{"id":3703,"date":"2009-06-23T09:53:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-23T13:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/06\/dream-day-trip-the-georgi-in-shushan.html"},"modified":"2016-10-04T12:15:12","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T12:15:12","slug":"dream-day-trip-the-georgi-in-shushan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2009\/06\/dream-day-trip-the-georgi-in-shushan\/","title":{"rendered":"Dream Day Trip: The Georgi In Shushan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This place is so awesome I almost hesitate to tell you about it, lest the secret get out.\u00a0 But OK, I guess I gotta&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2009\/06\/museuminsun.jpg\" alt=\"museuminsun.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2009\/06\/museuminsun.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2009\/06\/museuminsun-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Baldwin is the director of The Georgi, a Georgi-ous nine-acre park and art museum and community center in the heart of Shushan.\u00a0 What&#8217;s that?\u00a0 You never heard of Shushan (pronounced Shoe, Shan)?\u00a0 Come east on Rt. 29, head south and follow the signs further east to find the community legendary fly fishing pioneer Lee Wulff called home.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone can go to Clifton Park.\u00a0 It takes a spirit of adventure to come to Shushan.\u00a0 For now, we&#8217;ll just talk about the Georgi.\u00a0 On Thursday, July 2 at 7pm the Hubbard Hall Irish Dancers (and their band) will take the, er, grounds.\u00a0 Tickets are just $5 and it gives you an inexpensive entree into the world of this fabulous place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. 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