June 25, 26 & 27, 2010 Altamont Fairgrounds, Altamont, NY    
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2010 Daytime Festival Schedule

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Altamont Fair


Schedule of Events

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All musical performers will be present for the whole festival, participating in daytime workshops and mini-concerts on Saturday and Sunday. Main Concert performances consist of 25 minute sets; see right hand column for anticipated order of performance.

 Friday, June 25

IN-DEPTH CLASSES   3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
taught by Festival Performers and Old Songs associates.
CLASS DESCRIPTIONS
Included in an all-festival ticket and Friday ticket.

GREAT GROOVE BAND A stringband experience for youth. Open to school-aged players of stringed instruments - violin, viola, cello, bass, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, plus flute and percussion players.
Band rehearsals Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday mornings with midday performance on the Main Stage Sunday.
MORE INFO/REGISTRATION

FESTIVAL JUG BAND, session I
Friday afternoon - 3:30 - 5:00 pm.
Kids of all ages: come on by and play some great old songs with the Festival Jug Band. We will make and play washboards, kazoos, spoons, washtub bass and any instruments brought to the Festival Jug Band.
Session II, Saturday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:00; Session III, Sunday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 am; Main Stage performance at 12:30 pm Sunday. MORE INFO

OPEN MIC
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Sign up a little before 5:00. Kate Blain, MC

DRUM CIRCLE
5:30 - 6:30 pm
Led by members of Fakoli Dance & Drum

MAIN STAGE CONCERT
7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
see line-up at right

Contra Dance 11:30 pm - 1:30 am
Caller: Fern Bradley
Band: Fennig's All-Stars

After Concert SING at the Dutch Barn
Host: Dick Greenhaus

After Concert OPEN JAMS
Area 6 & Street Corner

 
 Saturday, June 26

Daytime sessions 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
10 areas offer mini-concerts, learn-how sessions, participatory dance, children's activities, jam sessions, family-oriented performances.
Shape-note singing: 9:00 am
See link for Schedule grid above left.

MAIN STAGE CONCERT 7:00 pm - 11:30 pm
see line-up at right

Contra Dance 11:00 pm - 1:30 am
Caller: Ted Crane
Band: Grand Picnic

After Concert SING at the Dutch Barn
Host: Chuck Irose

After Concert OPEN JAMS
Area 6 & Street Corner

 
 Sunday, June 27

Daytime sessions 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
10 areas offer mini-concerts, learn-how sessions, children's activities, jam sessions, family-oriented performances.
Shape-note singing: 9:00 am
See link for Schedule grid above left.

SPECIAL MAIN STAGE PERFORMANCES

New Artist Series
10:45 am
a group of up-and-coming musicians from the Big Apple (see sidebar, right)

Great Groove Band
!2:00 noon.
Our young string players perform

Festival Jug Band
12:30 pm.
Our family jug band lets loose

Tree of Life Concert
midday - time to be announced.

Choral Harmony Performance
2:30
Peter & Mary Alice Amidon lead singers who participated in their Choral Harmony workshops

MAIN STAGE CONCERT 3:30 pm - 7:00 pm
See line-up above right


 Main Concerts

FRIDAY 7PM
Billy Jonas
Sally Rogers  
  & Howie Bursen
James Keelaghan
Tennesse Mafia Jug Band
Paul McKenna Band
Joe & Jesse Bruchac
Madcat & Kane
Elizabeth LaPrelle
  & the Fruit Dodgers
MC: George Ward

SATURDAY 7PM
Tim Eriksen
Moscow Nights
Debra Cowan
Babik
Gadelle
Brian Peters
Matt & Shannon Heaton
Kim & Reggie Harris
MC: George Ward

SUNDAY 3:30 PM
Joe Hickerson
Tony Barrand, Becky
  Tracy & Keith Murphy
Alan Kaufman & the A-Ks
Cathy Barton & Dave Para
Susan Trump
AJ Bodner & Liza DiSavino
MCs: Bill Spence
  & Roger the Jester


ALL PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

 

 Special Programs

 

The Amazing Atwoods

The Discovery of Songs & Verse from the Hills of West Dover, Vermont

Tony Barrand, Keith Murphy and Becky Tracy will perform their renditions of many of the outstanding songs from the Edith Sturgis collection.
Saturday, 12:30 - 2:00 pm
Find out more


Songs of Trial
& Triumph

Brian Peters

A ninety-minute solo performance of some of the greatest of the 'Child Ballads': great story-songs collected in Britain by Francis J. Child in the 19th century.
Saturday, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Find out more.


New Artist Program

Old Songs welcomes 10 new performers from the environs of New York City. They will be featured in two performances:
Saturday, 3:00 pm, Area 7
Sunday, 10:45 am, Main Stage
Find out more


Children's Peace Choir
We're very happy to welcome this special choir to this year's festival. It is made up of kids from the Berkshire Region of Massacusetts and the Capital Region of New York. The mission of the the group is to aid children and families who have been affected by war. Money from donations and CD sales will go to organizations such as Money raised from the project will go to non-profits such as WarChild.org, Unicef and Child Victims of War.

Saturday, 12:30-1pm in Area 3 and 4:45-5:15pm in Area 2.
 

 

 

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