China Roses by Enya - A Tribute to Youngstown's own Mill Creek Park

Okay, so the song may be a bit lame, but I have so many happy memories of this place as a child regardless of the time of year. So I had the photos start in the spring and end in the winter. You know...in a pseudo-artsy sort of way. Hope you all like it!

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Music

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• Enya
• China Roses
• Mill Creek Park
• Youngstown

[duke5280]

@WhiteTeaRoses: thank you so much. I made the video one day when I visited the park and was inspired. I'm so humbled amd glad that it has touched so many people...

[aedc41]

So many memories of the days in the Park. We use to "sneak" into the park late summer for football practice since we weren't suppose to start before the season. My parents took my brother and I to the park for the first time in 1945 until I left the area in 1961. Was back in 08 for our 50th high school reunion. Out of 93, 47 showed up. I think that says alot about the pull the whole area had on us. Thanks again for the fond memories!

Ed Cockman Class of "58 Poland Seminary High School

[duke5280]

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing that with me, Ed. I'm glad my little slide show brought back some nostalgia for you. I'm really humbled to know that this touched someone of your generation in the same way it touched mine...

[toolchick71]

It truly is a beautiful place. You take it for granted when you have lived here all your life. I love the rose gardens the most.

[duke5280]

@toolchick71 Well, you're in luck because I made a video dedicated specifically to the Rose Garden to the tune of "No Rain" by Blind Melon. I think you'll like it!

[Avinda120]

I left Y'town in 1975. I miss that park most of all.

Thank you for this incredible walk down Memory Lane.

[duke5280]

You are very welcome. I am so glad that this has touched you all the way it touched me. It makes me realize that I am not alone in my love for my hometown.

[shellisews]

I live just above Mill Creek Park and You did a wonderful job and I loved the music.

Shelli from Yo.

[Kendallvue]

It made me cry. I moved to Colorado in 1984 but the memories of this place are just too numerous to mention. Thank you for making it.

Deb O'Hare

Class of 1970

Woodrow Wilson

[celticwitan]

The song is beutiful, like this place. Enya sings so pretty, and it fits this perfect. Nice work.

[edknuff]

I don't believe the song is lame at all. The soft music of Enya fits the images well.

[WhiteTeaRoses315]

Hi. Thank you so much for making this video. Mill Creek Park was my favorite place to visit when I was growing up and the Rose Garden is my all time favorite place in the whole world. I used to go there and listen to Enya. I would sit in the gazebo and do my homework from YSU and I worked at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. I left Ohio in 1993. Thank you again so much for making this video!! I have favorited it! :-)

[pivo2k]

A perfect video, and the music is great. Mill Creek Park makes living in this area bearable. When I lived away for a few years, I really missed it. When I moved back, I made a promise to myself to enjoy the park as much as I could and to show it to every person who came to town from the outside. I can't think of any other city in the country which has this kind of natural beauty IN THE CITY on this large of a scale. Anybody who takes this place for granted is a fool. Thanks for this video!

[n2wishinn]

Firstly, thank you so much for making this. We moved west in 1978 and there's a lot that I miss from those days prior. I hope all my people who are still back there realize that Mill Creek Park rivals Lake Tahoe (near where I live now) and I have so many good memories from there., with love Rhonda Zuti who would have graduated from South Range in 1983, instead, Carson City High, class of 83.

[pst716]

My husband and I ran and dated in Mill Creek Park, then were married in the Rose Garden and had our reception in Pioneer Pavilion 25 years ago. And even though I now live in Alaska (which is not unknown for its scenery), I can honestly say there is not a more beautiful place on Earth than MCP! Thank you for this wonderful video.

[jeanrenee224]

thank you so much, this is the best video of the park i have ever seen.

i use to live in ytown, move to florida 10 years ago, miss the park.