Chamber News

The Potsdam Elks Lodge is proud to sponsor the 7th Annual Tour de Potsdam this year. The race is a long tradition of SummerFest and takes both runners and walkers through a beautiful section of downtown Potsdam. Walkers begin the 5k at 6:00 and Runners at 6:30. Prizes are awarded for both gender and age. Pre-registration is $10, and registration the day of the event is $15, with the first 100 participants receiving a t-shirt. The race starts at 9 Beal St. (near Potsdam Laundry). If there are questions, please email tmwelpe@northnet.org or visit http://www.elks.org/lodges/LodgePages.cfm?LodgeNumber=2074&ID=6278 to download a form.

Please join us for the 1st Annual Chamber Tech Tent during Saturday of SummerFest from 9-5 in Ives Park. For a small registration fee of $75, a table, Wi-fi, power and access to over 1,000 potential customers can be yours! We are looking for firms that believe in the power of technology: through energy, agriculture, science, computers or creative business solutions. Call the Chamber at 274-9000 to register or learn more!

The Potsdam Chamber of Commerce would like to welcome members and guests to celebrate the opening of the Sandstone Grill located in SeaComm Plaza on Wednesday June 18 from 5:30-7:30. The event will feature appetizers and good Company from friends and neighbors. Sandstone Grill, recently opened by Tom DeRosa, is currently open for breakfast and lunch with a wide selection of menu items. To attend the ribbon cutting and afterhours, please RSVP to Brenda Thornton, Executive Director of the Potsdam Chamber of Commerce at (315) 274-9000 by June 13.

The Chamber is pleased to announce dates for its 41st Annual SummerFest, July 10-13. One can find Musical acts ranging from local high school bands playing in the mornings to local favorites Jacked, Illusion, Sabbatical, Stringfolks, Piquant, the Norwood Brass Firemen, and coming home for SummerFest are Edison and the Joe Zelek Band. Both the Northern Music & Video Main Stage and Ives Park Gazebo will feature music from all genres. There will be sidewalk sales, alfresco dining, street vendors, a 5k walk/run on Thursday at the Elks Lodge, Outer Market Mania on Friday and the Trinity Church White Elephant Sale on Saturday. Also on Saturday in Ives Park, there will be a craft show, antique car show, registration for airplane rides, the famous Rotarian Rubber Ducky Race and much more. In the evening, there will be the Firemen’s Review prior to their infamous “Run to the River” at 7pm. To close the weekend out is family day in Ives Park with a sing-along, picnic and a non-denominational church service. We hope to see you in Potsdam in July!

Community Performance Series is celebrating their 20th season this year beginning in July with Rebecca Kelly Ballet, Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady, and Robin Hood with Missoula Children’s Theatre. The Community Performance Series has played an active role in bringing the arts to the Potsdam community since its inception in 1989. In residence at SUNY Potsdam, CPS has become a beloved organization to a plethora of students at the Crane School and residents of surrounding communities. Tickets for the summer season go on sale June 23, and tickets for the season go on sale August 19th. Please visit our Web site, www.cpspotsdam.org, for further information and news on special events for the 20th season! If you have any questions or suggestions, please call the CPS Box Office at 316-267-2277, or you can e-mail at cps@potsdam.edu.

*Rebecca Kelly Ballet Day Camp* *July 14-18, 2008* Registrations are currently being accepted for all ages. Registration forms and more information found at 315-267-2926 and online at www.cpspotsdam.org *July 18, 2008 7 p.m.* CPS presents Rebecca Kelly Ballet camp performance in Dunn Dance Theatre, SUNY Potsdam. Tickets $5, $7, and $10. More information available at 315-267-2277 www.cpspotsdam.org. *July 29-August 2, 2008 7:30 p.m. & Sat. matinee at 2 p.m. *CPS presents the musical /My Fair Lady/ with special guest director, Vic DiMonda of NYC in Snell Theater, SUNY Potsdam. Tickets $5 - $20. More information available at 315-267-2277 www.cpspotsdam.org . With book, music, and lyrics by Lerner and Loewe, MY FAIR LADY is triumphant. The songs /Wouldn't It Be Loverly?, The Rain in Spain, I Could Have Danced All Night, On the Street Where You Live, /and /I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face/ it's no wonder everyone-not just Henry Higgins-falls in love with Eliza Doolittle. *August 16, 2008 3 & 7 p.m.* CPS presents /Robin Hood/ by Missoula Children’s Theatre in Snell Theater, SUNY Potsdam. Tickets $5, $7, and $10. More information available at 315-267-2277 www.cpspotsdam.org. .