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FRIENDS OF HARMONY HALL - JACOB SLOAT HOUSEpresentat Harmony Hallwww.fohh.orgON THE GREAT LAWNTHREE GREAT BANDSSunday July 28, 20241-6pm15 Liberty Rock RdSloatsburg NYFood & Craft VendorsPartners In Preservation with the Town of RamapoJacob Sloat HouseONE MAN GATHERSUNCLE SHOEHORNDEAD MEAT

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Uncle Shoehorn’s Funky Dance Party 1:00 - 2:30pm9-piece, horned-out, funked-up Dead band“Grooving music to make yer booty shake.”uncleshoehorn.comDead Meat 2:45 – 4:15pmElectrifying, high-energy, and moving harmoniesUnique renditions of timeless Grateful Dead classicsdeadmeatband.comPROGRAMMUSIC LINE UPACTIVITIESOne Man Gathers 4:30 – 6pmIntense deep jams where Ray Longchamp and friends play off each other like brothers with a tight knit knowing energyraylongchamp.comArts & Crafts activities for kids at Corazy Creations Artytime Painting for Kids & Adults50/50 Raffles can be purchased at our Friends of Harmony Hall TentHouse tours($5 donation towards our “Not Just a Front Porch” restoration campaign)2:30 – 2:45 pm (15 min. intermission) Visit with our vendorsWelcome to our 3rd Annual Grateful Dead Tribute Music & Craft Festival!We’re excited to present three great local bands, fabulous food & beverage vendors all on the Great Lawn of Harmony Hall ~ Jacob Sloat House!4:15 -4:30 pm (15 min. intermission) Visit with our vendorsTHANK YOU!Your continuing support will provide for the restoration and preservation ofHarmony Hall - Jacob Sloat House and makes it possible for the Friends ofHarmony Hall to continue to create fantastic art, educational & cultural events.OUR SPONSORSFriends of Harmony Hall–Jacob Sloat House, Town of Ramapo,Valley Rock Inn, Green Leaf Printing, Sloatsburg Chamber of CommerceWe thank all of our wonderful volunteers from the bottom of our hearts for making this event run smoothly!

VENDORS & EXHIBITORSFOOD VENDORSConrad’s ConfectionaryRetro Farm HouseGrateful Daze BoutiqueMoonfeathers JewelryFringe BenefitsRaven DyeworksMajestic Tie DyeJewel BuddiesHats by GuyEl PotterTog DesignsScott Scarpelli Grateful Dead ArtArtytime Painting Party - Kids & AdultsKnotty and Nice, Macrame By MerylIron Rose Interiors & DecorYaya’s Herbal KitchenBeaded Just For YouMyriad MirageDavid Gem JewelryBlue J GroupAuntie El’s Farm & BakeryHold My KnotsMole’ Mole’ MobilDefiant BreweryCrepes Suzette de FranceRockland Cider WorksFOR THE KIDDOSFREE kids crafts with Corrine McConville of Corazy Creations!2 Dogs Hot DogsFink’s BBQ & Cheesesteak RoadhouseFriends of Harmony Hall Wine & Water Tent

FROM EVENT SPONSORSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES TO SCHOOLSCHOLARSHIPS AND BUSINESS OUTREACH, THE SLOATSBURG CHAMBERIS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITYAND IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE...EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM A BETTER SLOATSBURG!THE BUSINESS OF LIVING WELL!HARMONY HALL - JACOB SLOAT HOUSE, 15 LIBERTY ROCK RD, SLOATSBURG, NY 10974SLOATSBURGCHAMBEROFCOMMERCE@GMAIL.COM WWW.SLOATSBURGCHAMBER.ORGTHE SLOATSBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS A NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO PROMOTING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND IMPROVING LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP, EVENTS, AND EDUCATION, ALL TO BENEFIT MEMBERS AND THE WIDER CORRIDOR COMMUNITY IN WHICH THEY LIVE.OUR MEMBERS COME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, FROM LOCAL STOREFRONT OWNERS, PROFESSIONALS (ENGINEERS, DOCTORS, LAWYERS), RESIDENTS, FIRST RESPONDERS(POLICE, FIRE, AMBULANCE), AND THE MANY OTHER GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS (SENIORS, SCOUTS, HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, AMERICAN LEGION) THAT MAKE UPOUR VIBRANT, SEMI-RUSTIC COMMUNITY. ~ JOIN US ~

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, a prince among us passed away on a quiet Saturday.Geoff's efforts and interests have left an indelible impact on the area - from helping to acquire surrounding green space, including Liberty Rock Park, to helping save Torne Valley and establish Harmony Hall and the Highlands Bluegrass Festival as important local cultural features of Sloatsburg.WITH DEEP SORROW, WE BID FAREWELL TO GEOFF WELCHGeoff wore many hats - Curator of Harmony Hall, Ramapo River Keeper, organizer and force behind the annual Ramapo River Watershed Conference, educator and historian, photographer, musician, artist, storyteller, curator of talented friends and like souls, whereupon he made each feel like he or she was Geoff's best, most trusted confidant.Geoff was surrounded by his friends during his last days - Janet, Sue and Kathy, Chuck and Ed - all worked to help his brother Michael ensure that Geoff found comfort and respite from pain and suffering. He was loved. With his passing goes a vast treasure of remembered local lore and history.Heartfelt words byDavid PereyraLongtime Sloatsburg resident Geoff Welch was a kind and gentle soul with an outsized personality who had amazing reserves of energy and creativity. He loved the Village of Sloatsburg, his singular life at Harmony Hall, and found meaning and joy in his work and advocacy over many years.Geoff was widely known and appreciated for his good cheer and company, his generosity and kind heart and how he crafted his life into art - a life well lived. He had a wide, interconnected circle of friends in the area who all seem to be the best at what they do.Geoff loved life in Sloatsburg, the access to the surrounding parks, the village traditions and parades. Some might say he was one of the inspirations to make the village more walkable -- so that he could safely cross Route 17 and shop for food and other goodies at Valley Rock Market. Geoff enjoyed his sort of countrified version of city life, like back in the days of stopping in at the corner bodega and enjoying street life in New York City, where Geoff came of age.Geoff on Liberty Rock overlooking the Village of Sloatsburg.

He loved to celebrate the solstices with gatherings. Geoff loved a lot, he had a big heart. He enjoyed cultural outings to a conference or reading in support of a comrade. He liked to photograph flowers and the ever-changing Sloatsburg skyline, Star the Cat and birds soaring the thermals above Liberty Rock. He liked to hike in the Ramapo Mountains and visit his favorite spots among the area's woods and streams. He especially loved to visit friends, who were frequently out there them-selves, engaged in a life off the beaten track.Geoff could often be found relaxed under the near trees of the Great Lawn, New York Times in hand, taking in the morning or evening sun, ready to welcome a visitor who stopped over.WITH DEEP SORROW, WE BID FAREWELL TO GEOFF WELCH.CONTINUED...Many are and were fortunate to call Geoff a friend. His life was an inspiration and a celebration. There was a moment once, when a friend asked him, Geoff, how do you stay so positive, so happy? Well, he said, you do the best you can and sort of shrugged, hands upturned at the tangle of life around him, the river and mountains and view of the village, the immensity of the gift of his life in the Ramapo Mountains.Geoff Welch is gone but he will live on in the hearts and minds of those whose lives he touched, in the pictures he took and the historical items he collected, in the community he shaped and inspired and in the surrounding mountains and flowing river he loved.Geoff loved to play his amazing, professional keyboard setup in the airy salon of Harmony Hall, where seasonally his nature slides and historical images would flicker across the large screen to awe and entertain guests.Geoff loved to collect historical tidbits and clues to the paintings and works of Jasper Francis Cropsey, especially how they related to Geoff's beloved Sloatsburg, the Ramapo River and Torne Mountain.GEOFF WELCH TO US WILL ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS THERAMAPO RIVERKEEPER.Geoff receives History & Heritage Award fromSenator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick

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Marianne Carroll, Friends of Harmony Hall board member and financial secretary, who attended the event said, “I was delighted to see so many designers and artisans that I know and love. It was a great event for all!"LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER STEERSPROCEEDS TO HARMONY HALLThe Friends of Harmony Hall are incredibly grateful to Michael Bruno for his support of Harmony Hall and to the Ticking Tent for agreeing to his idea. Christina Juarez and Benjamin Reynart presented Harmony Hall with a check for $2500 for our “Not Just a Front Porch” Campaign.The Ticking Tent, founded by Christina Juarez and Benjamin Reynart, held its inaugural one-day shopping extravaganza at Valley Rock Inn & Mountain Club, in Sloatsburg, New York, on Saturday, March 16. It featured handcrafted items and worldly treasures from over 30 talented artisans, makers, antique dealers,and sponsors nationwide.This shop-til-you-drop curated event attracted 900 visitors to Sloatsburg. When the initial 800 tickets sold out in a flash, Michael Bruno, owner and developer of Valley Rock Inn, suggested to Christina that she provide an additional 100 tickets exclusively to VR Inncustomers, with 100% of the proceeds from those sales donated to Harmony Hall-Jacob Sloat House's restoration campaign.Michael Bruno, Owner ofValley Rock InnTHANK YOU MICHAEL BRUNO.-THE FRIENDS OF HARMONY HALL-JACOB SLOAT HOUSE

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HARMONY HALL ~ JACOB SLOAT HOUSE, ca. 1865THANK YOU “NOT JUST A FRONT PORCH” SUPPORTERAs archival photographs of the house will attest, the front porch was designed to be an expansive outdoor living area of the house and its single most dramatic exterior architectural feature!The cost of this extensive restoration is $200,000 and will necessitate recreation of the north porch, windows and pier antae which were totally removed from the building in the 20th century when a non-historic bump-out room was created.The Friends have raised $145,000 for this crucial restoration. Once completed, the safety and exceptional beauty of a fully functioning front porch will result in access from floor to ceiling parlor and dining room windows! The large porch will permit The Friends to increase our options to produce more unique programs, be a welcome place of respite forour neighbors, village residents, and inspire all who “sit a spell” to contemplate 176 years of history, architectural design, and the majestic views of the Ramapo Mountains!“Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe and playing my Hohner harmonica” —Abraham Lincoln. You may no longer be able to smoke on Harmony Hall’s front porch, but you can appreciate Lincoln’s sentiment and value the serenity of the 1800s.Please help bring back the beauty of this local treasure listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places. Donations can be made at www.fohh.org.After the successful and impressive fall 2022 restoration of the Harmony Hall main staircase, archway, andstaircase window, The Friends of Harmony Hall now turn once again to the important task of fundraising for the most critical and necessary exterior restoration project -The Front Porch, or as Jacob would have called it, the Veranda.Front Porch Campaign 2024 by Sloat descendant, Peter Bush

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