Where Dutch History and Modern Community Converge
The Albany Tulip Festival is one of Albany's largest events, bringing thousands into Washington Park to view and celebrate the tulips, and the Dutch history of the area. Thousands and thousands of tulips of all types and colors make this event absolutly beautiful. This year we will celebrate the 60th Annual Albany Tulip Festival, planned for May 9-11, 2008, as always on Mother's Day Weekend.
"Night Fire"
~ The Burning Tulip ~
Mayor Jennings said the inspiration for "Night Fire" came from two sources: the WaterFire in Providence and the Burning Man Festival held every year in the Nevada desert. "Night Fire" is a joint effort among the city, local artists and businesses, national and regional underwriters and an Oscar-winning pyrotechnics engineer.
Albany artist, Steven Rolf Kroeger, designed the tulip and lily pads. The while the burnable structure wwas made by Johnstown sculptor Torrance E. Fish. Both artists were selected by Albany Center Gallery. Denise Anderson, a College of St. Rose graduate will compose music especially for this event.
For more information on the project read the Fox News story on the 2008 big reveal and check out these photos of the burning of the structure around the floating tulip.
Beautiful Tulips
Tulip Festival Links
- Albany Special Events: Tulip Festival
- The Official Website of The Albany Tulip Festival.
News and information about the event, as well as volunteer registration forms, and information for artists and crafters. - Tulip Festival 2007 -- Times Union - Albany NY
- Event coverage and videos of the 2007 event, from Albany's biggest newspaper, The Times Union.
The Views of the Tulip Fest
59th Albany Tulip Festival, 5/12/07
This one took all of 24 hours to put this one together, but it's basically a video photo album of some images I shot that Saturday afternoon during the annual Tulip Festival at Washington Park in Albany, NY. Besides the numerous shots of the colorful tulips, the other highlights that day that I shot include new alternative rock band Buddahead performing a free concert, and a juggler entertaining the kids with his unique style of juggling and balancing practically almost anything. Accompanying this video is the music of Madonna's "Cherish" and the latest song by Buddahead called "Holding Me Back". WARNING: Your comments are always welcome, but please...NO SLEAZE ALLOWED IN MY INBOX. Any username associated with a sleazy comment in my inbox shall be either deleted and/or recorded for reference which will be forwarded and reported to authorities ASAP. Thank you.
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The Latest News on the Tulip Festival
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The Albany Tulip Festival was named as the winner of the 2003 hospitality excellence award and rated amongst the top 100 events by the American Bus Association.
The Albany Tulip Queen
The Tulip Queen must be a resident of Albany County between the ages of 18 and 23, and must never have been married. The chosen Queen would demonstrate leadership skills and have community outreach goals.
The Tulip Queen receives $5,000 scholarship and each member of her court receive a $1,500 scholarship.
Throughout the year, the reigning Tulip Queen acts as an ambassador to community functions promoting education and coordinates programs for the Mayor's Literacy Campaign.
For more information on the Tulip Queen, and to learn more about last year's 2007 Queen, Amisha Gomes, and her court, visit AlbanyTulipQueen.com.
Nominations are done for the 2008 Tulip Queen. The deadline was March 14. Next year remember to nominate an extraordinary young woman you know.
Tulip Queen Items
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Albany NY is rich with history. Learn more about Albany and its Dutch influences with this excellent account of the history of the Albany area. Rittner's careful research and 235 images give the reader a true sense of Albany's past, it's leaders, it's architecture, and it's importance.
Tulip Festivals
The Tulip Festivals are held in several North American cities, most often ones with Dutch heritage, including Albany, New York; Ottawa, Ontario; Holland, Michigan; Orange City, Iowa; Pella, Iowa; Mount Vernon, Washington; and Woodburn, Oregon. The tulips are considered a welcome harbinger of spring, and a tulip festival permits residents to see them at their best advantage. The festivals are also popular tourist attractions. The tulips are displayed throughout the cities. In certain years the peak of tulips does not coincide with the actual festival due to climatic conditions.
*The Albany, NY, Tulip Festival set in Albany's beautiful historic Washington Park. Each year, this traditional Albany event greets spring with thousands of tulips blooming in a myriad of colors and varieties. Thousands from across the Capital District Region and beyond come to Tulip Fest each May to celebrate Albany's rich Dutch heritage....
Albany Tulip Festival Items
Tulip Festival Trivia
- Mayor Erastus Corning declared the Tulip Albany's official flower on July 1, 1948.
- Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands designated the "Orange Wonder" as Albany's official tulip.
- The first Tulip Festival was held on May 14, 1949.
- Albany is America's oldest Dutch settlement.
- The Tulip Festival originally crowned a King and a Queen.
More Information on Tulips
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Bloggers take on the Tulip Festival
- Albany Tulip Festival: The Park
- Blogger Y|O|Y recalls the 2007 festival. When you enter Washington Park from the West, you walk along a pond that has a scenic little bridge that spans the water as a path to the lake house. This is an interesting structure that has...
- Mountain Visions: The Albany Tulip Festival -A Celebration Of Albany's Dutch Heritage
- Mountain Visions Photography recalls the 2007 festival, with some amazing photos. What great weather for this often rained out festival. Perhaps Albany's biggest out door festival and it seems to rain every year.
- A Work in Progress...: Albany Tulip Festival
- Blogger ArichNY recalls the 2007 festival. It was a gorgeous day for the Tulip Festival this year . . . I've never seen Washington Park so crowded! At one point, I heard Mayor Jennings say from the main stage that this was a record breaking crowd. I was impressed by...
- A Festival of Colors - My Daily Photographic Delights
- Photoblogger skrammer gives us a beautiful gallery of shots from the 2007 festival.
Tulip Festival Guestbook
Have you been to the Albany Tulip Festival? Planning to go? Think it looks like fun?
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SilenasImages
I love the Albany Tulip Fest. I go every year to see and photograph the tulips. I always have a great time. Thank-you for making a lens on one of my favorite things about Albany, New York. Posted October 04, 2008 |
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coopd
Tulips are beautiful and interesting flowers. Thank you for sharing. 5* I would love having you submit this lens to my Nature Lovers group :) Posted September 28, 2008 |
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CherylK
Just a lovely lens...my sisters live in the Skagitt Valley in Washington State - about an hour north of Seattle and they have a Tulip Festival every year, too. It's breathtaking. Would love to visit the one in Albany some time. Posted June 23, 2008 |
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hotbrain
Very nice lens! I never knew Albany had a tulip festival.... I just made a lens about the Tulip Fields in Washington State and that's how I found your lens! 'Til next year.... Posted May 15, 2008 |
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totalhealth
Really lovely pictures. Posted May 15, 2008 |
