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Laurelight.com is your source for photos and info on events and activities in and around Johnstown, PA, featuring lightscapes and landscapes from Pennsylvania's beautiful Alleghenies and Laurel Highlands..
It's all about the light...
"What a delightful prospect it must have afforded...when the morning sun first touched with its rays the summit of the Allegheny, and in its setting, flooded the heights of the Laurel Hill with a sea of gold, and bathed the whole intervening country with its soft and mellow light." - Hon. Wm. H. Koontz, 1895
Johnstown PA Archive
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2011 Jackson Township Heritage Festival
Posted on 2011.11.25 Friday | No CommentsI'm especially fond of the Jackson Township Heritage Festival because the picturesque Veterans Park is a setting right out of Meet Me In St. Louis or Life With Father. I always feel like I've been tossed back a hundred years when I wander through the festival: friendly, enthusiastic vendors and patrons, good music, and, of course, great food. -
The Johnstown Concert Ballet at 2011 Ethnic Fest
Posted on 2011.10.15 Saturday | 1 CommentPut on you dancin' shoes and unpack your tu-tus. It was pure pleasure, and a nice change of pace, to watch the Johnstown Concert Ballet perform at Johnstown Artworks during a weekend of otherwise rocking out at the 2011 Cambria City Ethnic Festival. Grace and elegance... -
The 6th Annual Bandshell Bark
Posted on 2011.10.14 Friday | No Comments...cool canines and their well-behaved pets from around the area descended on Johnstown's Roxbury Park for the 4th annual Bandshell Bark in support of the Roxbury Bandshell Preservation Alliance... -
Photos of Oakhurst
Posted on 2011.10.08 Saturday | 1 CommentI'm not sure what possessed me at the time (I think I was looking for a route down to the Mainline tracks to get some Amtrak photos), but I ended up wandering Johnstown's Oakhurst neighborhood on a snowy February day in 2008. -
Beaverfest 2011
Posted on 2011.09.08 Thursday | 1 CommentAnyway, got to catch a bit of the Beaverdale fun and a bit of Ribbon Grass before I had to head back to town to shoot the Galleria fireworks. I think you can tell by the photos that most everyone had themselves a real good time. I know I did. Can't wait till next year. -
Thunder in the Valley 2011 Wrap-Up
Posted on 2011.08.22 Monday | No CommentsA final wrap-up from Johnstown's Thunder in the Valley 2011. A few people pics to close things out till next year. -
Hiking the Laurel Highlands Trail
Posted on 2011.07.23 Saturday | 1 Commenttime to tackle the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. A nice thing about wandering around Johnstown and PA's Southern Alleghenies is that, no matter how alone you think you are, no matter how far out in the wilds you may be -
Thunder Sights
Posted on 2011.07.21 Thursday | No CommentsMy favorite Thunder activity? Simply looking. No matter where you turn, there's always something else worth seeing at Johnstown PA's Thunder in the Valley -
Thunder in the Valley VOMA Kids Corner
Posted on 2011.07.08 Friday | 1 CommentEmphasizing the family-friendly nature of Johnstown's Thunder in the Valley motorcycle rally, organizers presented the Kids' Corner. Hosted by the Venue of Merging Arts (V.O.M.A.), Kids' Corner offered face painting, airbrushed tattoos, braiding, those cool inflatable jumping thingees, a big ol' hi-slide, and all other sorts of fun and games for kids and their families. -
Thunder in the Valley – Part I
Posted on 2011.07.08 Friday | No CommentsAnd now, (almost) live from Downtown Johnstown PA, the first of 4 galleries covering the faces and folk, bikes and likes, and places and spaces of Thunder in the Valley.
