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WEST SAYVILLE — The Sayville
Wrestling Booster Club created a
custom board game "SayvUleopoly "
which plays like the original board
game Monopoly, but features local
businesses as properties.
The game is a fundraiser for the
Sayville Wrestling Team, which participates in several elite level competitions that require overnight stays.
This year's team is primed for another outstanding season , which begins
with its annual Gray Fitzgerald Tournament, slated to be held on Friday,
Dec. 7 and Saturday, Dec. 8 at
Sayville High School.
More than 40 Sayville area businesses participated in the colorfully
customized board game, Games are
available for purchase at the unveiling party scheduled for Friday, Nov.
30, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Long
Island Maritime Museum on West
Avenue.
Games cost $25 each and will also
be available at participaiting Sayville
Merchants beginning Friday, Dec. 1.
Supplies are limited.
Holiday music
OAKDALE — Holiday musical
performances are scheduled for historic Rudolph Campus on Idle Hour
Boulevard in conjunction with Dowling College's annual theme of Globalism: One World.
Pianist Joel Rosenwaser is scheduled to perform Haydn, Mozart and
others in the Fortunoff Hall Ballroom
on Saturday, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. The
Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Rich
Cruz, is slated to perform featured
works "A String of Pearls" and
"Nutville" by Buddy Rich in the ballroom on Monday. Dec. 3 at 8 p.m.
The World Music Ensemble, directed by David Racanelli , is expected to
play featured works "Three Little
Birds " by Bob Marley and "Spirit
Voices" by Paul Simon in the performing arts center on Tuesday, Dec.
4 at 8 p.m.
Light show
BAYPORT — Islip Town Supervisor Phil Nolan partnered with the
Girl Scouts of Suffolk County to offer
a 3-D Holiday Light Show at Camp
Edey on Lakeview Avenue. The event
is slated to begin on Friday, Nov. 30
and runs through Sunday, Dec. 23.
The show is open from dusk
through 9 p.m., Sunday through
Thursday, and until 10 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday, at a cost of $12 per car.
A Holiday Village is open on weekends featuring photo booths, vendors
and a holiday gift shop. For a discounted coup or more information ,
visit www.holidaylight-show,org. ¦
A hometown holiday celebration
Parade and tree lighting brightens the season
By RYAN McGARRY
SAYVILLE — Maintaining the
hometown community flavor this
hamlet is known for, the Greater
Sayville Chamber of Commerce successfully merged tradition as the
annual holiday parade coincided with
the inaugural Miracle on Main Street
festival.
Spectators lined Sayville's Main
Street on Saturday morning in anticipation of the 9 a.m. holiday parade ,
which featured marching bands ,
floats , and a candy-tossing Santa
Claus.
As the parade concluded, the
crowds scattered , some retreated to
the warmth of their homes while
many others enjoyed Sayville's offerings of window shopping and restaurants as a means to spend the day in
anticipation for the first-ever Miracle
on Main Street event.
With curbside puddles rapidly turning to ice, festivalgoers found warmth
in numbers, as thousands gathered
for the 5 p.m. Tree Lighting, stretching
from the intersection of Main Street
and Middle Road back an entire block
to Railroad Avenue.
While many waited on lines to see
Santa Claus, live reindeer, or to ride
the old-fashioned miniature carousel ,
others found pleasure in the warmth
of a fire and the glow of a movie
screen. Throughout the festival , holiday classics, such as Rudolph the Red
Nosed Reindeer and Dr. Seuss' How
the Grinch Stole Christmas, were
shown on portable screens.
"I'm very excited, " said a shy Sydney
Freeman , 6, of Sayville who was waiting on line to meet Santa Claus for the
first time.
Similar to the Beanie Baby craze of
a few years ago , Freeman, like many
others , is hoping for the Yellow Lab
and Seal Webkinz, plush pets that
allow children to interact with their
"personalities" through the Internet.
Tabitha DeGrange , 5, however, opted to match her classic winter attire
by asking Santa Claus for a more traditional gift: a dollhouse. Though the
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man in red was quickly
forgotten by DeGrange for
the festival's other attractions , like the carousel
and duck toss, seeing
their daughter with Santa
Claus was a highlight for
her parents , Rob and
Nadine.
Perfectly placed behind
Above: Sayville's Tabitha DeGrange with Santa
Santa 's sleigh , F. StadtClaus at the inaugural Miracle on Main Street.
muller Jewelers brought
Below: The Saint John's Lutheran Handbell Choir
reindeer to Sayville, while
spread holiday music and spirit throughout Sayville's
the St. John 's Lutheran
first Miracle on Main Street.
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Church Handbell Choir
gave holiday music from
across the street.
teered to assist Rob Van Wyen and
"It's a great affair, " said Joanne
Mike
Wilkan ,
of
DiscoverSayAlcabes of Sayville , who was waiting
ville.com, who were on hand to snap
for her family to admire the animals.
pictures of Santa and his guests.
"I mean look around , it really is the
Greater Sayville Chamber of
friendliest town."
Commerce President Bill Hoover
With Main Street crowded , many
expects next year's festival to be
took advantage of the extended hours
expanded to include even more activand heat of Sayville's shops and
ities and attractions with a larger
restaurants. While members of the
turnout.
Greater Sayville Chamber of Com"We definitely plan on making it a
merce spread the holiday spirit by
regular tradition in Sayville," said
hosting the event, community memHoover, after witnessing the success
bers did their part the best way they
of the first Miracle on Main Street. "I
could.
want people to mark on their calenThe Surbers , of West Sayville, for
dars that on the Saturday after
example, bought extra cups of hot
Thanksgiving, there will be both the
chocolate to distribute as they
parade and the Annual Miracle on
trekked their way through town,
Main Street event." ¦
while their daughter, Amanda, volun-
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lights on a single extension cord, to
prevent overheating.
Turn Christmas lights off during the
day or when you are away or when
you are asleep. Timers are a simple
way to do this and also are a safety
measure since lights can cause fires if
not used properly. For safety 's sake:
Always unplug your lights before
going to bed or leaving home.
Protect little fingers: Make sure
there's a bulb in each socket. If a bulb
is burned out, leave it in until you
have a replacement.
To prevent electrical shock, never
use electric decorations on artificial
trees with metallic needles , leaves, or
branches. Instead, place colored spotlights above or beside the tree , never
attached to it. Make sure artificial
trees are flame retardant.
Take the lights down after the holidays. No need to light up the night
until spring.
Use timers to limit holiday light displays to no more than six evening
hours per day to curb energy use and
costs, and to avoid having to remember to turn them on and off every day.
Leaving lights on 24-hours a day will
quadruple your energy costs and create four times the pollution.
Think about pet safety too. Keep
lights and extension cords away from
pets.
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