Just came across this—as a fellow NMHS grad who has since moved on but who still has family in town, I’ve never once heard the historic structure on the green (now depicted on the town flag) referred to as anything other than “the bandstand.” It may fit the definition of a gazebo, and the ersatz copy of it on “Gilmore Girls” might have been called one, but no one in New Milford uses that label.
Just came across this—as a fellow NMHS grad who has since moved on but who still has family in town, I’ve never once heard the historic structure on the green (now depicted on the town flag) referred to as anything other than “the bandstand.” It may fit the definition of a gazebo, and the ersatz copy of it on “Gilmore Girls” might have been called one, but no one in New Milford uses that label.
Hey Chip, that's completely untrue lol, I grew up there and heard it thousands of times. I also still have family in town and spend a lot of last summer there! It's literally referred to as a gazebo in sourced literature from the '90s: https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-ct-nm.html Cheers — KC
Tell it the NM Commission on the Arts, which sponsors summer concerts there as well as the annual carol sing there, which my late father and former NMHS band director conducted for many decades:
it's so funny that you would argue about this! I grew up in New Milford and called it "the gazebo" for my entire childhood. Call it whatever you want! — KC
Just came across this—as a fellow NMHS grad who has since moved on but who still has family in town, I’ve never once heard the historic structure on the green (now depicted on the town flag) referred to as anything other than “the bandstand.” It may fit the definition of a gazebo, and the ersatz copy of it on “Gilmore Girls” might have been called one, but no one in New Milford uses that label.
Hey Chip, that's completely untrue lol, I grew up there and heard it thousands of times. I also still have family in town and spend a lot of last summer there! It's literally referred to as a gazebo in sourced literature from the '90s: https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/us-ct-nm.html Cheers — KC
Tell that to NM Parks & Rec:
https://newmilfordct.myrec.com/info/facilities/area_info.aspx?FacilityID=14698&AreaID=14699
Tell that to the NM Historical Society selling a medallion on this page of “our historic bandstand”:
https://www.nmhistorical.org/upcoming-events/
Tell it the NM Commission on the Arts, which sponsors summer concerts there as well as the annual carol sing there, which my late father and former NMHS band director conducted for many decades:
https://www.artsnewmilfordct.org/index.html#shows
A page from an obscure flags web site isn’t exactly authoritative.
it's so funny that you would argue about this! I grew up in New Milford and called it "the gazebo" for my entire childhood. Call it whatever you want! — KC
Just calling it what the town calls it—happy to provide some historical context.