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Hundreds gathered for the Warren County Youth Fair.
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Today Show spotlights Lake George region By Thom Randall thom@denpubs.com BOLTON LANDING — An estimated 5.5 million television viewers got an eyeful of Lake George and the Adirondack leisure lifestyle Monday morning as NBC's Today Show was broadcast live for two and a half hours from the Sagamore Hotel & Resort. In this first-ever event for the region, Today Show hosts Meredith Vieira and Ann Curry showcased the Lake George area as one of the nation's top destinations, kicking off a series of shows titled "Today Takes a Vacation." An estimated 700 or more people, mostly local, cheered on the two celebrities as they cast a line off the Sagamore's dock, roasted marshmallows over an open fire on the hotel's lawn, tasted brunch offerings cooked up poolside, took a quick paddleboat ride, or merely sat on a pier and kicked their bare feet in the lakewater. The various Adirondack-themed activities were staged in segments during the 150-minute broadcast, which was punctuated by enthusiastic cheers aired by the crowd on the hotel terraces and in a swarm of boats that gathered on the lake in front of the resort. Vieira and Curry said the turnout of area residents was one of the very largest ever for an on-location episode of the Today Show. "I can't believe the turnout," Curry said. "And they're friendly and sober," Vieira retorted. Curry offered a serious thought. "And there's a real sense of Americana here — an attitude of graciousness that reflects America."
Lake George accolades aired The two Today Show hosts presented Lake George as an ideal place to vacation, with not only all its family-oriented activities, plus the opportunity to just relax and enjoy good company. This latter aspect is particularly important, they said, in today's stressed times. "People all over America just need to calm down, take a vacation like this and relax," Curry said. “It's so good to just enjoy the basics, which include enjoying friends and family and a pretty day." Vieira and Curry said one of the most spectacular and surprising experiences of their trip to the Lake George region was fly-fishing in the rushing Schroon River, wearing waders, knee-deep in the water, surrounded by nature's lush beauty. "With the water rushing around me, connecting with nature, the fish, the beauty of the trees, it was a blast," Curry said. One of the live highlights Monday was a gunny-sack race staged with the celebrities accompanied by children enrolled in Lake George and Bolton's youth recreation programs.
NBC Today Show celebrities Meredith Vieira (center, blue blouse) and Ann Curry (right, in green) compete in a gunny-sack race with children of the Bolton and Lake George recreation programs during a live broadcast of the show Monday morning from The Sagamore Resort in Bolton Landing. The Today Show episode, 150 minutes long, showcased the Adirondacks, particularly the Lake George region and its varied activities. About eight children jumped along a short course beside Vieira and Curry. Among those Lake George youth bounding over the course were Colby Cracco, Mason Flatley, Shelbie Suddard, Grace Hatin, Emily LaBruzzo, and Nick Crocitto. The latter two were presented trophies on the live national broadcast for "winning' the high-spirited race. Shelbie seemed star-struck after the race. "Ann Curry shook my hand, hugged me, and said I was a great kid — it was awesome," she said. "This is something I'd never thought I'd do in my lifetime."
Show anchors dance to local band Vieira and Curry both danced a jig — Vieira with considerable energy and abandon — to the Stony Creek Band, a notorious local group that played their down-home music for a 9 a.m. segment.
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Between the live shots, Vieira and Curry signed some autographs and talked to a number of people they picked out from the crowd. Stony Creek Band lead guitarist John Strong looked at the swarming production crews and the cheering crowds. "It's a great morning when you start out appearing on the Today Show," he joked, adding a quip about his band's acronym. "SBC on NBC, I like it." Bandmate Hank Soto — who had drilled a wild bluegrass riff on his steel-top guitar as Vieira kicked up her heels — said later that the band would have liked to play all morning for the crowd. "The producers wanted prettier people than us to focus on," he said, grinning.
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