Rally in the Valley
The Greater Olean Area Chamber of Commerce is seeking food, retail, and craft vendors to participate in the 7th Annual Rally in the Valley event, August 21-23, 2009 at Bradner Stadium in Olean. The three-day event is a motorcycle rally with the proceeds benefiting a host of community charities: Cattaraugus County Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse, Inc.; Interfaith Caregivers; DARE Program; HomeCare & Hospice; Olean Airport Support Group; Southern Tier Military Support; South Olean Football; and Healthy Families of Cattaraugus.
The “Rally” is expected to once again draw several thousand motorcyclists from across the region. GOACC would like to offer companies an opportunity to take a vendor booth at the event. This year, the event will open with a FRIDAY KICK OFF to the RALLY with a Bike Parade and regional music entertainment. Saturday’s event will include bands, extreme cyclists, mechanical bull ride, contests: slow ride, ball drop, tire toss, hot dog. Sunday’s activities will consist of music, a dice run starting at 11 am and the raffle of a 2009 Harley-Davidson Flame Blue Pearl Electra Glide®. The three events will all be held at one location -- vendors will not need to move and set up their spaces like in the past.
Past food vendors served up: beef on wick, pizza, fried dough, Texas hots, chili dogs, tacos, milkshakes, sausage sandwiches, nachoes, chicken wings, roasted corn, and more. Past retail vendors showcased jewelry, motorcycle accessories, clothing, sunglasses, leather wear, motorcycles, even a truck/trailer to haul your motorcycle! Vendors must apply to be considered. Vendors will be selected based on minimum qualifications, as well as experience, quality of service, variety, cleanliness, and availability. Vendors supply their own tables, canopies and materials. Electricity is available for the food operators. There will be overnight security at the stadium both Friday and Saturday nights.
Shake & Rattle together...Roll a Week Later -- The Olean City School District Foundation and the Olean High School Sports Boosters have set August 14-16, 2009 as the dates for the Second Annual Gus Macker Basketball Tournament and Community Festival. The Olean Bradford YMCA’s CornFest and Wellness Rally will be Sunday, August 16, 2009. The Rally in the Valley will be moving its dates from the third weekend in August to the fourth -- August 21-23, 2009. The Rally co-chairs, Dennis Jones, Randy Langdon, Dan Jordan, and Larry Penman stated, “Changing the Rally date will allow each event to obtain more volunteers, will not have events overlap for sponsors to have to choose, and allow people to participate at all the events.” GOACC agrees with the co-chairs and adds that having these major events separated will allow two weekends in a row of thousands of people coming in to town.
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