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Knitters, sheep breeders, wool spinners. The New York State Sheep and Wool Festival is an annual gathering of fiber-arts enthusiasts in the United States that draws approximately 30,000 visitors and more than 300 vendors. [ 1] It is held at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, New York .
Fiber festivals bring together producers and vendors of mostly animal fibers, such as wool, qiviut, camelid, mohair, and angora. [1] [2] Other fibers include silk, linen, and some synthetic fibers. The festival caters to knitters, spinners, felters, crocheters, and dyers in the United States. [2] Attendees learn and see different materials ...
The Alfred E. Smith Building, known officially as the Alfred E. Smith State Office Building and sometimes called simply the Smith Building, is a structure located in downtown Albany, New York across the street from the New York State Capitol and One Commerce Plaza. The building's namesake, Alfred Emmanuel Smith, was a four-term governor of New ...
The New York State Department of Motor Vehicles ( NYSDMV or DMV) is the department of the New York state government [ 1] responsible for vehicle registration, vehicle inspections, driver's licenses, learner's permits, photo ID cards, and adjudicating traffic violations. Its regulations are compiled in title 15 of the New York Codes, Rules and ...
Category: Festivals in New York (state) ... New York State Sheep and Wool Festival; ... Tulip Festival (Albany, New York) W.
The festival commences with the ceremonial scrubbing of State Street by students in traditional Dutch dress. Each year, the Tulip Queen is crowned as part of the event. The Tulip Queen acts as an ambassador for Albany for the following year. Since 1998 the Tulip Festival has included an award for the Mother of the Year.
The New York State Capitol, the seat of the New York state government, is located in Albany, the capital city of the U.S. state of New York. The capitol building is part of the Empire State Plaza complex on State Street in Capitol Park. Housing the New York State Legislature, the building was completed in 1899 at a cost of US$25 million ...
Tulip Queen. The Albany Tulip Queen and Court is a symbolic monarchy with a yearly coronation at the Tulip Festival, which takes place in May at Washington Park in Albany, New York annually. [1] The Tulip Queen and her court serve as ambassadors of the city and engage in community service projects during their one-year term.