Huntington Awareness Day Parade & Fair on Saturday
The Huntington Awareness Day parade and fair is scheduled for this Saturday, September 22 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Huntington Station area along New York Avenue.
The event aims to bring "unity to the community." There will be food, games, music, assorted special attractions, sidewalk sales and plenty of fun. The fair is being sponsored by the Town of Huntington in conjunction with the Huntington Awareness Community Partnership. The festival is co-chaired by Supervisor Frank Petrone, Dolores Thompson and Al White.
The parade will kick-off at 10:45 a.m. from the rear parking lot of the Station Shopping Center near West Hills on E. 15th Street and New York Avenue. It will head north on New York Avenue to the commuter parking lot located between Railroad Street and Church Street. The area will serve as the fairgrounds during the celebration.
The Huntington Community Awareness Partnership committee is comprised of a wide variety of local residents and community leaders. The parade and fair is designed to highlight the many different groups, individuals and organizations at work and play in the Huntington Station area and to demonstrate their unity, diversity and solidarity.
The 116-member strong Blue Devil marching band will perform in the parade. Other bands are also expected. Art and music will also play a big role in the daylong event. There will be live rock-and-roll and "chalk flood" and a kinetic sculpture competition along with a featured street artist gallery.
The chalk flood is designed to be "a community-wide expression of creativity" during the fair. Organizers expect "a flood of chalk street drawings" in the northwest LIRR commuter parking lot on New York Ave. (from Railroad Ave. to Church St.) Materials will be provided to participants.
Contact Kimberly Jerideau (631-896-9748) or Dolores Thompson (631-425-2640) for more information about the festival and/or parade.