Old Songs Festival 2009 (June 26-28)

Subject: Old Songs 2009
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 08:34 AM

I've sent in my reservation for our usual camping in Quiet at Night. Who else will we see this year? It's a great lineup!

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 09:16 AM

I'll be there!

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: GUEST,DonMeixner
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 10:33 AM

I'll be there again this year in the craft area. I missed last year so I'm not sure what space I'll have yet.

Don

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Hollowfox
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 04:25 PM

I'm planning to go.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: maeve
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 05:56 PM

This looks very good. From the link above:

It will be June 26, 27, and 28, 2009

2009 Performers
Peggy Seeger
Bill Harley
Josh White Jr.
Christine Lavin
Jez Lowe
Vanaver Caravan
Steve Gillette
   & Cindy Mangsen
Reveillons!
Lea Gilmore
Galitcha
Little Toby Walker
Louis Killen
Lissa Schneckenburger
Lou & Peter Berryman
John Roberts
& Tony Barrand
Bua
Michael Cooney
Bill Smith
& Don Woodcock
Peter & Mary Alice Amidon
Asterisk
Double Decker String Band
Festival Jug Band
The Flying Garbanzos
Groovemama
Elizabeth LaPrelle
Jimmy & Ada McCown
Nanne & Ankie
& the Hudson Crew
Red Hen
George Ward
Roger the Jester
Paul Rosenberg
Steve Zakon-Anderson
Bill Spence
Jake Thomas

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Midchuck
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 08:49 PM

I don't know.

We missed last year (had a gig of our own locally), and it was almost a relief not to sleep on the ground and be dirty for three days.

It's never been the same to me since they started doing the strictly regimented camping and making us noisy people camp down in the swamp.

And Kendall has sworn a mighty oath never to return. It won't be anything like the same without him (or Jacqui, one would assume).

I'm closer to 70 than 60 now, and I don't want to sleep on the ground in a tent anymore. I can't afford a new RV, and a cheap old one would just leave a trail of parts from here to Albany and back again. We could get a motel room, but it would be a hassle going back and forth, and it wouldn't really seem like Old Songs.

Mebbe we'll just get up at dawn Saturday, and drive down for a long day.

I donno.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Ref
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 09:08 PM

It does seem like a great line-up this year. My reservation is going in soon!

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Midchuck
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 09:11 PM

Hell, I'm getting to where I'm even too old to Roger the Jester.

Peter.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Rabbi-Sol
Date: 21 Mar 09 - 09:46 PM

I will be there on Sunday with a van load of folks from the Borderline Folk Music Club of Rockland County.

SOL

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Barry Finn
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 12:37 AM

"Hell, I'm getting to where I'm even too old to Roger the Jester"

LOL

Midchuck, it won't be the same without you & you "camp review" either"

I'm planning & hoping that this is the one I can make,
It's been yrs (ever since my 2 kids thought it was fun to say up & out without letting us know there whereabouts untill we found them out at 4 in AM) since we were last there, way to long. But this yr is such a great line up.

My real fav's are
Peggy Seeger(it's been maybe 25 yrs since I've caught her in a concert)

Jez Lowe (he was there the last time & my daughter fell in love,,,,, with his songs

Louis Killen (haven't caught him since he re-emigrated (?))

John Roberts & Tony Barrand (well I caught John all the time & I still think he's cute but I don't get to hear him & Tony together any more)

Michael Cooney (I haven't heard him in as long a time as Peggy)"SLAP"

Nanne & Ankie & the Hudson Crew (I don't know about the Hudson Crew but if they're with Nanne & Ankie they have to be top notch)

George Ward (another local that I get to hear often but each time is
such a pleasure that it's better than the last)

Josh White Jr. (having never heard him live, this will be a great 1st)

Now my absolute FAV here is Elizabeth LaPrelle, this young mountain kid (I didn't say goat Sandy:) doesn't have the name recognition as one of her mentors Ginny Hawker nor the exposure & fan base of Hazel Dickens or Alice Gerrard but Elizabeth has in her youth already pasted most of her elders in capturing the old singers styles when it comes to the music of the mountains. She's the singing sister to the Mountain Whippoorwill famed in prose. Over the yrs I've been listening to Elizabeth since she was a mid teen, she may not even be a teen anymore, at different gatherings & I'd say that she alone is worth taking in this festival.
I hope to see you all there

Barry

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Charley Noble
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 03:55 PM

Be nice to hear Jez Lowe again.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: GUEST,Kendall
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 04:45 PM

I haven't changed my mind, and I'm not apt to.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: GUEST,Pamela from Ithaca
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 05:59 PM

Ted and I will be there, volunteering with dance sound and
catching all the great music I can. I'm still young enough to
not be bothered by a few nights sleeping on the ground. ;-)
I concur with Barry's estimation of Elizabeth LaPrelle. She's fabulous.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Susan of DT
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 07:30 PM

We/CAMSCO will be there in our usual spot. You all stop by.

We also host the Friday nite after the concert sing and hardly any mudcatters come to that. We would like to see/hear you.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 09:11 PM

I am planning to be there, if all goes well, with my two boys who will be freshly out of 5th and 2nd grade.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Ref
Date: 22 Mar 09 - 09:28 PM

It's a family-oriented festival. We were always comfortable bringing our kids there.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 23 Mar 09 - 07:50 AM

I'm getting excited already!

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Dave Ruch
Date: 23 Mar 09 - 08:39 AM

Ooops...GUEST above was me.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: DonMeixner
Date: 23 Mar 09 - 12:50 PM

Bring em by and say hello Dave.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Vixen
Date: 23 Mar 09 - 01:54 PM

Da Foxners are hoping for a day-trip on Saturday...If we make it, I'll be sure to be perusing the glittery objects at Don's booth, and we'll both be looking for great CDs at Camsco! Most of all, we'll be looking to say "how-do" to Mudcats we hardly ever get to see! (and those we DO get to see too!)

V

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: GUEST,melinda
Date: 23 Mar 09 - 07:57 PM

I've never been; will there be participatory things, like group singing? Or is it all performances?

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: WFDU - Ron Olesko
Date: 23 Mar 09 - 08:04 PM

Many many many opportunities for group singing. I expecially enjoy the after-concert sings in the Dutch Barn.   I'm too awful to lead a song, but I really enjoy singing in the chorus!

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Jeri
Date: 23 Mar 09 - 08:07 PM

There are performances with participatory singing, acapella singing sessions, shape note sings and various instrumental jams in the program, not to mention what happens that isn't on the program.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 23 Mar 09 - 10:30 PM

I suspect I'll be there too, as usual. I'll send in for my usual quiet-area campsite, and haunt the music-making spaces all night until it's time for me to fade.

--Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Jeri
Date: 03 May 09 - 02:56 PM

Don, we missed the G&T last year. Does that mean we have to have two this year? I can bring something if you'd like. I DEFINITELY need another bracelet. I only have 2 and Jacqui has 17 or 24 or something like that.

I may go to the fiddle class on Friday, but there aren't many classes I'm very interested in this year. On the other hand, there are a bunch of performers I look forward to hearing.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 03 May 09 - 05:46 PM

Just before we left for California (where we are now, in lovely Carmel) we bought a used pop-up camper. I have always wanted one for Old Songs! We'll be living in it all summer, including at Old Songs! Yay!

And yes, the list of performers is just fantastic this year.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: DonMeixner
Date: 04 May 09 - 01:14 PM

Gin and Tonics are a part of the service Jeri. And Jaqui doesn't have
quite so many as that but there is no excuse for you not to have such aspirations. There are a number of new bracelet and earring designs for you to try on.

D

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 04 May 09 - 02:24 PM

CAMSCO will be there, as usual. Stop by and say hello. Same location.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: GUEST
Date: 05 May 09 - 07:09 AM

The mosquitoes were vicious last year.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Ref
Date: 05 May 09 - 05:54 PM

It was a bit damp last year. There are some really nasty horseflies in the track infield (Quiet At Night) which disappear when it gets crowded and come back out when the "village" dissipates on Sunday afternoon. I don't remember mosquitoes but they might be more evident out in the Noisy At Night areas. I was really unhappy with the indoor concert on Saturday night, partly because I'm not a fan of crowds in enclosed spaces, and partly because of the behavior of some others who can't seem to figure out the high/low seating thing. If it rains again, I plan to do my own singing in my pop-up!

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: GUEST,Meadowmuskrat
Date: 05 May 09 - 06:11 PM

I'm planning on driving up from NJ early sat, picking up Mark from Monroe on the way up.He will be adding to the 40+ years long list of performers he has seen live.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Barry Finn
Date: 05 May 09 - 07:02 PM

we're still hashing out weither or not we can make this one.

Barry

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 05 May 09 - 08:06 PM

Oh, Barry, COME!

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Barry Finn
Date: 06 May 09 - 03:06 AM

Thanks Alison, we are trying

Barry

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Midchuck
Date: 06 May 09 - 09:58 AM

Alison, Barry - take it off the list, please.

P.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Ref
Date: 06 May 09 - 09:06 PM

SITAOMK!

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Jeri
Date: 06 May 09 - 09:47 PM

OK, that's TWO posts I don't understand...

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Jeri
Date: 06 May 09 - 09:54 PM

OK, Midchuck's just made it through the fog.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Ref
Date: 06 May 09 - 09:57 PM

Spitting Iced Tea All Over My Keyboard.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Jeri
Date: 06 May 09 - 10:18 PM

Thanks, Ref.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: astro
Date: 07 May 09 - 06:37 PM

I'm hoping to making it there next year! Sounds like a great time. Do you recommend camping or motels?

astro

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Ref
Date: 07 May 09 - 09:22 PM

We've camped for fifteen years in a pop-up and (usually) enjoyed it. I wouldn't want to do a tent, because of the long tradition of wind-driven rain storms. We locate in the "Quiet At Night" area in the track infield. I know some prefer motels and some have "graduated" to motels due to the ravages of time.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: astro
Date: 08 May 09 - 02:10 AM

Sounds like it would work best then for a motel since I don't have a pop-up and would be flying in perhaps....

Thanks Ref....Astro

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009
From: Susan of DT
Date: 08 May 09 - 08:45 AM

Muskrat

We are in NJ and Monroe is more or less our part of Jersey. We host sings and house concerts. Stop by the CAMSCO Music booth at Old Songs to introduce yourself and give us your email for one or both mailing lists. We are in East Windsor (Hightstown/Princeton area). If you were a member, I could PM you...

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009 (June 26-28)
From: Ref
Date: 08 May 09 - 08:50 PM

Astro:

You might want to check last year's (or the year before that's) thread as I recall a discussion about preferred motels in the area.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009 (June 26-28)
From: astro
Date: 09 May 09 - 01:33 AM

Thanks Ref..I'll do that...


Astro...

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009 (June 26-28)
From: Jeri
Date: 16 Jun 09 - 07:57 PM

It's 10 days from now and I just confirmed my hotel reservation.

No, it won't be the same without the Chucks and Kendall & Jacqui. Instead of the usual 'I'm tired and don't feel like sitting in the audience so I'll visit _____.' I'll listen for music-making (what I used to do before I got old and lazy) or just go back to the hotel. Hell, maybe there will be music in the hotel.

One thing that's a little bittersweet is the fact that I'm eventually going to catch up to Jacqui in the silver bracelet department.

Now... has anyone else bought one of those e-tickets? Supposedly, bar code readers will verify its authenticity. It doesn't have a bar code though, just my name and a number. I'm guessing the readers can deal with numbers, but I'm a little concerned.

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009 (June 26-28)
From: GUEST,DonMeixner
Date: 17 Jun 09 - 11:28 AM

Jeepers Jeri if it will make you feel better you could buy one for Jacqui as well. She wears a size 5.3 and I know pretty much what she has.

Don

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009 (June 26-28)
From: Charlie Baum
Date: 17 Jun 09 - 09:12 PM

Jeri--

I wouldn't worry too much about the e-tickets. It was a couple of years ago that I lost my paper tickets, and showed up at the gate, and sure enough, they had everything on file, right down to what I had paid and what my campsite number was. This year, I'm keeping my paper tickets in a safe place--now if I can only remember where...

There WILL be music making even without Jacqui and Kendall and the Chucks. Just find me. 'course I'm in quiet camping so we'll have to jam in a public area or go bother someone else late at night.

See you there.

--Charlie Baum

Subject: RE: Old Songs 2009 (June 26-28)
From: Midchuck
Date: 18 Jun 09 - 08:54 AM

Actually, bigchuck (I have to call him that here because if I call him either "Sandy" or "Old Morse," as I usually do, people will be confused as to whom I'm talking about) will be going.

Kris and I decided to hold our big yard sale that weekend. Hope the weather breaks by then.

I hope to be back next year if we can find a good deal on a leetle camper or a van conversion with a back seat that folds down into a bed. I'm no longer flexible enough for tent camping, and staying at a motel for that festival just wouldn't work.

Peter