Lyndonville welcomed crowd to Street Dance in downtown
Photos courtesy of Lyndonville Lions Club: Main Street in the downtown was closed to traffic on Friday evening for the community’s third annual Street Dance.
Press Release, Lyndonville Lions Club
LYNDONVILLE – The Town of Yates, the Village of Lyndonville, and the Lyndonville Lions Club joined forces to host the third annual Summer Street Dance on Friday, August 23. The community responded by showing up in large numbers to celebrate the waning days of the summer and to welcome the coming fall season.
Several food trucks and vendors were on hand to mark this event and the Lyndonville Lions held a recruitment drive along with a hot dog and hamburger stand supplying food and beverages to the festival goers. The American Legion gave out flower arrangements with all of the free-will donations going to support local veterans.
The Town of Yates had many activities planned for children who attended the evening event. Rock painting and chalk street art drawing kept kids busy all evening. Various inflatable bounce houses were available to children of all ages during the event for those who wanted to expend a little more energy.
The musical band, The Guzinyas, supported the event bringing their local talents together to perform their catalog of rock and roll songs. The crowd joined in with festival-goers dancing in the street to their favorite songs.
The grass roots effort by the Town of Yates is seen as a successful “End-to-Summer Event” over the last few years. Town of Yates board member Sue Hrovat has led this event for the town.
“The Town Board has been happy with the results of the last few years, and would like to offer more fun things for people to do at the street dance,” she said.
Looking ahead, the Town Board is in preliminary discussions with the Lyndonville Lions Club to be co-sponsors and to expand on this event. The Lions have discussed the possible addition of several venues with Hrovat, including adding local winery tasting booths, a summer chicken barbeque sale and expanding the musical performances. There has also been some groundswell support for the possibility of an end-of-summer fireworks display to cap off the evening events.
The Lyndonville Lions Club sees this as a great collaborative effort to support the community.
The Town of Yates would like to thank all those who made the street dance possible, and they hope that all have a safe and happy end to the summer season as we all look forward to fall and mother nature’s artistic splendor with her fall foliage.
