Eating, shopping and rocking in downtown Rockville Centre

Posted Wednesday, June 8, 2016 2:11 pm

At right, Poppy Markou of Mesita serves samples to Stacey and Rebecca Weisman.

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Michael Desena talked to Camille Agueci and Sharon LaMonica about their Pure Awakened Energy designs.

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The Chamber of Commerce organized the successful ESR. At top, from left, are Diane McGrath, Cynthia Metzger, Bob Wolf, Vice President Barbara Goldfeder, Jeff Novack, Shannon McComb, President Greg Schaefer and Secretary Renee Walton.

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Hundreds of people from all over the area came to the village for the third annual EAT.SHOP.ROCK street fair, the most successful yet.

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Kelly Walsh, left, and Caroline Lynch, dancers from Miss Colleen’s Elite Dancentre, took a break from their performances to enjoy the Kids’ Zone at the EAT.SHOP.ROCK street fair on Saturday. The fair was the most successful to date, with hundreds of people coming to Rockville Centre.

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Young dancers from Miss Colleen’s Elite Dancentre performed “A Very Happy Birthday” on one of the two stages at EAT.SHOP.ROCK.

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By Alex Costello

The Rockville Centre Chamber of Commerce held another successful EAT.SHOP.ROCK street fair last Saturday.

This year’s street fair was the most successful ESR to date, with a larger crowd then ever. The Rockville Centre Police Department estimated that there were hundreds of visitors during the course of the day.

The fair is a chance to showcase Rockville Centre businesses, and the day’s gorgeous weather only helped. People from all over came out to walk up and down South Park Avenue and sample food from restaurants, browse goods from stores and see what other businesses in the village have to offer.

ESR is also a fundraiser, and this year was also great in that regard. Though the final numbers are still being tallied, Chamber of Commerce President Greg Schaefer said that this year’s fair raised at least $3,000 for scholarships the chamber awards and at least another $2,000 to be donated to the Tommy Brull Foundation to help construct a handicap-accessible playground on Sunrise Highway.

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