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dedicated to preserving traditional music & dance
Concert Series
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Old Songs Festival
 

  OLD SONGS
  FESTIVAL,
  now  in it's
  28th year,
  will be held
  June 27-29
  at the
  Altamont   Fairgrounds

  check out
  2008
  PERFORMERS!

NOW AVAILABLE! COMPLETE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE!  View & Print   


upcoming events:

Saturday, May 10
Mother-Daughter Stringband
8:00 pm • $17 (age 12 & under, $5)

A very special Mother’s Day weekend with a quartet featuring Lyn Hardy & Abby Newton and their daughters Ruth Ungar Merenda & Rosie Newton. Fiddles, cello, guitar, and lots of great singing on an old and new folk repertoire. Buy tickets or call to reserve: 518-765-2815


28th annual!
June 27, 28, 29
Altamont Fairgrounds

come hear the best
in folk, Celtic
& Multi-Cultural
Music!

complete info here

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FESTIVAL VOLUNTEERS still needed for:
First Aid, Craft Area, Grounds Crew, Recycling, Workshop Stage Managers, Campground.
Go to Crew Page for more info

 


SUMMER 2008

WEEK I - July 7-11
 YOUTH - all levels
 FIDDLE, GUITAR, BANJO, BASS
WEEK II - July 14-18
 ADULT - Novice to Intermediate
 FIDDLE, GUITAR, BANJO, BASS
WEEK III - July 28-Aug. 1
 Fiddling Demystified for Strings
 Intermediate to Advanced, all ages

 FIDDLE, GUITAR, CELLO

CLICK ABOVE FOR BROCHURE


Click on individual weeks for more info, or:
General Info: Old Songs, 518-765-2815,
Program Info: Donna Hébert,


 

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

for a quick glance at upcoming events, click on the calendar:


Now available:
Historic Old Songs Festival DVD!
Wonderful 85 minute video of the 1981 and 1983 Festivals,
edited by Bill Spence from his original footage.
$18.00 with FREE shipping via US mail.

Here’s a 6 minute sample:

 

   

Old Songs Mission  

OLD SONGS, INC., centered in the New York State Capital Region, is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to keeping TRADITIONAL MUSIC & DANCE alive through the presentation of festivals, concerts, dances and educational programs.



Funding  


Old Songs programs are made possible by public funds from
the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency. 

 

 


Old Songs' recent purchase of a new home for its operations at 37 S Main St. in Voorheesville, NY has been made possible by a loan from the Capital District Community Loan Fund (CDCLF), a non-profit federally certified community development financial institution serving the Capital Region of New York State.


 


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Old Songs, Inc.

PO Box 466 • Voorheesville, NY 12186-0466
(518) 765-2815 • Fax: (518) 765-4248 • Email:

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