I was at Washington Square Park last night (Sept. 10th) as one of the invited performers. When I reached the security gate to the stage area with two other invited performers, we were turned away by the security person who informed us "No folksingers allowed inside!" We were given several conflicted explanations: we might be carrying weapons in our instrument cases, we weren't on the performer list, we were scheduled to perform without amplification so we should remain on the ground instead of on the stage, etc.

I didn't know that folksingers are seen as so potentially dangerous!

--- Steve