic, and can help us support the theater programs by purchasing food and drinks from the WKC concession stand. Then, at 8 p.m., the lights go up on a fully staged production of Julius Caesar by the acting, music, tech & costume design groups of the West Kortright Center’s Young People’s Theater Arts Workshops. Bring your own lawn seating. The event will go on, rain or shine. It is recommended that you purchase your tickets ahead of time, to prevent long lines at the box office. General admission tickets are just $10 and can be purchased at westkc.org.
