Recent Changes for "Greek Festival" - Rochester Wiki

Greek Festival

BradMandell — 2009-03-08T18:29:51Z

adopt new name for Orphanage

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 2:	Line 2:
	+ ADOPT ["Rochester Greek Festival"]

Greek Festival

BradMandell — 2009-03-08T18:28:51Z

Renamed to "Rochester Greek Festival"

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 1:	Line 1:
- [[Image(Greek Festival logo.jpg,right,noborder)]] - \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Location'''\|\| - \|\|[[Address(962 East Avenue, Rochester, NY)]]\|\| - \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Dates & TImes - 2009'''\|\| - \|\|May 28 - May 31, 2009\|\| - \|\|Daily: 11:00AM to 11:00PM\|\| - \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Admission'''\|\| - \|\|Free\|\| - \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Parking'''\|\| - \|\|[http://www.rochestergreekfestival.org/hours.html#parking Website Info] \|\| - \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Website'''\|\| - \|\|http://www.RochesterGreekFestival.org/\|\| - \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Alcohol'''\|\| - \|\|Yes\|\| - - The '''Rochester Greek Festival''' is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic ["festivals"], and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ["City Newspaper"] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion. - - '''The Basics''' - - The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thursday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 ["East Avenue"]. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest. - - It usually begins around noon and ends at 11pm or midnight. - - Parking can be a challenge at peak times due to the festival encompassing the entire grounds of the Church, parking lots and all, however no one should complain of a little walk down East Avenue on a beautiful summer day. - - '''Festival Highlights''' - - One cannot describe the Greek Festival without begining with the array of traditional Greek cuisine available. Everything from the ubiquitous gyro, souvlaki, dolmades, and spanakopita is available, and full and satisfying dinners include lamb shank, half chicken, and moussaka, all with salad and rice pilaf. Also, you can try lesser known Greek foods, like [wiki:Wikipedia:Tiropita tyropita] (a cheese pie) and pasticio (a meaty casserole with a bechamel creamy sauce). - - Alcohol is readily available, domestic draft for the timid, or for the more adventurous, imported Greek beer and wines, including the infamous resinated white wine, retsina. At the ''kafeneion'' (coffee shop) and the ''zaharoplasteio'' (pastry shop) you can get a wide array of Greek sweets and desserts to go with your coffee. - - Events include daily performances of Greek folk dancing, tours of the church, and cooking demonstrations. You can shop at the ''agora'', or marketplace, which sells everything from souveniers and clothing, Greek CD's, to the more elegant ceramic, jewelry, and sculpture, and a wide array of Orthodox religious items, icons, and books. - - The Greek Festival by day is swarmed with visitors from all parts of the Rochester region, but by evening, many of the areas local Greeks can be found drinking and dancing and conversing. - - The Greek Festival is a representation of the spirit of hospitality that the Greek people are ingrained with, and is not to be missed in Rochester's hectic festival scene. - - '''Sponsors & [http://www.rochestergreekfestival.org/charities.html Charities]''' - - The festival supports the following local charities: - * ["Breast Cancer Coalition"] - * ["Camp Good Days"] - * ["Christopher's Challenge"] - * ["CURE"] - * ["Daystar"] - * ["Epilepsy Foundation"] - * ["Golisano Childrens Hospital"] - * ["Hope Lodge ACS"] - * ["Make a Wish"] - - [[Comments]]	+ #redirect Rochester Greek Festival

Greek Festival

BradMandell — 2009-03-08T18:27:17Z

Map location(s) modified

Greek Festival

BradMandell — 2009-03-08T18:27:17Z

add some headers for Festival - maybe a Festival Template? formatting charities

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 2:	Line 2:
- \|\|<bgcolor='#E0E0FF'>'''Website'''\|\|	+ \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Location'''\|\| + \|\|[[Address(962 East Avenue, Rochester, NY)]]\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Dates & TImes - 2009'''\|\| + \|\|May 28 - May 31, 2009\|\| + \|\|Daily: 11:00AM to 11:00PM\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Admission'''\|\| + \|\|Free\|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Parking'''\|\| + \|\|[http://www.rochestergreekfestival.org/hours.html#parking Website Info] \|\| + \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Website'''\|\|
Line 4:	Line 13:
	+ \|\|<class="tablehead">'''Alcohol'''\|\| + \|\|Yes\|\|
Line 9:	Line 20:
- The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thursday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 ["East Avenue"]. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest.	+ The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thursday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 ["East Avenue"]. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest.
Line 11:	Line 22:
- It usually begins around noon and ends at 11pm or midnight.	+ It usually begins around noon and ends at 11pm or midnight.
Line 13:	Line 24:
- Admission is free. - - Parking can be a challenge at peak times due to the festival encompassing the entire grounds of the Church, parking lots and all, however no one should complain of a little walk down East Avenue on a beautiful summer day.	+ Parking can be a challenge at peak times due to the festival encompassing the entire grounds of the Church, parking lots and all, however no one should complain of a little walk down East Avenue on a beautiful summer day.
Line 19:	Line 28:
- One cannot describe the Greek Festival without begining with the array of traditional Greek cuisine available. Everything from the ubiquitous gyro, souvlaki, dolmades, and spanakopita is available, and full and satisfying dinners include lamb shank, half chicken, and moussaka, all with salad and rice pilaf. Also, you can try lesser known Greek foods, like [wiki:Wikipedia:Tiropita tyropita] (a cheese pie) and pasticio (a meaty casserole with a bechamel creamy sauce).	+ One cannot describe the Greek Festival without begining with the array of traditional Greek cuisine available. Everything from the ubiquitous gyro, souvlaki, dolmades, and spanakopita is available, and full and satisfying dinners include lamb shank, half chicken, and moussaka, all with salad and rice pilaf. Also, you can try lesser known Greek foods, like [wiki:Wikipedia:Tiropita tyropita] (a cheese pie) and pasticio (a meaty casserole with a bechamel creamy sauce).
Line 21:	Line 30:
- Alcohol is readily available, domestic draft for the timid, or for the more adventurous, imported Greek beer and wines, including the infamous resinated white wine, retsina. At the ''kafeneion'' (coffee shop) and the ''zaharoplasteio'' (pastry shop) you can get a wide array of Greek sweets and desserts to go with your coffee.	+ Alcohol is readily available, domestic draft for the timid, or for the more adventurous, imported Greek beer and wines, including the infamous resinated white wine, retsina. At the ''kafeneion'' (coffee shop) and the ''zaharoplasteio'' (pastry shop) you can get a wide array of Greek sweets and desserts to go with your coffee.
Line 23:	Line 32:
- Events include daily performances of Greek folk dancing, tours of the church, and cooking demonstrations. You can shop at the ''agora'', or marketplace, which sells everything from souveniers and clothing, Greek CD's, to the more elegant ceramic, jewelry, and sculpture, and a wide array of Orthodox religious items, icons, and books.	+ Events include daily performances of Greek folk dancing, tours of the church, and cooking demonstrations. You can shop at the ''agora'', or marketplace, which sells everything from souveniers and clothing, Greek CD's, to the more elegant ceramic, jewelry, and sculpture, and a wide array of Orthodox religious items, icons, and books.
Line 25:	Line 34:
- The Greek Festival by day is swarmed with visitors from all parts of the Rochester region, but by evening, many of the areas local Greeks can be found drinking and dancing and conversing.	+ The Greek Festival by day is swarmed with visitors from all parts of the Rochester region, but by evening, many of the areas local Greeks can be found drinking and dancing and conversing.
Line 27:	Line 36:
- The Greek Festival is a representation of the spirit of hospitality that the Greek people are ingrained with, and is not to be missed in Rochester's hectic festival scene.	+ The Greek Festival is a representation of the spirit of hospitality that the Greek people are ingrained with, and is not to be missed in Rochester's hectic festival scene. + + '''Sponsors & [http://www.rochestergreekfestival.org/charities.html Charities]''' + + The festival supports the following local charities: + * ["Breast Cancer Coalition"] + * ["Camp Good Days"] + * ["Christopher's Challenge"] + * ["CURE"] + * ["Daystar"] + * ["Epilepsy Foundation"] + * ["Golisano Childrens Hospital"] + * ["Hope Lodge ACS"] + * ["Make a Wish"]

Greek Festival

BradMandell — 2009-03-08T18:09:41Z

update web address and fix name

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 3:	Line 3:
- \|\|[http://www.geocities.com/rochestergreekfestival/]\|\|	+ \|\|http://www.RochesterGreekFestival.org/\|\|
Line 5:	Line 5:
- The '''Greek Festival''' is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic ["festivals"], and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ["City Newspaper"] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.	+ The '''Rochester Greek Festival''' is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic ["festivals"], and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ["City Newspaper"] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.
Line 28:	Line 28:
	+ + [[Comments]]

Greek Festival

alexandergartley — 2008-10-08T14:10:06Z

bolded the festival's name in the description

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 5:	Line 5:
- The Greek Festival is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic ["festivals"], and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ["City Newspaper"] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.	+ The '''Greek Festival''' is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic ["festivals"], and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ["City Newspaper"] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.

Greek Festival

alexandergartley — 2008-04-18T15:20:22Z

added logo

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 1:	Line 1:
	+ [[Image(Greek Festival logo.jpg,right,noborder)]]

Greek Festival

alexandergartley — 2008-04-18T15:19:38Z

Upload of image Greek Festival logo.jpg.

Greek Festival

alexandergartley — 2008-04-18T15:19:20Z

improved website link

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 2:	Line 2:
- \|\|[http://www.geocities.com/rochestergreekfestival/index.html]\|\|	+ \|\|[http://www.geocities.com/rochestergreekfestival/]\|\|

Greek Festival

SaraChristine — 2008-04-18T14:30:34Z

added website header

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 1:	Line 1:
	+ \|\|<bgcolor='#E0E0FF'>'''Website'''\|\| + \|\|[http://www.geocities.com/rochestergreekfestival/index.html]\|\| +

Greek Festival

alexandergartley — 2007-12-12T21:06:03Z

added Wikipedia link to Tiropita

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 15:	Line 15:
- One cannot describe the Greek Festival without begining with the array of traditional Greek cuisine available. Everything from the ubiquitous gyro, souvlaki, dolmades, and spanakopita is available, and full and satisfying dinners include lamb shank, half chicken, and moussaka, all with salad and rice pilaf. Also, you can try lesser known Greek foods, like tyropita (a cheese pie) and pasticio (a meaty casserole with a bechamel creamy sauce).	+ One cannot describe the Greek Festival without begining with the array of traditional Greek cuisine available. Everything from the ubiquitous gyro, souvlaki, dolmades, and spanakopita is available, and full and satisfying dinners include lamb shank, half chicken, and moussaka, all with salad and rice pilaf. Also, you can try lesser known Greek foods, like [wiki:Wikipedia:Tiropita tyropita] (a cheese pie) and pasticio (a meaty casserole with a bechamel creamy sauce).

Greek Festival

alexandergartley — 2007-11-01T06:43:38Z

added wiki link to Festivals page

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 1:	Line 1:
- The Greek Festival is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic festivals, and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ["City Newspaper"] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.	+ The Greek Festival is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic ["festivals"], and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ["City Newspaper"] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.

Greek Festival

StevenDibelius — 2007-02-03T21:50:57Z

Fixed internal links.

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 1:	Line 1:
- The Greek Festival is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic festivals, and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by [http://rocwiki.org/City_Newspaper City Newspaper] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.	+ The Greek Festival is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic festivals, and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ["City Newspaper"] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.
Line 5:	Line 5:
- The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thursday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 [http://rocwiki.org/East_Avenue East Avenue]. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest.	+ The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thursday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 ["East Avenue"]. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest.

Greek Festival

DinoKolios — 2007-02-03T20:40:07Z

Internal Links.

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 1:	Line 1:
- The Greek Festival is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic festivals, and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ''City'' readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.	+ The Greek Festival is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic festivals, and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by [http://rocwiki.org/City_Newspaper City Newspaper] readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion.
Line 5:	Line 5:
- The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thursday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 East Avenue. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest.	+ The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thursday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 [http://rocwiki.org/East_Avenue East Avenue]. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest.

Greek Festival

DinoKolios — 2007-02-03T20:29:14Z

Typo

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 3:	Line 3:
- '''THE BASICS''' - The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thrusday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 East Avenue. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest.	+ '''The Basics''' + + The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thursday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 East Avenue. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest.

Greek Festival

DinoKolios — 2007-02-03T18:10:43Z

Differences for Greek Festival

Deletions are marked with - .	Additions are marked with +.
Line 1:	Line 1:
	+ The Greek Festival is one of Rochester's many annual ethnic festivals, and is arguably one of its most popular. It was voted Best Festival by ''City'' readers in 2006. As the name suggests, it is a showcase of Greek culture, including food, drink, music, dance, clothing, and religion. + + '''THE BASICS''' + The Greek Festival usually occurs in early June or the end of May, and usually runs for 4 days, Thrusday through Sunday. It is located on the grounds of the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation at 962 East Avenue. This is the Greek festival most people have come to know and recognize and ''not to be confused with the second, newer Greek festival'', which happens at the end of summer at the new, second Greek Orthodox Church in Rochester, Church of the Holy Spirit, which is at 835 South Avenue. That festival is refered to as the Highland Greek Fest. + + It usually begins around noon and ends at 11pm or midnight. + + Admission is free. + + Parking can be a challenge at peak times due to the festival encompassing the entire grounds of the Church, parking lots and all, however no one should complain of a little walk down East Avenue on a beautiful summer day. + + '''Festival Highlights''' + + One cannot describe the Greek Festival without begining with the array of traditional Greek cuisine available. Everything from the ubiquitous gyro, souvlaki, dolmades, and spanakopita is available, and full and satisfying dinners include lamb shank, half chicken, and moussaka, all with salad and rice pilaf. Also, you can try lesser known Greek foods, like tyropita (a cheese pie) and pasticio (a meaty casserole with a bechamel creamy sauce). + + Alcohol is readily available, domestic draft for the timid, or for the more adventurous, imported Greek beer and wines, including the infamous resinated white wine, retsina. At the ''kafeneion'' (coffee shop) and the ''zaharoplasteio'' (pastry shop) you can get a wide array of Greek sweets and desserts to go with your coffee. + + Events include daily performances of Greek folk dancing, tours of the church, and cooking demonstrations. You can shop at the ''agora'', or marketplace, which sells everything from souveniers and clothing, Greek CD's, to the more elegant ceramic, jewelry, and sculpture, and a wide array of Orthodox religious items, icons, and books. + + The Greek Festival by day is swarmed with visitors from all parts of the Rochester region, but by evening, many of the areas local Greeks can be found drinking and dancing and conversing. + + The Greek Festival is a representation of the spirit of hospitality that the Greek people are ingrained with, and is not to be missed in Rochester's hectic festival scene.