Catskill Mountain Region AUGUST 2020 COMPLIMENTARY GUIDE catskillregionguide.com THE CATSKILLS ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS! With a Special Section: Women Chefs of the Catskills August 2020 • GUIDE 1 2 • www.catskillregionguide.com ISSUE IN THIS www.catskillregionguide.com VOLUME 35, NUMBER 8 August 2020 PUBLISHERS Peter Finn, Chairman, Catskill Mountain Foundation Sarah Finn, President, Catskill Mountain Foundation EDITORIAL DIRECTOR, CATSKILL MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION Sarah Taft ADVERTISING SALES Barbara Cobb Steve Friedman CONTRIBUTING WRITERS On the cover: Joan Oldknow, Jeff Senterman, Photo by Francis X. Driscoll, Margaret Donsbach Tomlinson & Robert Tomlinson francisxdriscoll.com ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE Candy McKee 4 FIRST-IN-THE-WORLD LIVE ON STAGE DRIVE-IN OPERA Isabel Cunha, Justin McGowan & Emily Morse GREG DAYTON RELEASES HIS SECOND ALBUM PRINTING 6 Catskill Mountain Printing Services 10 TODAY BUILDS TOMORROW: DISTRIBUTION Carbon Footprint: What Is It and Why Is It Important? 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When the performance begins at 8:30, audience Mand maybe you’ve attended live performances of grand members will hear it through open windows or via their car’s FM opera. But you have never experienced anything like what you’ll radio—or both—as they watch the live action both onstage and have a chance to see and hear on Saturday, August 29, right here simulcast on four 40’ x 20’ Jumbotron screens. in Ulster County: one of the grandest of operas, Puccini’s Tosca, And what will you see and hear? One of the classics of the performed live on stage and simulcast to you on giant Jumbotron opera repertory, Tosca boasts some of the most passionate music screens and with an excellent sound system as you relax in the ever composed. From its famously dramatic opening chords, this safety and comfort of your car. opera has it all: love, lust, politics, deception, sacrifice, and sheer You have never experienced such a thing because no one ever evil. The performance will be staged by Festival Director Maria has. It has simply never been done before. Todaro, noted for her highly creative, fresh thinking in directing But when the Covid-19 pandemic made it necessary to a range of operas, and the orchestra baton will be in the hands of re-assess the annual three-day, multi-event Phoenicia Festival of the exciting French conductor Audrey Saint-Gil. the Voice, the idea of this first-of-a-kind spectacle was born. And A cast of world-class singers leads the roster: soprano Joyce thanks to Ulster County Executive Pat Ryan and his indefatigable El-Khoury in the title role, tenor Dimitri Pittas as her lover, staff, this unique performance will take place in the west campus Mario Cavaradossi, and bass-baritone Kyle Albertson as the vil- of Kingston’s Tech City, will accommodate as many as 600 cars, lainous Baron Scarpia—supported by a cast and chorus of diverse and will scrupulously adhere to all safety measures to protect backgrounds and singular expertise. audience, performers, and staff against the virus. What’s more, this drive-in production, in another first, will add to all that the use of enhanced Augmented Reality. This Opera at the Drive-In technology, typically used in science-fiction films and video How will it work? Ticket-holders can drive into the site as early games, offers a level of immersion that greatly enhances the as 5:00 pm and picnic or tailgate in their appropriately distanced audience’s feeling of “presence.” As designed and executed by 4 • www.catskillregionguide.com the Festival’s highly skilled and creative production and tech team, for example, the famous Act I finale of the opera, a show-stopper at any time, will offer the audience of August 29 a whole new level of “involvement:” Set in a church, as a growing crowd of worshipers intones the “Te Deum” hymn, Scarpia simultane- ously soliloquizes his sinister intention to kill the hero and bring Tosca into his arms. In music, action, and, thanks to enhanced AR, in audience involvement, the sacred and the profane meet thunder- ously and with particular intensity. Not to be missed. Safety First But with up to 600 spectator-filled cars, full cast, chorus and orchestra members, and a staff of 35, how do you ensure health and safety? One helpful plus is that the performance will be outdoors in the fresh air. In fact, although Tech City is in the middle of the city of Kingston, its west campus is surrounded by hills and greenery that make it a downright pastoral setting—much like the one the Festival of the Voice is accustomed to in its hometown of Phoenicia. As for distancing, director Todaro says creativity makes it possible to stage action without individuals being “un- safely close.” And production manager Dan Jobbins has implemented strict proce- dures for performers and crew during the rehearsal period and right up to and including the night of the performance. With personal safety for all assured, what could be better than a great opera on a summer night at the drive-in in Ulster County’s Tech City? More Information The live performance of Tosca will take place on Saturday, August 29 at Tech City, 300 Enterprise Drive, Kingston. The site opens at 5:00 pm, performance time is 8:30 pm. Tickets are sold “by the car,” and range in price from $50 to $350. For more information or to pur- chase tickets, visit phoeniciavoicefest.org. August 2020 • GUIDE 5 “Pure meat and potatoes rock and roll… songs that settle into your head like a comfortable house guest” —Elmore Magazine Greg Dayton Releases his Second Album ailing for the Sun is the second solo album by singer/ Arts Center in Tannersville, shortly after the release of his debut songwriter Greg Dayton, produced and mixed by Adrian solo album, Lonesome Road, in 2016. SHarpham, and mastered by Greg Calbi in New York City. The While Dayton’s music has strong blues influences, his songs new album was released in February on Ropeadope/Modern Icon draw upon a much wider range of styles in the spirit of the Records, a Philadelphia-based label home to many jazz greats great songwriters of classic rock, folk, and soul. The 12 songs on including Nate Smith, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah, Eddie Sailing for the Sun are full of contagious grooves with intricately Palmieri, Shaun Martin and more. It is available for streaming detailed arrangements from hard-hitting and funky to acoustic on Spotify and Apple Music, and physical copies are available on and intimate, all united by Dayton’s honest voice, hook-filled Bandcamp. It has received rave reviews from Elmore Magazine lyricism, soulful guitar layering and a powerful rhythm section and Guitar Connoisseur, and has been featured on radio from D.C led by Adrian Harpham’s creative drumming. Covering a broad to Chicago, the BBC London, and South Africa.