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Hard to Believe - The One That Did Not Get Away

Here is a fishing story most of you will find hard to believe. But as you read on you will find the source is undisputable, and the story surely proves that not all of "them" get away.

On a recent rainy June 2009 day Vince Christofora Sr. was fishing from his boat on the upper basin of the Ashokan Reservoir. With a full compliment of gear purchased from the new tackle shop located inside Woodstock Hardware, he was hoping to catch the big one. Not soon after lowering his bait into the water, he got a big bite.

After a rather short battle, the fish took the bait and Vince Sr. could see the line beginning to go beneath the boat. Thinking he was about to lose the fish he began to maneuver in the boat, when to his surprise, the fish leaped out of the water - right into the boat! No fooling. A five pound trout had landed right inside Vince Sr.'s boat.

A funny story, and a happy one for the fish as well. After "landing" the fish, Vince Sr. carefully remove the hook and released the fish back into the reservoir. After all, that fish has more to learn!

Now that is the way to fish.

So the next time you need fishing supplies or find your self with a unique fishing story, stop in Woodstock Hardware and let us give you a hand and help spread your story!

Woodstocker Spotlight

Woodstock Hardware recognizes that there would be no community without the wonderful family, friends, neighbors, artists, musicians, tradespeople, and business owners that make up our town. Woodstock Hardware is proud to be part of this Community and to serve the hardware needs of it’s residents. Periodically, we will spotlight an individual from our community that we interact with and believe whose daily life epitomizes the true spirit of the Woodstock community.

Spotlight on James Cox Gallery at Woodstock

cox Established in 1990, the James Cox Gallery at Woodstock is the culmination of twenty-five years of professional experience in the field of American Art. The owners have a long history of accomplishment dating from 1972 when The Cox Gallery first opened in Allentown, New Jersey. In 1976 James Cox moved to New York City and assumed the position of director of the venerable Grand Central Art Galleries, a position he held until December 1989. His wife Mary Anna Goetz is an accomplished landscape painter and well-known teacher.

Seeking and idyllic rural environment while maintaining cultural ties to Manhattan, the Cox’s have established a compound in the historic art colony of Woodstock, New York. On a six-acre site, visitors are able to enjoy outdoor sculpture gardens, the Goetz studio and modern gallery facilities all surrounded by the famous Little Beaverkill Creek (renowned for trout fishing).

The gallery’s focus is on twentieth century American Art. The extensive inventory includes works from the estates of five American painters and sculptors all of whom are exclusively represented by James Cox. Additional selections of historic American art are always available and change weekly.

James Cox has maintained close working relationships with and represents the work of many of the country’s top artists. See Gallery Selections for an overview of these emerging and established artists. There is a special emphasis on artwork produced by artists of Woodstock, both past and present. The gallery is perhaps the only full-service art gallery in the Hudson Valley and, as such, offers extensive services including appraisal, restoration, estate management, auction, research and consultancy in virtually any area of American art. Visit James Cox Gallery online (copy courtesy www.jamescoxgallery.com)

Organization Spotlight
Woodstock Hardware recognizes that there are several not-for-profit organizations located in Woodstock that work hard to foster the artistic creativity that separates Woodstock, New York from all of the other Woodstock’s found throughout the United States. These organizations are run by volunteers who spend countless hours and an enormous amount of energy to provide both educational programs and presentations that makes Woodstock, New York truly unique.

Spotlight on The Maverick Concerts

Maverick Concerts is America’s oldest continuous summer chamber music festival and thrives on the love of great music and the spirit of its unique site in the unspoiled woods. This music festival began in 1916 in the hand-built rustic 1916 concert hall in the midst of the pristine Catskill woodlands. The Maverick Hall and grounds are located 4 miles from the center of Woodstock and with its perfect acoustics is ideally suited to chamber music and the intimacy of live performance.

There are Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon concerts from June until September. A listing of the current schedule of classical ,Jazz and Saturday morning Young People's concerts is found on MaverickConcerts.org.

Maverick Concerts continues the vision of poet and writer Hervey White, who founded the collaborative artists colony over a hundred years ago. Colony residents artists and other volunteers in the colony built the hand-hewn “music chapel” in 1916 and the Hall is now a multi-starred attraction on the National Register of Historic Places and home to great live music in the woods each season.

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