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Amy Zavatto's Weekend Picks - EHM Breakfast Show w/ Harry 10.2.26 - WEHM All Access · WEHM All Access

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  SPEAKER_00: It's the HM Breakfast Show with Harry live here as we get ready for another weekend, and it has to be better than last weekend, right?
• 0:07
  SPEAKER_00: It has to be.
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  SPEAKER_00: Amy Zavato, the editor-in-chief of uh North Forker and South Forker magazines, uh, joining us.
• 0:12
  SPEAKER_00: Amy, how are you?
• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: You survived the storm.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_01: I survived the storm.
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  SPEAKER_01: I can promise you, I think I can promise you with total certainty, Harry, that there is no Nor'easter this weekend.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: Well, thank goodness.
• 0:23
  SPEAKER_00: Last week it was crazy.
• 0:24
  SPEAKER_00: I remember driving around thinking, I'm glad they canceled uh the Steg Harbor Music Fest, or at least postponed it uh, because it would have been miserable.
• 0:31
  SPEAKER_00: I've been out there in certain events in the rain.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: It is not fun, and the wind certainly made it worse.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I'm just glad that uh it looks like knock on wood, we have a very nice weekend ahead.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is where we we chat about the North Fork selections for the weekend, uh, the South Fork um attractions to check out, and also go over some articles that are up on the websites, Northforger.com and Southforger.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's dive into the North Fork and start it off with kind of a sad thing in a way.
• 0:59
  SPEAKER_00: It's the final first Friday of the season on Love Lane.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_01: Well, you know what?
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna say, I'm not gonna say I'm sad.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna say that I am so happy that this tradition has continued for years.
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  SPEAKER_01: And, you know, if you didn't get to any First Fridays this summer, this is your last chance, and you have one more chance, and that's totally a positive thing.
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  SPEAKER_01: So head on over there tonight.
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  SPEAKER_01: Head to Love Lane from 6 to 9 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: for one of my very, very favorite eating, drinking, hanging out, music appreciating, Mattituck loving events of the year.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's a night of family fun.
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  SPEAKER_01: The street closes to traffic, shops stay open really late with local food, local craft beverages, artisanal goods, all kinds of great stuff available to enjoy all up and down Love Lane.
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  SPEAKER_01: Head on over there tonight.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's your last chance.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna try to do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Matitech's the best.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know they've always live music and just great food and vendors.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh last chance to do it is uh coming up tonight.
• 1:59
  SPEAKER_00: All right, there's the Halleckville Country Fair, which returns this week.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a lot of fairs and festivals going on.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_01: Oh my goodness.
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  SPEAKER_01: Well, you know, September, October, it is fair season.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is harvest and fair season.
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  SPEAKER_01: And on Saturday and Sunday, head over to Halleckville Museum Farm at 6038 Sound Avenue in Riverhead for their annual country fair.
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  SPEAKER_01: You get to celebrate local agriculture history, community traditions with all these great family-friendly activities.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's going to be a colonial cooking and traditional craft demo, lots of cute farm animals.
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  SPEAKER_01: Who doesn't love a farm animal?
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  SPEAKER_01: Kids' games, presentations of indigenous crafts and ways, local vendors, wagon and kitty train rides, tractor pulls, live music, food, honey and jam competitions, a scarecrow making competition.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, I don't even know how you can get your head around all of it.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's so much going on.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, it's from 10 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: to 4 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: Admission is 12 bucks for adults,$8 for children, ages 5 to 12, and it's free for little ones for and under, which is cool.
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  SPEAKER_01: And super duper bonus on Sunday if you want to go.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is half price in the morning.
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  SPEAKER_01: So if you're looking to save a little cash, have a great day with family.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a good time to get on in there.
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  SPEAKER_01: For more information, head to hallockville.org.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's perfect.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh that is uh a great selection, a great pick for this weekend on the North Fork.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the third one we want to go over, there's a chowder fest, which is always a fun time, especially when it gets a little cooler.
• 3:29
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Chowderfest is out in Greenport this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: And and it's, you know, it's not just clam chowder, it's all kinds of chowder, corn chowder, seafood chowder, clam chowder, you name it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Your favorite chowder is gonna be on deck for judging and this amazing competition, which is from noon to 4 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is at port at 104 3rd street.
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  SPEAKER_01: Tickets are$35 online,$45 at the door.
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  SPEAKER_01: All kinds of local restaurants are gonna be gonna be competing for the best chowder, which is super fun.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it's a little, you know, there's a little competition going on.
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  SPEAKER_01: It benefits the East and Seaport Museum, which is such a great organization for our local waterway history.
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  SPEAKER_01: And for tickets and more information, go to eastnseaport.org.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, North Fork.
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  SPEAKER_00: We've got a ton of opportunities to have fun out there this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now we head on over to the South Fork, and there's a lot of fests going on, including uh the Southampton Fest is back this year.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, and let me just say like in addition to the Hamptons International Film Festival, which kicks off this weekend, and you can go to Southforker.com and check out a story that I wrote on all the highlights that are going on from that amazing film festival where you just get to see things that, you know, they're gonna be debuting and being shown in theaters all year long, possibly up for Oscars.
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  SPEAKER_01: So this is a really great opportunity to get in on all the hot movies that are going on.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, but first up, this weekend, we have the 14th annual Southampton Fest tomorrow, October 3rd, all day from 10 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: to 6 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: in Agawan Park at 25 Pond Lane in downtown Southampton.
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  SPEAKER_01: And there's gonna be tons of live music from bands like Eastbound Freight and Cat 5 on the stage in the park, the annual, another annual chowder contest this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_01: Chowder everywhere.
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  SPEAKER_01: Chowder, chowder everywhere, uh traditional dances from the Boys and Girls Club of the Shinnecock Nation, a candle making session with ColourPop workshop.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's gonna be over 40 vendors at their uh farmer, farmers, and artisanal market that's gonna be in Agawan Park as well.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's just it's just such a great, all-encompassing, full-on day for everyone in Southampton.
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  SPEAKER_01: Go check it out.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, you might even see Southampton's own Mayor Bill Manger there and tell him we say hi.
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  SPEAKER_00: Perfect.
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  SPEAKER_00: Agwa Park is beautiful, uh, especially this time of year.
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  SPEAKER_00: So get on out there and enjoy Southampton Fest.
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  SPEAKER_00: I remember when it was September Fest.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm glad they they changed it because they go into October now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but uh they do a great job, and that's just a little bit of a options, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: I feel like that boxed them in a little bit.
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  SPEAKER_00: They were like panicking, but they're like, wait.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, but they do a terrific job with all of that.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right, there's also Springs Fest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now, I don't know much about this one.
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  SPEAKER_00: When this is happening too this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so this is the second time they're doing it.
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  SPEAKER_01: They gave the, they tried it out last year, it was a hit, and now they're gonna bring it back.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is uh an annual community music festival to celebrate the history and heritage of the Hamlet of Springs.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is on Saturday at Parsons Blacksmith Shop, which is at One Parsons Place, and it's from 4 to 7 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, I think there's three bands that are gonna be part of the live music that's going on that day, including Momelie Rose and Paul Jean.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, super duper cool.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, there's also a craft fair, raffles, games, a dragon wagon library, food trucks, local beer and wine.
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  SPEAKER_01: I expect Springs Brewery will factor hard here.
• 6:58
  SPEAKER_01: Forgive me if I'm wrong, guys, but I'm pretty, pretty sure that you're gonna get some Springs beer there.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, visit heartofsprings.com slash Springsfest for more information.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now uh we've been waiting a week for this, and finally, heading out to Masham Hewitt Park uh for Sag Harbor's American Music Festival and uh Kelly Dodds and her crew.
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  SPEAKER_00: What a challenge putting on a music festival when you have a Nor'easter uh and they're they're getting this whole thing together for this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, worth the wait.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love this festival.
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  SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, you can't keep a good music festival down, and not even a Nor'easter is gonna stop this one.
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  SPEAKER_01: So it was moved to this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's gonna be three stages set up with music slated from 10:30 a.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: to 6:30 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is all day.
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  SPEAKER_01: It is so great, just such local talent that's gonna be on display.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I think it's gonna be a beautiful day on both Saturday and Sunday.
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  SPEAKER_01: Uh, it's a two-day long festival and it's rain or shine, but it is gonna shine, people.
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  SPEAKER_01: I know it is.
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  SPEAKER_01: Admission is free.
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  SPEAKER_01: Head to sagharbormusic.org for the full schedule.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's great.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, South Fork picks are in.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now we chat about some of the great stories uh that Amy and her staff are working on at uh northforker.com and southforker.com.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_00: Let's start with it is the spooky season officially when you hit October.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh finally, I feel like September is a little early sometimes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now I can kind of see it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh I've heard such good things about the the North Forker up on the North Fork, the haunted walking tour that goes on.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_01: And I am I am ready.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love the spooky stuff.
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  SPEAKER_01: I think it's really fun.
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  SPEAKER_01: I I will totally camp out, watch all the scary movies on Netflix.
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  SPEAKER_01: But if you really want some historical spooky, uh we have uh a story that our new staff writer, Angelina Zingariello, wrote for us on a great historical Halloween walking tour in Riverhead.
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  SPEAKER_01: And let me tell you, there's some very good ghosty stuff in there to give you the chills and thrills.
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  SPEAKER_01: So go to Northworker.com and check that out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that sounds like a lot of fun and perfect time of year to do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they really do a nice job with it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's Northforker.com.
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  SPEAKER_00: Southforker.com is always good for an excellent recipe, I might add.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: So I saw something up there for the season.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so this week's Cook This Now column by our very own Doug Young is for all you pumpkin spice lovers out there.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_01: And I know you're there.
• 9:19
  SPEAKER_01: I know everybody likes to be like, oh, pumpkin spice, whatever, but like we all kind of love it, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: And there's a really great recipe for a super easy peasy four-ingredient spice pumpkin cake that Doug came up with with this gorgeous glaze on top.
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  SPEAKER_01: I mean, so go check that out.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's easy to make.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can pop it in the oven, eat it all weekend, snack on it, have breakfast.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be gonna be delicious.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_00: There's a lot to do this weekend.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's some good stories.
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  SPEAKER_00: So make get out, enjoy it.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_00: Before you know it, we're gonna be talking about snow and events that are completely inside.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, Harry, stop.
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  SPEAKER_00: So now enjoy this spooky season.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because I think people are like, ah, I've got all October.
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  SPEAKER_00: It goes fast.
• 10:00
  SPEAKER_00: So please get out and do something fun.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we'll be out at the State Harbor Music Festival at Ameshamiba Park on Sunday.
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  SPEAKER_00: I believe starting at eleven thirty, we'll be there.
• 10:08
  SPEAKER_00: But I know music is going on starting at ten thirty both days.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_00: So, Amy, thank you so much for your time and your picks so we get a set and have a good one.
• 10:15
  SPEAKER_00: And uh we'll talk to you next week.
• 10:16
  SPEAKER_01: Thanks, Harry.
• 10:17
  SPEAKER_01: Talk to you soon.