Community Corner
Miracle on Main Kicks Off Holiday Events in Town
Chamber of Commerce discusses upcoming seasonal events, as well as next year's activities.
As the holidays quickly approach, the Chamber of Commerce members discussed upcoming events in Sayville at their November meeting.
The Sayville Village Improvement Society will be having a holiday fundraising party on December 3 at Gillette House from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The cost is $20 per person for drinks and hors d'oeuvres (including Pam Raymond’s famous meatballs).
Kay Porter explained how since 1914 the Sayville Village Improvement Society has been responsible for the beach, library and all of the planters in town as well as the directories and the gardens on Center Street. There will also be a Tea benefiting Good Samaritan Nursing Home on December 8 at 12:30 p.m. at 21 Main for $35 per person.
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Jackie Gustafson, owner of Sayville General Store, spoke about the upcoming Fifth Annual Miracle on Main and how it has become one of the Chamber’s premier events. It will be held November 26 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be live reindeer provided by Vinny Cango, owner of Stadtmuller’s Jewelers. The Bel Airs will play.
The tree lighting is at approximately 5:30 p.m. and there will be 500 candles that will need to be handed out to the crowd. Classic movies will play throughout Main Street. St. John’s Handbell Choir will perform outside Chase Bank. There will also be the American Dance Theater of Long Island, The Long Island Brass Guild, as well as Chip Bryant, a Vaudevillian Silent Clown. There will be Irish dancing and a professional Santa Claus hailing from The Today Show will be on hand.
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Gustafson asked for volunteers to help during the festivities which are all about celebrating the Sayville community. She urged everyone to come and bring friends and family. Miracle on Main draws 4,000 to 5,000 people into town that night.
Janet Berger of Century 21 Bay’s Edge Realty spoke about all of the hard work that went into planning and executing Fall Fest which, due to snow, had to be cancelled. Given what transpired she suggested having a rain date in place next year. She also chaired Summer Fest which netted more than $75,000.
Rich Trpicovsky, outgoing Chamber president, said, “Summer Fest has evolved over the years. We need to look at it like a business. When Pam [Raymond] brought in free entertainment, it turned Summer Fest around. It was great considering we had a really bad year. The car show was hurt the worst by the bad weather on Sunday.” Berger urged people to shadow committee chairs so they could learn the ropes and eventually take over chairing certain committees.
