Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry

The Dady Brothers – Songs of the Erie Canal

10/21/2011 7:00 p.m. ~ Please join us, Friday evening, October 21st 2011 at 7:00 p.m. at the Seneca Museum of Waterways & Industry, 89 Fall Street in historic downtown Seneca Falls. John and Joe Dady are The Dady Brothers, and as audiences in the U.S., Canada, and Ireland know, the name is synonymous with fine musical talent and fun! This versatile duo plays fiddle, mandolin, guitar, banjo, bodhran, harmonica and even penny whistle. They perform Country, Bluegrass, Folk and Irish music. Their on-stage wit and wide musical repertoire make every performance too short!

This program is free and open to the public. The museum is handicap accessible. This organization is supported in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, which is administered locally by the Phelps Art Center. For more information, call us at (315)568-1510.

Come and enjoy the all-day festivities of “It’s A Wonderful Life” with Bob Piorun and Friends Musical Program in the afternoon at the Seneca Museum. Bob Piorun has performed and taught music in Central New York for over 40 years. He has taught over 7,000 people to play guitar, bass and flute as well as improvisation as applied to all styles of music. He will be performing Christmas Music for our “It’s A Wonderful Life” Celebration.

All day events in Historic Downtown Seneca Falls include: Karolyn Grimes (ZuZu from the movie) signing autographs, Bedford Falls Radio Show presented by Seneca Players, Ma Bailey’s Cook-off in many businesses, Bedford Falls Gingerbread Contest, SFHS Home Tour, Actors from IAWL on the street. A fun filled day for all the family.

Seneca Museum of Waterways & Industry has been chosen to be an Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor Passport to Your National Park site/program. We were one of only sixteen cultural heritage sites chosen to participate in the program. As a participant in this program, we will be offering visitors free cancellation stamps. Bring your National Park Passport Book to the museum to record your experience and receive your “free” cancellation stamp. New Passport Books will be available for purchase by the end of June.

Millions of people participate each year in visiting hundreds of national parks and NPS affiliated areas nationwide and recording their experiences with the free cancellation stamps. Passport to Your National Parks © is coordinated by Eastern National, a National Park Service partner, in cooperation with the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. "Collecting passport stamps will encourage people to visit multiple sites, each one telling a different part of the canal story. By linking sites along the Erie Canalway, the passport program offers visitors a more complete experience and memories to last a lifetime," explained Lori Solomon-Duell, Director of Heritage Tourism.

The Seneca Museum of Waterways and Industry is looking for volunteers. We have so many interesting things to do in the museum and we can always use help. If you enjoy talking to people from all over and would be interested in giving tours to visitors June through August, come in and talk to us. We would love to have you volunteer. Volunteers will be trained by the director, as well as given material to study and use. As always, volunteers are more than welcome to come spend a few hours with us as we continue to present worthy programs to the community. Every age group is invited to partake in our many events which will teach all a bit of knowledge that possibly was not known before your visit. Enjoy! For more information, call Seneca Museum at 315-568-1510.