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Cold Spring Bandstand
"Be your own weather-man for a few moments, and create a balmy night in the summer for a trip down the main street of the village, past the railroad tracks and the spring where George Washington may have quenched his thirst, until you reach the shore. If you have chosen your night wisely, you will have no difficulty in finding your way, for all of Cold Spring will have the same goal and strains of music will direct your steps. You will find no Pied Piper there on the riverbank, but a band of one hundred and twenty-five members, all local residents, providing entertainment from a Bandstand so designed that it adds to the beauty of the landscape."
This is how a Central Hudson bulletin describes the early Bandstand. (They helped provide the lighting.)
Because of the music provided by the Chamber this summer, it seemed a good time to remind people of the history of the Bandstand. First, it is a bandstand, not a gazebo, defined as a Summerhouse or a turret-shaped Folly in a garden. The park at Garrison Landing has a Gazebo, Cold Spring does not.
The Bandstand was dedicated on September 9th, 1928 under the direction of the Cold Spring Musical Society. Erected by public subscription to express the community’s appreciation of the band, founded and directed by Captain Francis Dale, The band consisted of 125 members, all residents of the vicinity and provided regular concerts by the river. Some older citizens, like Dorothea Pinkel and Marie Klubnik played in that band. The band was disbanded after the present Haldane High School was built and the remaining instruments were donated to the new high school band.
For many years the Bandstand was hardly used except as the center of "Scooping the Loop." As the Hudson became cleaner and the dock area was improved, the Bandstand also was given a facelift, first, in 1985, under PROCO and then as part of the Village Dock Improvement Project. This summer the Chamber sponsored concerts on Sunday evenings at the Bandstand and once again, you can find your way down Main Street and the strains of music will direct your steps.
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