Banquet by the Bridge is a celebration of community that will help ensure that Hudson Crossing Park is able to continue to provide a unique educational and recreational resource for our region. Held beside Hudson Crossing Park’s historic Dix Bridge, which formally joins Saratoga and Washington counties and bridges communities on both sides of the Hudson, the evening will feature a pre-dinner cocktail hour on the bridge with a special performance for Honorary Committee Members and sponsor guests, a silent auction featuring local goods and experiences, and drinks and dessert for all on the bridge after dinner.

The heart of the evening will be the presentation of Hudson Crossing Park’s Fourth Annual Sunshine and Seedling Awards.

The 2025 Sunshine Award honors Maestro David Alan Miller, Heinrich Medicus Music Director of the Albany Symphony Orchestra, for his dedication to the arts and the community. Mr. Miller has celebrated both the artistry and heritage of our region through such initiatives as “Water Music” and “Sing Out, NY, ” and will be returning to Hudson Crossing Park for another free community concert in July of 2025.

The 2025 Seedling Award recognizes a graduating senior from Warren, Washington, or Saratoga County who has just begun demonstrating their leadership capacity, and shows promise for continued community leadership as they leave high school.

Together, they represent the bridge between experience and new growth which bring places like Hudson Crossing Park to life.