New Gallery Show – Octagon Gallery – Patterson Library – Alberto Rey

The new gallery show that opened on March 2, 2012 with an opening reception that was well attended was a great start to the show featuring Aberto Rey’s paintings of Selected Streams of Northern Chautauqua County New York. Featuring a several 32×48 oils on plaster of stream scene from a number of tributaries feeding Lake Erie.

If you would like to find out more about the artist go to his website at:

www.albertorey.com

or his faculty page at Fredonia State

http://www.fredonia.edu/department/art/faculty/Rey.asp

Make sure you stop by and spend sometime with these great paintings.

Also The Patterson Library has started their Capital Fund Raising for improvements to the building go to their facebook page or to the Patterson Library website, Help out if you can the library is a great resource in the community help keep it strong.

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17th annual choir festival in Westfield N.Y.

On the 28th of January Westfield High school was the site of the 17th annual Westfield Choir Festival. Featuring choirs and musical groups from Chautauqua Lake Central School, Maple Grove High School, Sherman Central School, Silver Creek High School, Southwestern High School and finally of course Westfield High School. You missed a great concert performed by some very talented kids and their music/choir teachers. We are lucky to have such a great musical program in the area when so many cut back in programs are happening everywhere, let support the kids and the program.

Since this website is devoted to Westfield are video will show the Westfield choirs showing their stuff. enjoy.

Pass the link onto family and friends outside the area so that they can see the kids performing. More video to come in the near future.

Westfield Wolverines and the Chaut. Lake Thunderbird Boys Basketball

The Westfield N.Y. wolverines boys basketball team. Both the JV and the Varsity team met the Chautauqua Lake Thunderbirds for a basketball game at the Westfield High school gym on Jan 27th 2012. Both the JV’s and the Varsity team won their games.

JV 51-40

Varsity 74-44

Sportsman show Westfield N.Y. Jan 21 – Jan 22

The Sportsman show which is being held Jan 21 and Jan 22, 2012 at the Fireman’s exempt hall at 75 Bourne St in Westfield New York. from 9am to 3pm.
The Sportsman Show is a fancy name for a gun show but if your into guns this is a opportunity for you to see a room full of them, along with army surplus items, knives, fishing supplies and other items of interest to the sportsman. There is an entry fee of $5.00 per adult.

There was a large turnout at the show. People checking out current firearms and firearms from the past.

There was also a local company from Forestville selling their sauce, salsa’s, bloody mary mix, and seasoning blends. Burning Asphalt Sauces out of Forestville can be check out on their website at www.burningasphalt.com If you like it mild or off the chart they have the temperature for you.

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Little things that help make Westfield N.Y. amazing.

McClurg Museum Facebook
Keep up on information and announcements from the McClurg Museum in Westfield N.Y.
Johnson Estate Winery Facebook
Johnson Estate winery has been busy (and freezing their _ _ _ feet off) picking grapes for ice wine. Follow the link to see pictures.
Patterson Library-
Keep up to date with whats going on at the Library.

Still a few spaces open for Drawing Basics with instructor Alberta Parker, next 4 Thursdays 6-8pm. Free, call 326-2154 to sign up! All skill levels welcome.

Westfield N.Y. High School chorus – Holiday winter concert

A couple of videos featuring the talented young adults of the Westfield High School chorus during the Holiday concert Dec 21, 2011

Enjoy, and pass along the link to family and friends of the chorus membership.

Part 1

Part 2

Current exhibit at the Octagon Gallery – Patterson Library – Westfield N.Y.

I spent a little time at the current exhibit at the Octagon gallery at the Patterson Library in Westfield N.Y.  The current show exhibits a nice selection or old photographs showing some of the parades and events held in Westfield from years gone by. I always enjoy see how much things have changed and I also enjoy seeing how little things have changed. I know it kind of a conflict to enjoy both the changes and how little things have changed but that’s part of what I love about living in a small town. You can count of things to be the same but there is still some moving forward as there always will be.

You should schedule a trip to the gallery to view this interesting show of celebration from Westfield N.Y’s. past.

Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Handbells – Westfield N.Y. School winter concert

HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you all. It takes the whole community and those that have called Westfield N.Y. home at one time or another to make it the amazing place that it is.

You should congratulate yourselves for a job well done.

Here is something for your holiday enjoyment. The Westfield Academy and Central Schools handbell ensemble. They perform 5 arrangements during the school concert from Dec 21, 2011.

Part 1

Part 2

Westwinds – Winter Concert – Westfield N.Y.

A short video of the great performance by the Westfield Academy and Central Schools westwinds during the winter concert on Dec 21, 2011. You are going to enjoy the 3 songs that they performed during this concert.

There will be some more video from this concert very shortly please check back soon.

Enjoy. Pass along link to family and friends of the choir membership.

Westfield N.Y. School Concert – Photos – Audio

On Wednesday Dec 14th Westfield Academy and Central School hosted the family and friends of some very talented kids. It’s holiday concert season at the school. Wednesdays concert included the 4th and 5th grade chorus, Zephyr, Jazz Ensemble, 6th grade band, The Westfield Firecrackers, and the 7th and 8th grade band.

Enjoy the audio files showcasing the kids. This is a live recording so you hear some background noise (coughing, camera clicks, people talking)sorry.
Running time 37min 30sec

Westfield N.Y. winter concert at school

First you will hear:

4th and 5th grade chorus with two songs

Zephyr with one song

Jazz Ensemble with two songs

6th grade band with 3 songs

The Westfield Firecrackers with two and

then the 7th and 8th grade band with  3 songs