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 The 31st
 annual
 Old Songs
 Festival
 will take place
 June 24-26

 2011

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CONCERTS

SATURDAY, September 11:
Capital Fund Lasagna Dinner & Concert
Malvina ReynoldsSongs of Malvina Reynolds
6:00 PM
featuring
Addie & Olin,
Annie & the Hedonists,
Debra Burger,
Roger Mock,
Bill Spence

and George Ward
Malvina Reynolds was born Malvina Milder on August 23, 1900, to a Jewish socialist immigrant family in San Francisco, California. In the late forties (which were also her late forties) Malvina and husband Bud Reynolds worked together on progressive political campaigns and she performed at folk music events in the Los Angeles area. She had been writing the occasional popular or political song since her late thirties; by her fifties, she had increased her output and added children’s songs to the mix. By the time the folk protest movements of the 1960s came along, she had honed her skills and was ready to take on the issues of the day: civil rights, opposition to the war in Vietnam, and the right of workers to organize. Overall she wrote hundreds of songs, some of great beauty and many displaying a sense of humor and wit that has endeared her to performers and listeners the world over. She died in 1978.
Tickets:
Adults $25
Children 12 & under: $12


Our Fall Concert Series continues with

fall concertsAcoustic Eidolon
Friday, September 24, 8pm
Joe Scott and Hannah Alkire
on double neck guitar and cello


Magpie
presenting their one-act play Sword of the Spirit
based upon the life and letters of abolitionists John Brown and Mary Brown
Saturday, October 9, 8:00 pm

Jez Lowe
Friday, October 15, 8:00 pm
Brilliant songs from Great Britain

Lisa Gutkin
Saturday, October 23, 8:00 pm
fiddler/singer/songwriter with the Klezmatics
on her first solo tour

See the whole list on our Concert Page

 

 



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.



Board of Directors  

President: Phil Teumim
Vice-President: Nancy Holroyd
Secretary: Susan Grace Moore
Treasurer: John Ozard
Members: Debra Burger, Chris Colarusso, Stephen Fry, Jack Long, MaryAnn Morrison, John Roberts, George Robinson, David Toledano, George Ward.

The Board of Directors has vacancies from time to time.
Please let us know if you are interested. (see contact info below)



Funding  


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

 

 


Old Songs' 2003 purchase of a new home for its operations at 37 S Main St. in Voorheesville, NY was 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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