Tannery Pond Center presents our 2025 Community Day: 3rd Annual Outdoor Show
Saturday, September 20 | 11 AM - 5 PM | FREE
Gather with hunters, fishermen, trappers and people of the Adirondacks. Explore vendor booths including taxidermy, fly fishing, rafting, outdoor guides, gun safety, and kids' activities. Bring your whole camp, your family, your friends and celebrate the culture and camaraderie with live music, craft beer, food trucks, and a chili cook off! We also will have a raffle where you can win great prizes.
Event Information
Event Flyer: Check out our event flyer HERE - feel free to post this at your business or share with others! Check out the chowder fest - cookoff flyer HERE.
Vendor Packet: Click HERE to see our Vendor Packet or if you would like to receive a vendor packet , please email: director@tannerypondcenter.org. To complete the vendor application online, please click HERE. Please complete the vendor form but your participation will be subject to availability. Checks should be made out to Tannery Pond Center. Confirmation will be sent.
BUY-SELL-TRADE Packet: Click HERE to see our Packet or if you would like to receive a packet , please email: director@tannerypondcenter.org. To complete the application online, please click HERE. Please complete the BUY-SELL-TRADE form but your participation will be subject to availability. Checks should be made out to Tannery Pond Center. Confirmation will be sent.
Speaker Information: Click HERE to see our Speaker Packet or if you would like to receive a speaker information packet, please email: director@tannerypndcenter.org. To complete the speaker application online, please click HERE.
Volunteers Needed: We are looking for volunteers to work this event. We have many options, time slots, etc. If you would like to volunteer, you can sign-up soon here.
Event Parking & Shuttle
Event Parking is as follows:
All handicap and library customer parking will be in the library parking lot.
All vendor, guest speaker and volunteer parking will be in the Community Bank Lot.
All event guest should park at the Johnsburg Central School or available street parking.
We ask for your cooperation in these parking restrictions so that we can have a great event.
A shuttle (courtesy of Garnet Hill Lodge) will be provided from Tannery Pond to the Johnsburg Central School, to Riverfront Park and back to Tannery Pond through the duration of the day.
There may be limited parking near Tannery Pond as the Town of Johnsburg sewer project has begun.
There is NO parking on Main Street between North Creek Bridge and intersection of Main Street/28N in front of Tannery Pond Center. There is NO parking along the corner lot on 28N as this is where the food vendors will be parking.
Chili - Cookoff Details
All home and professional chefs are welcomed to submit an entry. Drop off your chili any time prior to tasting. Tasting will be from 1-3:30 PM with the announcement of winners at 4:15 PM. Cost to taste is $10/person for unlimited tasting and 3 tickets for voting. Click HERE for our Chili Cookoff Flyer.
We will award some great prizes for the top three people’s choice awards.
Prizes are sponsored by Braley & Noxon Hardware! THANKN YOU!
Prizes include a large cookpot with potholder, Hamilton Beach Crockpot, Webber Charcoal Portable Grill
Vendors
The list of confirmed vendors will be updated as we secure vendors.
Beer Truck: Adirondack Pub & Brewery
Food Trucks: Johnsburg Youth Committee, Kiki's Tacos & Treats, Bab-a-Dew’s Pizza Truck
Confirmed Vendors include: Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation, Adirondack 46ers, Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory, Adirondack Song Birds, Big Yellow House Designs, Hornbeck Boats, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Warren County/4-H, NYS DEC Police, NYS Police, Oven Mountain Makings, Pine Mountain Press, Pop’s Sugar Shack, St. Hubertus Outdoor Enterprises (Photography, Cards, Etc..), Sue Books & More (Homemade Jewelry, Keychains, Windchimes), Warren County Conservation Council, Wild Foods & Wilderness, Wood Burned Art by Tracie,
Drew Monthie Exhibit
Drew Monthie
I am fortunate to live and have grown up here in the Adirondack region, surrounded by amazing natural beauty. I have worked with, grown and taught about plants for over 4 decades, earning 3 degrees in the plant sciences. I am retired from my landscape consulting business (35 years), which specialized in native plants and from teaching as a professor in the natural sciences for SUNY Empire State (15 years). I spend my time working on my garden and my photography.
Raffle
We will have a raffle all day. We are working on securing all our raffle prizes. Tickets are $5 each or 5 tickets for $20. Tickets can be purchased at any time during regular business hours leading up to the event or during the event. You do not have to be present to win. Announced at 4:15 PM. A list of raffle items will be included as they are confirmed.
Music
We will live music outside on the corner grass lot. Join us for some great music!!!
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM - Bob Stump & Doug Moody - The performance is a musical experience that highlights the blues and Appalachian folk music, moving on to cover popular bluegrass, country, jazz standards and rock music.
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM - The Barkeaters - Local original music by Donna & Jeff Britton, Barry & Kent Gregson. Music from life in the ADKs. A band of a different timber. You won’t need earplugs, we’re deciduously not that conifer band.
Bob Stump & Doug Moody
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make aBob Stump, singer songwriter on guitar, is an Americana musician raised in the suburbs of NYC. Although surrounded by urban rock music influences, Bob was always intrigued by the sounds of folk music. The artist resonated with the sounds of folk artists and began a musical career inspired by them. The troubadour performs solo and with his band at fairs, festivals, concerts , clubs and live shows. In his early days, he won a few flatpick guitar contests and continues to burn it up on stage. Recently, the artist has been gaining a lot of exposure and moving up the musical ladder. His song, “The Rain Came Down,” won first place for the instrumental category in The New England Song Contest. Known for his authentic sound, Bob has garnered raving reviews for his performances.
Doug Moody, on fiddle, is known in the region for his dynamic fiddle, harmony vocals and showmanship . Combine a formal music background, opera training and years of touring with folk rock bands and you’ll uncover a hybrid sound like no other. This band shines a different light on his virtuosity and nurtures his talent.
Bob and Doug met some years back at an impromptu campfire sing along and have played countless gigs since then. What the two of them have most in common is the diversity of American music. You name it, bluegrass, cowboy, country, folk, rock, jazz standards, pop and more. They continue to explore and are inspired by the audience they are performing for . They rarely bring a list , they agree “It’s not about us, it’s about the people who come to see us.”
Barkeaters
The band, Barkeaters brings songs inspired by life in the Adirondack Mountains. Hear the wit and wisdom of the woods in tunes like “Giant Mountain”, “Berry Picking” or “Thank God for Black Flies and Long Winters.” All are original tunes, written by Barry Gregson, Donna Britton and Kent Gregson. You will hear Barry on guitar and vocals, Donna on keyboards, guitar and vocals, and Kent on vocals and percussion. We’re greatful to have Marty Montena on bass.
Besides their participation in various bands in the south central Adirondacks, these artists are locally noteworthy in other arts. Barry is the “chairman” of rustic furniture, sought out for his craft at the annual Rustic Furniture Fair. Donna is a multi media artist whose paintings are exhibited at many regional venues. Kent is a stone masonry instructor and consultant, with many regional examples of historic masonry restoration, and a workshop scheduled with AARCH in September.
Guest Speakers
12 PM - Lou Berichelli - Using Trail Cameras in the Adirondacks - Lou Berchielli will use his over 25 years of experience with trail cameras to discuss the development and evolution of trail cameras, their basic components , features, functions, and methods of deployment. He will also discuss ways of capturing digital images of some of the Adirondacks's more "elusive" animals.
1:15 PM - Tim Demers - Peregrine Falcons in the Adirondacks and the State - Peregrines are listed as an endangered species in New York State. They were eliminated as a nesting species in the state by the early 1960s, due mainly to pesticide (DDE) residues in their prey. The release of young captive-bred birds from 1974 to 1988 helped lead to their return as a nesting species. Demers will discuss the natural history, recovery efforts, and current status of Peregrine falcons and how their nesting impacts cliff closures in the rock-climbing community.
2:30 PM - Bernadette Hoffman - Live Canada Lynx and exotic animal ambassadors connecting people to wildlife through touching and learning. The session will include: Canada Lynx, Amazon Parrot, Hedgehogs & Chinchillas
Lou Berichelli
Lou is a life long resident of New York State. He served in the Army as a medic and received an honorable discharge.
He received a BS Degree in Wildlife Management from the State University of New York, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry.
He worked with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation for 37 years, when in the 1990's he started to explore ways to get wildlife to take it's own pictures.
Since then he has followed the initial development and evolution of trail cameras. He and his wife have used over a dozen different models of trail cameras and have used trail cameras to capture images of New York State's wildlife, from turkeys to Bald Eagles, and from mice to moose.
Tim Demers
Originally from Saratoga Springs, Demers is an Environmental Analyst with the Division of Environmental Permits with the N.Y.S. Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) in Warrensburg. He has also worked with the NYSDEC as a Wildlife Technician for three years. Before his DEC career, Demers held a variety of wildlife jobs across the country, including Spotted Owl work in California, desert tortoise work in the Mojave Desert, waterfowl surveys over the Great Lakes, and Common Loon research in New Hampshire. He also worked with the National Park Service at Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. Demers earned his Bachelor's degree in Wildlife Science from SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, and his Master’s degree in Environmental Studies from Antioch University New England in Keene, N.H. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, bushwhacking, paddling, nature photography, and just about everything else outdoors.
Bernadette Hoffman
Full-time museum educator, part-time wildlife educator, former zookeeper and author of "I am MAX" book
I bring wildlife education to libraries, schools, youth and senior organizations, festivals, and even birthday parties.
I believe that children learn best when they can touch, hold and investigate things. Children, who have experienced the joy of kind and gentle interaction with animals, are more likely to become adults who care about protecting wildlife. My animals are common exotics but the kind that many don’t possess. Children are captivated by them and are excited to touch these animals, and learn about the wild animal specimens I present. My animal artifacts are unique in that most will never get to touch its live counterpart. Such as zebra, caribou, kangaroo, skunk and many more species. It’s fun, educational and interactive. I provide biology, interesting facts and stories from my zookeeping experience. I also have taped sounds of various animals. Discover some unusual animal voices!