TRR photo by Richard A. Ross Pre-teens delight the audience with their rendition of “Car Wash.”

Talented kids

Main Street Dance’s “Movie Magic” showcases the mystique of choreographer and artistic director Sherma Williams

By RICHARD A. ROSS

LIBERTY, NY—What Tweed has done for kids in gymnastics, Sherma Williams, artistic director, teacher and choreographer, has done in dance. Every June, Williams’ growing cadre of students from Main Street Dance put on a show par excellence at Liberty High School. This year’s show entitled “Movie Magic” topped past performances with its finesses, technical expertise and immeasurable professionalism.

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Trout Parade makes a splash

LIVINGSTON MANOR, NY—The days are hot and the streams are low, but thousands of spectators paid little mind to the weather as the second annual Trout Parade offered a spectacle of color, costume and half-clad hoola-hoopers on June 10.

Organizer Gerard Ilaria said the arts festival, which took place throughout the day in the hamlet’s Renaissance Park, attracted more vendors than last year. The festival benefits art education programs at the Livingston Manor School District.

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Editor's pick: Outdoor blues

Down on the farm soul and blues in Bethel

Sun., June 19, 1:00 p.m. $15. Cobalt Studios, Royce and Walt Bishop roads, Bethel, NY. No glass. 845/583-7025. www.cobaltblues.com.

Rachel Keebler, the owner of Cobalt Studios, will once again open her home and heart to everybody who enjoys listening to live blues under blue skies in Bethel. The third annual Cobalt Blues Concert will feature performances by singer Alexis P. Suter, harmonica master Steve Guyger and rockabilly artists The Rocketmen.

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Other stories in this issue:

• To Hawley I go
• Upper Delaware writers to visit Wurtsboro
• A seafood feast for less-than-fastidious eaters
• Editor's pick: Cabaret

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