A TRADITION Once again, the huge trout puppet created by the late Bud Wertheim was the focus of Livingston Manor’s renowned Trout Parade. It takes six able-bodied handlers to manage its articulated sections.
Fish Tales
‘Once Upon a Trout’ – a storied parade
Photos and story by Manor Ink Staff
The weather was perfect, neither too cool nor too warm, no rain in sight. Fish fans began assembling mid-morning on Saturday, June 10, all along Main Street in Livingston Manor. The annual celebration of the region’s aquatic denizens, the Trout Parade, was scheduled to begin at 11 a.m., with a gala procession of notables, bands, puppets, floats and piscatory eccentrics kicking off at noon. There were vendors offering craft items in Renaissance Park, savory barbecue at the Fire Department and even a photo booth. By the time the last fire truck had passed the reviewing stand, the crowd had grown to many thousands, perhaps the largest turnout for the spectacle in recent memory. Following the main event, festivities continued at the Sunshine Colony, and all agreed that the 2023 Trout Parade had been a swimming success.
With gratitude for community support
The 2023 Livingston Manor Trout Parade committee would like to thank our generous sponsors who made this year’s parade possible. They are:
Life Repurposed, Catskill Mountain Houses, Old Souls, The Kaatskeller, Main Street Farm, Country House Realty, Foster Supply Hospitality, Willow Knoll LLC, Inside the Blue Line LLC, Jill C Smith Photography, Sunshine Colony, Homestedt, Linda Hartley & Bruce Cobb, CAS, Sonny’s Manor, Spruce Home Goods, Nest, STEAM, Concrete & Water, Barbara Trelstad, Artskill Catskill, Long Weekend, Rose Cottage in De Bruce, Davdison’s General Store, Jeff Bank, Mountain Bear Crafts, Livingston Manor Renaissance, Carole Edwards Realty, Fur, Fin & Feather Sport Shop, Kingfisher Catskills Angling and Vacation Rentals, Catskill Abstract Co, The Catskill Project, Drooz + Company, Jitterbug Sights & Sounds, The Catskill Brewery, Tressa Laux, Tipton Evans, Anastasija Ocheretine, Darragh O’Flaherty, Sunday Morning Studio, Steve & Michiko Levine, Double Up, Marlowe & Eddie’s Community Market, Bryan Cronk Ceramics, William Baldwin, ELM Garden Design, Art Steinhauer, Nancy Buck, Gregory Marks, Jenn Dahm, The Center for Discovery, Daphne Schwamm, Kassie Carlson and Ted Poretz & Beth Sosin. Brought to you by Calliope-on-Main Foundation and the Livingston Manor Chamber of Commerce.