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waterama<br />
Last full weekend in July<br />
60 th Annual<br />
JULY 23, 24, 25 & 26, 2015<br />
Street Dances<br />
by Ann Grandy<br />
Now in its 60th<br />
year, Glenwood<br />
Waterama has been<br />
pleasing crowds for<br />
generations. Founded<br />
in 1956, it is one of the<br />
longest running community<br />
festivals in the state.<br />
The very first year, organizers<br />
hoped to attract between five and ten thousand<br />
people to the festivities - and ended up<br />
hosting 23,000. Events that first year included<br />
a Friday night button dance, followed by seven<br />
events on Saturday including a golf tournament,<br />
Kiddie Parade, swimming and boat races,<br />
a waterski show and the night pontoon parade.<br />
The 100-unit Grande Day parade was a feature<br />
from the very first Waterama, along with the<br />
coronation, fireworks and a coronation ball on<br />
Sunday night.<br />
Each year, new events are added to the<br />
originals. A community church service was<br />
added in 1964, a mini marathon in 1974, and<br />
the first Minnewaska Showstoppers musical,<br />
South Pacific, was added in 1978.<br />
Today’s Waterama truly has something for<br />
everyone. In addition to the three parades,<br />
there are craft, car and waterski shows, medallion<br />
hunt clues, book sales and sand sculptures.<br />
There are kid-friendly events in the<br />
park and sporting events for those who like to<br />
bike, swim, run, golf or play tennis, softball, volleyball<br />
or soccer.<br />
The first couple of years, the event was<br />
held in August, but after organizers consulted<br />
the Farmer’s Almanac and discovered that the<br />
last weekend in July was historically the sunniest<br />
weekend of the summer with the least rain,<br />
the event was moved to that weekend. Since<br />
1959, Waterama has always been the “Last Full<br />
Weekend in July.”<br />
Sporting Tournamentss<br />
• Softball<br />
• Sand Volleyball<br />
• Basketball Shootout<br />
• Golf<br />
• Soccer<br />
Beach Activities<br />
• Sand Sculptures<br />
• Water Ski Show<br />
• Yoga on the Beach<br />
• Swim Races<br />
and d More...<br />
• Fireworks<br />
• Car & Vintage<br />
Snowmobile Show<br />
• 5K/10K/Magic Mile Races<br />
• Corn Hole Tournament<br />
• Kids’ Day Activities<br />
• Crazy Days<br />
• Medallion Hunt<br />
& so much more!<br />
Come celebrate with us!<br />
For a full schedule of events go to<br />
www.WATERAMA.org<br />
&<br />
RICK<br />
HUCKABY<br />
3 Parades<br />
Grande Day Parade<br />
Pontoon Parade<br />
Kiddie Parade<br />
18 | waterama.org
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