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Concert on Lily Dale Floating Stage to feature Rustic Ramblers

Country twang

Submitted Photo: Outdoor summer concert performances on Lily Dale Assembly’s floating stage kick off on Sunday at 5 p.m., when Rustic Ramblers performs.

LILY DALE — Outdoor summer concert performances on Lily Dale Assembly’s floating stage kick off on Sunday at 5 p.m., when Rustic Ramblers performs.

Admission is free and open to the public as a gift to the community from Lily Dale Assembly.

Members of the Rustic Ramblers country music band include Howard Buck of Fredonia on lead guitar and vocals; David Bailey from Hartfield on drums and vocals; Jim (Frito) Lanphere of Fredonia on bass and vocals; and Gene Hilts from West Valley on steel guitar.

Well-known throughout Western New York and Northwestern Pennsylvania, the band is popular for playing classic, traditional country music.

Lily Dale’s floating stage was built in the early 1990s and donated to the Lily Dale Assembly by the Lily Dale Fine Arts Council, a group of volunteers who planned and coordinated a summer concert series on the stage for more than a decade. The stage was rebuilt five years ago by Lily Dale Assembly and is anchored in Cassadaga Lake behind Lily Dale’s Leolyn Hotel. This will be a relaxing and enjoyable evening of music in a great location on the shores of beautiful Cassadaga Lake.

“Lily Dale Assembly attracts a significant portion of its summer visitors from communities in the area,” said Lily Dale Assembly Executive Director Susan Glasier. “This concert is our way of saying thank you to those communities.”

Concertgoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets or to come by boat.

This event is funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Cattaraugus County Arts Council.

Additional concerts scheduled for the summer include The Dixiecrats on July 30 and members of the Jamestown Harmony Express on Aug.13.

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