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Blaze YouTube Video Contest 2009 winner #2

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Let's hear it for Mike Gross, this week's Blaze YouTube
Video contest winner. Mike has won his very own iPod touch courtesy of WHUD radio. Congrats Mike!

To all you Pumpkin-heads attending this weekend: don't forget to bring along your video cameras for a chance to win your very own iPod touch too! (You won't win an iPod if you bring a tripod or mono-pod, so please please please leave them at home.)

Check out Mike's winning entry below.

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Blaze YouTube Video Contest 2009 winner #1

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David Williams visited Blaze, created this lovely work, posted it on YouTube, and is now the proud winner of an iPod touch, courtesy of WHUD radio. We are giving away FIVE iPods in total -- four for Blaze videos and one for Legend. You too can enter. Click here for details and check out David's video below for inspiration.

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Brian Jay Jones is coming to Sunnyside on Saturday: Interview with an HVBlogger, part II

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Brian Jay Jones: I like Halloween, though I'm actually more of a Christmas fan! I love horror movies and horror stories, but I'm also one of the world's great chickens, a real Leave-The-Lights-On kinda guy.

HVBlogger: Heh heh, don't worry, we won't tell. Oh wait, we just did. And on that note, what's scarier, politics or horror movies?

Brian Jay Jones: Politics. Not even close.

HVBlogger: Thank you, Brian!

See Brian Jay [...]

Brian Jay Jones is coming to Sunnyside on Saturday: Interview with an HVBlogger, part I

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We are big fans of Brian Jay Jones, Washington Irving, and gripping biographies. Thus, we are what you would call a superfan of An American Original, a gripping biography of Irving written by Brian Jay Jones.

Brian is coming to Sunnyside on Saturday as part of Historic Hudson Valley's Legend Daytime program and [...]

The Great Jack O'Lantern Blaze: Don't forget the merch

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Besides being a rather "enlightening" way to spend an October evening, the Great Jack O' Lantern Blaze also provides bargain hunters and shopaholics alike with plenty of opportunity.

In celebration of Blaze's five year anniversary, the gift shop, your last stop on tour de Blaze, is jam packed with recessio [...]

Jack O'Lantern Blaze roundup volume #1

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Blaze fans: If you're not on Facebook, you are missing out on a lot of fun. We've got about 1,700 fans (and growing) over there. Posting and commenting and uploading and etc. Check it out if you haven't already.

The Meet the Carvers series is going strong, this time in video format. Check out the first three episodes on YouTube. Click below.

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Montgomery Place and Heritage Weekend, Sept. 12-13

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This weekend, Sept 12-13, marks the first annual Hudson River/Champlain Valley Heritage Weekend held on every stretch of the valley from Staten Island all the way up to Fort Montgomery in Rouses Point, NY. That's 345 miles of history, wonder, and awe.

More than 100 museums, historic sites, battlefields, and parks, many open thi [...]

HHV featured on public radio's Marketplace

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For a story about the growing trend of historic house museums emphasizing the stories of slaves and servants, Marketplace reporter Ashley Milne-Tyte recently visited Philipsburg Manor and Van Cortlandt and spoke with our interpreters and our curator, Kate Johnson.

The story aired nationally during the Aug. 7 edition of Marketplace. You can read the transcript or take a listen to this compelling piece online.

A fountain of youth at Van Cortlandt Manor?

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When a digital portrait is showing a little too much "character," a few virtual brushstrokes can make it blemish free. But when the medium is canvas and oil and the problem isn't "character," but rather dirt and grime, the process is a wee bit more involved.

Guest blogger and Historic Hudso [...]

Choose your celebration

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On this Fourth, you can celebrate our country's independence by actually becoming a part of it. Whether you're a history buff, a sports fan, nature lover, or family of nine you will find something to fit your tastes at either of this years July 4th events at Historic Hudson Valley.

First decide [...]

This is a good sign indeed

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No, a highway is not being built inside Philipsburg Manor, but the historic site saw the official unveiling this morning of new Thruway signs that will guide travelers to Philipsburg and other HHV attractions.

"The Authority is pleased to partner with Historic Hudson Valley to promote these nationally recognized h [...]

We got all sheepish

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You wouldn't know it from the rain today and yesterday, but the weather @ Sheep-to-Shawl on Saturday and Sunday was pretty stellar. Big crowds and big sunshine. Here's a couple of photographic [...]

20 reasons to visit Philipsburg Manor this weekend

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Do you really need 20 reasons to come to Sheep-to-Shawl at Philipsburg Manor this weekend? Well, we've got them. Specifically, 19 newborn la [...]

Winter WonderLights YouTube Video Contest winner #4

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Last but not least in the Winter WonderLights YouTube Video Contest, is Alan Fox, who cleverly wove together some moody music and great visuals and has thus earned the fourth and final iPod touch, courtesy of WHUD 100.7. Nice job, Alan!

The YouTube virtual shelf now runneth over with great Winter WonderLights videos. Many thanks to all who entered!

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Winter WonderLights YouTube Video Contest winner #3

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Next up in the Winter WonderLights winner's circle is Thomas Stigi, who delivered this rather dramatic and lively vid that's just a delight.

Thomas's efforts make him the third WWL attendee to earn an iPod touch, courtesy of WHUD 100.7 Check out his excellent work below.

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Winter WonderLights YouTube Video Contest winner #2

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Next up in our list of winners is another stellar creation, this time courtesy of Vanphouthon Souvannasane, who used original Winter WonderLights music (created by master musician Jim Keyes) as background for his work.

His video also incorporates explanatory text from the event and great visuals. Nice job, V.! His efforts make him the second iPod touch winner, courtesy of WHUD 100.7. Check it out below.

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Winter WonderLights YouTube Video Contest winner #1

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Go to Winter WonderLights, film it, edit it, post it on YouTube and you just might win an iPod touch. That was the concept, and a good one it was!

Now, after much YouTubing and much work on the part of the many contestants who entered, the judges are ready to name the winners -- four in all. I'm announcing one per day starting...right now!

The Winter WonderLights YouTube contest had a simple premise but a difficult goal: Capture the creativity and excitement of this [...]

Do you tweet? Come follow HHValley!

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Who has time to read or post to an actual blog anymore? Well, your good friends HVBlogger and BlazeBlogger do, but we must admit to being increasingly transfixed by Twitter and its meditative exercise of forcing wannabe web writers to reduce online musings to 140 characters.

Not sure what we're talking about? Why, it's Twitter, which, depending on whom you ask, is either th [...]

Last chance YouTube

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Entries are still coming in for the Winter WonderLights YouTube contest. Anyone still working on a piece...the deadline is tonight at midnight for getting it uploaded to YouTube. So get cranking if you've been procastinating! The iPod touch you win will be your own! (Or something like that).

The judges will review the entries and declare the winners late next week.
You can't win if you don't...upload...

October flashback: Michael and Martha

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It took a while to get, but, here is the long-awaited image of Blaze guru Michael Natiello on the set with Martha Stewart and the collosal skeleton he carved during the Martha Stewart Show on Oct. 9. Unbelievable!

Got ideas for Blaze '09? Send 'em our way...