Mostly I remember walking from my friends house to the village and we’d go right past it. We’d have our own private shows on that green stage so many times! Still amazes me and reminds me of the love I had for that jewel…
I worked there from 1965 to 1970 Phil was the best, Is wife would sell ticket at the firehouse in the village in a little room and I as a nine year old boy came in a asked for a job. I told her that my father left my mother and family and I need to make money for my family. I remembering her eyes welled up and she asked me if I new where dogwood hollow was ? I said yes. She wrote out a note and folded it and said I want you to go to dogwood hollow and hand this note to Phil He will be the biggest man you will see. I run up the hill in the back of the village of stony brook it was a monday morning and they were cleaning the theatre after saturday nights show. no one back then worked on Sundays. I saw all these older kids from my town like 10 0r so cleaning up the place bottle cans paper. In front of the stage stood this big Man who was shoveling some broken glass into a bucket. I handed him the letter and he read it and looked at little me, he handed me the shovel and said clean this up. I worked there every summer for 6 years. He payed us kids well. I made around 10 to 12 dollars for saturday night and two hours of work on Mondays. that was man money not kid money back then. He was a great guy and that job change my life and made me want to work in the business, Today I have been making my living as a actor singer for 35 years. Life changing moment in time for a little boy from Stony Brook.
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This is fantastic, thank you!
I love learning more about Dogwood Hollow! Great video
Mostly I remember walking from my friends house to the village and we’d go right past it. We’d have our own private shows on that green stage so many times!
Still amazes me and reminds me of the love I had for that jewel…
Great comment about how you found your career through being an employee at Dogwood Hollow.
I worked there from 1965 to 1970 Phil was the best, Is wife would sell ticket at the firehouse in the village in a little room and I as a nine year old boy came in a asked for
a job. I told her that my father left my mother and family and I need to make money for my family. I remembering her eyes welled up and she asked me if I new where
dogwood hollow was ? I said yes. She wrote out a note and folded it and said I want you to go to dogwood hollow and hand this note to Phil He will be the biggest man you will see.
I run up the hill in the back of the village of stony brook it was a monday morning and they were cleaning the theatre after saturday nights show. no one back then worked on Sundays.
I saw all these older kids from my town like 10 0r so cleaning up the place bottle cans paper. In front of the stage stood this big Man who was shoveling some broken glass into a bucket.
I handed him the letter and he read it and looked at little me, he handed me the shovel and said clean this up. I worked there every summer for 6 years. He payed us kids well. I made around 10 to 12 dollars for saturday night and two hours of work on Mondays. that was man money not kid money back then. He was a great guy and that job change my life and made me want to work in the business, Today I have been making my living as a actor singer for 35 years. Life changing moment in time for a little boy from Stony Brook.
Last concert? Cowsills?