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Old Songs Festival in Altamont
There was plenty of music to listen to and dance to at the Old Songs Festival on Sunday at the Altamont Fairgrounds. Posted on June 27, 2011.
Scott Ainslie plays a gourd banjo during a group "Banjamboree" at the 31st annual Old Songs Festival.
Cole Bishop, of Maryland, left, and Veronica Golden, of Brooklyn, right, contra dance with others to music by Tidal Wave with instruction from David Millstone during the 31st annual Old Songs Festival.
Carla Procaskey, left, of Cambridge, Mass., and Dennis Knowlton, right, of Coventry, Conn. participate in contra dancing at the 31st annual Old Songs Festival.
Larry Wittner, of Albany, teaches his 8-year-old granddaughter, Elizabeth Hughes, of Syracuse, guitar chords at the 31st annual Old Songs Festival.
Ed Bancroft of East Byrne enjoys the 31st annual Old Songs Festival.
The crowd at the main stage during the 31st annual Old Songs Festival at the Altamont Fairgrounds.
Joe Burby of Manhattan sits in the shade and practices the fiddle at the 31st annual Old Songs Festival.
Aubrey Johnson of the Guy Mendilow Band performs at the 31st annual Old Songs Festival.
The crowd takes in the music in front of the main stage at the 31st annual Old Songs Festival at the Altamont Fairgrounds.
A musician walks on the grounds of the 31st annual Old Songs Festival at the Altamont Fairgrounds on Sunday.
