A new specially created Erie Canal marionette show will be held on May 18th in Montezuma Heritage Park, Montezuma, NY. Dawn Jordan will perform her “String Theater: The Erie Canal Marionette Show" hosted by the Old Mentz Heritage Center. Dawn's performance will begin at 2 PM with the marionettes she created especially for the show to tell the story celebrating and highlighting over 200 years of Erie Canal history. The program will be held at the historic site where one of the first-built packet boats for the Erie Canal, the Montezuma was launched on a voyage trip to Syracuse with Dewitt Clinton in 1820, five years before the canal was completed.

The festivities begin at Noon with Tom Bristol's Food Truck set up on-site and a Bounce House. At 1 PM we will welcome back to Montezuma the Flock of Free Range Children, a popular local group of acoustical folk artists who will entertain throughout the afternoon.

Come enjoy our family fun-filled event planned for the day. For current updates on the event, visit http://old-mentz.org