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Educational Programs Announced At Quassy Amusement & Waterpark
MIDDLEBURY, Conn. – As the train on the thrilling Wooden Warrior roller coaster zips by, those waiting in the line for the ride might wonder just how fast it is going. Students will be able to provide the answer by participating in Quassy Amusement & Waterpark’s Fun With Physics, one of the educational programs sponsored by the lakeside property. Fun With Physics is 38-page scholastic booklet Quassy prepared which incorporates a variety of experiments using rides within the park. The project has
More Than 100 Attend NEAAPA’s 106th Anniversary Annual Meeting
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – More than 100 persons gathered for the New England Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions’ (NEAAPA) 106th Anniversary Education Conference and Annual Meeting March 18-20 at the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel here. The highlight of event was the induction of Gene Dean, owner of Fiesta Shows/Dean Enterprises, Seabrook, N.H., into the NEAAPA Hall of Fame during Tuesday evening’s dinner meeting. Accepting on his behalf was Gene’s son, E.J., who chronicled his father’s
History Of New England Association Of Amusement Parks And Attractions
By Ron GustafsonEditor, New England News (Editor’s note: In 2010, Publisher Gary Slate of Amusement Today asked us to prepare an article related to the history of the New England Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (NEAAPA). Late NEAAPA Secretary/Treasurer Alan Ramsay dug through the association’s archives for information to forward to me while I conducted numerous telephone interviews that summer to have the article ready for the December edition of Amusement Today. With NEAAPA celebrating its
Historic Connecticut Park A Regional - If Not - A National Treasure
MIDDLEBURY, Conn. – The electrified rail line that once weaved its way through the wooded hills of this quiet borough in northwestern Connecticut has been gone for more than 80 years. Even though 1930 spelled the end of the line for the Connecticut Trolley Company, its most popular summer stop, one that filled the rail cars to capacity, lives on. Quassy Amusement & Waterpark is nothing short of a New England - if not a national - treasure. It has beaten the odds on many an occasion to proudly
