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Rochester's Heritage Day
I would like to share some of an "insider's" thoughts and feelings regarding the beautiful event held in Accord on October 7, 2006. Feelings of sheer joy and accomplishment.
For those of us who have been involved for months in the preparation of the Heritage Day, the success of this event had a special value: it proved that people in our town can work together. It also showed us, organizers and participants alike, what we can do when we all act as residents, not presidents, chairs or supervisors...
As our "Tuesdays at the Museum" working meetings became a natural, we realized how important continuity, coordination, discipline and open discussions are. They were keys to the success of this special event. Heritage Day was like a puzzle where in the end all the pieces fit in, no matter their size or color.
I strongly believe people are eager to participate in such rewarding events. It was educational (discovering so many things about "Accord Now and Then"), emotional (watching the couple dancing in the middle of Main Street, while music was played on the Museum's porch), fun (waiting on the bridge for the first Regatta boat to negotiate the bend), and great for the children who lined up to dip candles or to have faces and pumpkins painted.
People asked about the available sizes of the T-shirt listing all the hamlets in our town, where to find a map or food, who won the Regatta, what are the names of the musicians playing all day long. Nobody asked if this or that person is a Democrat, Conservative, Republican or a member of this or that board or committee...
We've been all equally "Friends of Historic Rochester" and it was just wonderful! Thank you, friends, for the opportunity, for the open hearts and open minds...
Manuela Mihailescu — Kerhonkson
manuela@oldbrickhouse.com
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