Keith Baker asked the crowd at the Farmington Town Park how many of them remembered seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, and almost all the hands went up.
He then asked how many remembered seeing Elvis on the Ed Sullivan show— only from the waist up — and more than half the hands went up again.
Baker was playing with the other two-thirds of his acoustic trio, John Paulsen and John Garvey, at the town’s annual Independence Day Celebration.
And while there were also jokes about the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office sharing the policing duties with the Office for the Aging, the celebration really had something for everybody.
Teens and their parents played tetherball and basketball while younger siblings tried the raised sandbox, the two-handled sand scooper and the more traditional swings and climbing apparatus.
The biggest draw — before the fireworks — was the Farmington Volunteer Fire Association’s newest truck, which was open for climbing and exploring with plastic firefighter hats distributed as souvenirs.
Victor High’s Cheer Boosters and Cub Scout Pack 50 from St. John’s Lutheran Church were selling refreshments, and the Farmington Town Gateway Project and the Town Highway Department were among those with informational displays.
The fireworks display by Young Explosives of Rochester began shortly after dusk, around 9 p.m. Mark Cain, the town’s recreation director, organized the celebration with help from the new seven-member Recreation Advisory Board.
Keith Baker asked the crowd at the Farmington Town Park how many of them remembered seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan show, and almost all the hands went up.
He then asked how many remembered seeing Elvis on the Ed Sullivan show— only from the waist up — and more than half the hands went up again.
Baker was playing with the other two-thirds of his acoustic trio, John Paulsen and John Garvey, at the town’s annual Independence Day Celebration.
And while there were also jokes about the Ontario County Sheriff’s Office sharing the policing duties with the Office for the Aging, the celebration really had something for everybody.
Teens and their parents played tetherball and basketball while younger siblings tried the raised sandbox, the two-handled sand scooper and the more traditional swings and climbing apparatus.
The biggest draw — before the fireworks — was the Farmington Volunteer Fire Association’s newest truck, which was open for climbing and exploring with plastic firefighter hats distributed as souvenirs.
Victor High’s Cheer Boosters and Cub Scout Pack 50 from St. John’s Lutheran Church were selling refreshments, and the Farmington Town Gateway Project and the Town Highway Department were among those with informational displays.
The fireworks display by Young Explosives of Rochester began shortly after dusk, around 9 p.m. Mark Cain, the town’s recreation director, organized the celebration with help from the new seven-member Recreation Advisory Board.
