7th annual
Harley Happening at the Hollywood
June 3 – 5, 2005 Gowanda, NY
Sponsored by Gowanda Harley-Davidson, Inc.
The Harley Happening is held annually to benefit the restoration of
Gowanda’s historical Hollywood Theater. The weekend rally features live
bands, a parade, motorcycle activities, games, and fun for the entire family
Starts on Friday at 4:00pm on Main Street in front of the Hollywood Theatre.
This event will include a ride in bike show on Sunday at noon. There will
also be tattoo contest, fashion show, Team Extreme stunt show, vendors
music, food, beer and more. A 2005 Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 will be
raffled off, courtesy of Gowanda Harley-Davidson. For more information call
(716) 532-6103.
Originally modeled after Buffalo NY’s Sheas Theater, Gowanda’s historic
Hollywood Theater is currently in the middle of a painstaking effort to
restore it as a regional center for the performing arts. Held each June, the
Harley Happening at the Hollywood is the principal fund-raiser towards the
rehabilitation efforts. A motorcycle rally that draws bikers from several
states and Canada, Harley Happening features continuous live music, good
food and motorcycle-oriented events throughout the weekend.
Gowanda’s Historic Hollywood Theater is a 990-seat landmark theater
currently undergoing a multiyear $3 million historically correct total
restoration.
The Hollywood Theater will be utilized as a regional center for the visual
and performing arts serving a 40 mile radius of Gowanda including points
north of Gowanda to the Buffalo south-towns, all of southern Erie county,
points west to Fredonia/Dunkirk, points south to
Ellicotville/Salamanca/Olean and points east to Springville and Arcade.
Listed on both the New York State and National Historic Registry, the
Hollywood Theater is a highly ornate structure featuring 700 orchestra level
seats and 290 balcony seats.
The Hollywood Theater is one of only a small group of remaining historic
jewels in Western New York featuring Vermont marble floors, ornate plaster
designs, leaded glass windows, brass railings, 14-piece orchestra pit, 70'
by 30' foot stage, dual original oil murals, concave seating design and a
highly decorated softly lit ceiling dome in the center of main house.
The Hollywood Theater was built upon the original site of the Gowanda Opera
House which was lost in a fire in 1924. Designed as both a vaudeville
theater and movie house, the Hollywood Theater was built by Gowanda
businessman Richard Wilhelm in 1926.
The Architect of record is William Lampert II of Rochester, New York. This
is the same architect who designed the Rivera Theater in North Tonawanda,
New York
After years of neglect, the theater was rescued by Gowanda area businessman
Dan Gernatt, Jr. and the Gernatt Family of Companies of Collins, NY who
purchased the theater in 1999 and donated it as a gift to the Gowanda
community.
The Hollywood Theater was turned over to the Gowanda Area Redevelopment
Corp., GARC, a 501c(3) non profit organization. GARC together with the
Friends of the Hollywood Theater (a group of community volunteers) are
leading a total restoration effort of the building.
7th annual
Harley Happening at the Hollywood
June 3 – 5, 2005 Gowanda, NY
Sponsored by Gowanda Harley-Davidson, Inc.
The Harley Happening is held annually to benefit the restoration of
Gowanda’s historical Hollywood Theater. The weekend rally features live
bands, a parade, motorcycle activities, games, and fun for the entire family
Starts on Friday at 4:00pm on Main Street in front of the Hollywood Theatre.
This event will include a ride in bike show on Sunday at noon. There will
also be tattoo contest, fashion show, Team Extreme stunt show, vendors
music, food, beer and more. A 2005 Harley-Davidson Sportster 883 will be
raffled off, courtesy of Gowanda Harley-Davidson. For more information call
(716) 532-6103.
Originally modeled after Buffalo NY’s Sheas Theater, Gowanda’s historic
Hollywood Theater is currently in the middle of a painstaking effort to
restore it as a regional center for the performing arts. Held each June, the
Harley Happening at the Hollywood is the principal fund-raiser towards the
rehabilitation efforts. A motorcycle rally that draws bikers from several
states and Canada, Harley Happening features continuous live music, good
food and motorcycle-oriented events throughout the weekend.
Gowanda’s Historic Hollywood Theater is a 990-seat landmark theater
currently undergoing a multiyear $3 million historically correct total
restoration.
The Hollywood Theater will be utilized as a regional center for the visual
and performing arts serving a 40 mile radius of Gowanda including points
north of Gowanda to the Buffalo south-towns, all of southern Erie county,
points west to Fredonia/Dunkirk, points south to
Ellicotville/Salamanca/Olean and points east to Springville and Arcade.
Listed on both the New York State and National Historic Registry, the
Hollywood Theater is a highly ornate structure featuring 700 orchestra level
seats and 290 balcony seats.
The Hollywood Theater is one of only a small group of remaining historic
jewels in Western New York featuring Vermont marble floors, ornate plaster
designs, leaded glass windows, brass railings, 14-piece orchestra pit, 70'
by 30' foot stage, dual original oil murals, concave seating design and a
highly decorated softly lit ceiling dome in the center of main house.
The Hollywood Theater was built upon the original site of the Gowanda Opera
House which was lost in a fire in 1924. Designed as both a vaudeville
theater and movie house, the Hollywood Theater was built by Gowanda
businessman Richard Wilhelm in 1926.
The Architect of record is William Lampert II of Rochester, New York. This
is the same architect who designed the Rivera Theater in North Tonawanda,
New York
After years of neglect, the theater was rescued by Gowanda area businessman
Dan Gernatt, Jr. and the Gernatt Family of Companies of Collins, NY who
purchased the theater in 1999 and donated it as a gift to the Gowanda
community.
The Hollywood Theater was turned over to the Gowanda Area Redevelopment
Corp., GARC, a 501c(3) non profit organization. GARC together with the
Friends of the Hollywood Theater (a group of community volunteers) are
leading a total restoration effort of the building.