There was a fine folk fest run for quite a few years in New Jersey, called the Middletown Folk Festival, run by the Levine family. I have many good memories of song collecting and the workshops. Dan Smith was somewhat of a regular there. The last one I attended was probably around 1975.

I attended what I believe was the first Champlain Valley Folk Music Festival, held in a park near Vergennes, Vermont, some years back. I camped with a bunch of fellow folkies from NJ in Button Bay State Park nearby. This fest seemed to have quite an expansive list of performers for the admission price. I remember seeing and hearing Gordon Bok (solo), Margarite McArthur and family, Jeff Warner and Jeff Davis, and lots more folks. I got a flier for the following year's fest, which seemed greatly scaled down and then I never heard anything further of this fest. Does anyone out there know if it's still in existence?

Regards, Duane D.