Sinterklaas Parade & Festival December 6 10 AM - 10 PM Town Of Rhinebeck

GRAND OPENING !
Saturday, November 29 4:15 PM 
Sinterklaas Arrives at the Rhinecliff Dock !
All are invited to join the Procession !

An ALL DAY EVENT
Saturday, December 6, 2008 ***10 A.M. -11 P.M.

Schedule of Events

Saturday November 29, 2008 4:30 pm
Arrival of St. Nicholas by Boat 
The Rhinecliff Procession from the Rhinecliff Dock 
to the Center of Rhinecliff ending at The Rhinecliff Hotel
Cocktail Reception at Rhinecliff Hotel starts at 4 p.m.
ALL ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE PROCESSION 
and come to the Reception in The Rhineclif which will feature
a performance of a classic St. Goerge and the Dragon Play 
accompanied by singing, exceptional music and more !
Cash Bar.

December 1, 2, 3, 2008 7 pm Each Night 
St. Nicholas Rides through Town
accompanied by the Grumpuses and
St. George and His Dragon

The Day of the Festival !
DECEMBER 6, 2008 ****10 am to 10 pm

Things that happen All Day Around Town

9-5 Annual Craft Fair at the Astor Home

GIANT COOKIE TREE AND ILLUMINATED BOOK 
Cookie Tree at the Beekman Arms by Jessica Bard 

The Illuminated Book by Nadine Robbins, Molly Ahern, Grace Gunning, Jim Gurney, and Richard Prouse

ALL AROUND THE TOWN
Fire Jugglers, Grumpus Dance, Abbots Bromley Horn Dance by the Pokingbrook Morris Team, Bond St.Theater Coalition Stilt Band, The Bard Shape Note Singers, Ukrainian Singers, The Black Sea Hotel and The Zagnut Circus Orkestar

THE BAKER’S DOZEN
Holiday Treats from Rhinebeck’s Best Bakers and Goodie Makers in the Savings Bank Plaza Lot
Sinterklaas Chocolates and Speculaas at Samuel’s
Hot chocolate and STAR Cookies at the Starr Bar
all day and MUSIC

HOT MEALS ! from 12 noon to 6 pm
Lunch and Dinner offered at 
The Reformed Church and Church of the Messiah

The Day's EVENTS
During the Day

10:00 a.m. - 1 p.m. 
Northern Dutchess Mother’s Club presents Santa
at the Town Hall.

11 a.m. BEAR BEAUTY CONTEST
Dress your bear up in anything you wish and bring it to Samuels to meet other bears and maybe to win a prize. All children and adults are invited to submit entries! Many categories! $25 Grand Prize and a special guest appearance on stage for the winning bear at the Starlight Pageant. 

11:30 am Beekman Arms
Opening: Words Before We Speak
by Donna Coane, Native American name Coyote Fever
and a Story of the BEAR 
(the honored animal of this year's event !)
followed immediately by
STORY TELLING 
by famed storyteller Jonathan Kruk 
at the Historic Beekman Arms. 
Hear the legend of St. Nicholas and Dutch New York. 
A special performance of St. George and the Dragon

12 - 5 pm Crowns and Branches Workshop
at the Reformed Church
All Children need to make a
Crown and decorate a Branch 
to wear and carry in the Parade.
Visit the WISH LADY before you leave ! 
Parents should purchase their STAR to participate
in the evening’s Pageant
(all proceeds go to the WHALEWATCH) 
Be sure to grab a flag (while they last !) for the Parade and adults place a promise in the Peace Dove !

1:30 - 2:30 pm Festival of Light A Holiday Spectacular 
presented by the Vanaver Carvan and the
Arm of the Sea Theater
featuring Giant Puppets, a Holiday story of a Young Girl’s Journey throughout the World searching for the Light. Music and Dances from Holland, Sweden (Santa Lucia with REAL cnadle crowns !), Israel, Mexico, Ireland and more !

1:30-4:30 pm in TOWN HALL: for Adults and Children
1:30 pm Magic Show by Andy Weintraub
2 pm Serpentessa Dancing with LIVE SNAKES !
3 pm Tara Sommervile Sugar Plum Fairy with Krista Nichols 
3:30 pm St. George and the Dragon
4pm Solas en Lae: A Little Nutcracker
4:15 pm Wooden Shoes Dance by theGirl Scouts

4:30 pm Arrival of Santa & Lighting of the Town Tree !
Rhinebeck Saving Bank Plaza

4:30 - 6 HOT MEALS AT THE CHURCH of the Messian and the Reformed Church

During the Evening
starting at 5:30 pm

In the Evening

5:30 pm

CHILDREN’s STARLIGHT PARADE & PAGEANT
Bring your Crowns & Branches, STARS & Flags !

Parade begins on West Market St.
5:30 Be in Place for the Start of the Parade !!
(in front of the Dapson/Chesney Funeral Home)
Parade will proceed East on Market St. and 
continue to the Municipal Parking Lot

5:45 Havdalah Circle

conducted by Shai Romer, Rabbi Yael Romer's daughter with Priscilla and David Gideon and Leo Cohen and members of the Temple Emmanuel Congregation at the start of the Parade 

6 pm Children’s Starlight Parade

An Historic Recreation of an Old Sinterklaas Parade with 
St. Nick on horseback, Giant Figures, Music, Stiltwalkers, Dancers and All the Children and Townsfolk. 
Bring your STAR Lanterns and flags!
Join in as the Parade passes by !

6:30 pm Starlight Grand Finale Pageant 
ON STAGE 
immediately following the Parade
in the Municipal Parking Lot 
Featuring the Dancing Bears, Fire Juggling, the Abbots Bronley Deer Dance, Woodstock Renaissane Singers, Father Charlie Coen, the Wildman, the 4 Seasons, the onthe L:am Street Band, The Magic Minstrels, 
Creatures fromthe Wood and More !!

8 pm Living Nativity 
at the Dutch Reformed Church on Rte 9 across from the Beekman Arms
followed by Hot Chocolate and Cookies

8:00 p.m. HOEDOWN in Town Hall 
for families 

9:00 pm Dance for Adults
at The Rhinecliff
featuring the
On the Lam Band LIVE from NYC
Cash Bar

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