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Fisher Kiernan Hudson Valley Garlic Festival Hudson Valley Garlic Festival - A weekend of garlic fun in beautiful Saugerties, New York

Strong smell of success

by Frances Marion Platt

In recent years, Saugerties seems to have been taken over by horses, whether of the live show-jumping or the artist-painted carousel variety. HITS has been a great boon to the local economy, and I’m not knocking it. But before all this equine fever came to town, the biggest deal in Saugerties – since its inception in 1989, at least – was the annual Garlic Festival, in good-weather years drawing 50,000 visitors or more. Hardly anyone doesn’t like something or other that’s notably garlicky-tasting, and the stuff is even good for all sorts of ailments. So move over, Dobbin; this weekend is the Stinking Rose’s time to ride high once again.

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Annie sings "Imaging" at Old Songs festival. - Photo by Bill Spence.

Folksy, wide range of acoustic standards, gospel, labor ballads, early jazz and blues.  Annie and the Hedonists has a strong lead singer with the harmonic backup that make for a popular act.

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“Father and son play New Age and World Fusion finger picking guitar acoustic instrumental music”

Father and son guitarists

Saturday, September 25, 2010 – Sundad performing live at 10:30 AM, 1:00 PM, and 3:00 PM on the East Marketplace Stage.

Sunday, September 26, 2010 -Sundad performing live at 10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, and 2:30 PM on the East Marketplace Stage.

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Myles Mancuso and The Mojo Myles Band

The Mojo Myles Band is led by 14-year-old Myles Mancuso. He’s been fronting his own band of adult professionals since he was nine – he’s played on some of the top stages in Manhattan; BB Kings, The Cutting Room, The Iridium Jazz Club, Madison Square Garden (Knicks Half Time show),The Red Lion, Tera Blues and many other stages around the New York City and the Hudson Valley area. He has also become a Festival Favorite playing a number of well-known festivals including Warren Haynes’ Mountain Jam Festival and the Sarasota Blues Fest.

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Captain Squeeze and the Zydeco Moshers

Captain Squeeze and the Zydeco Moshers is “one of the most versatile zydeco bands in the country”. Since their beginning in 1996, they have become one of the busiest zydeco bands from the Northeast performing throughout the region. Their music appeals to people of all ages and musical tastes. They work hard to involve the audiences by having extra scratch boards for “guest” appearances with the band every set. Zydeco music is infectious and this band wants to help that continue! Once their spicy music flows into your ears you’ll definitely catch “Zydecosis”. Their third dance party CD “Bayou Party Downtown” was entered in the first running for the Grammy competition in 2004. The musicians are Greg Speck (Captain Squeeze), accordion; Alek Speck, rub board; Bill Lawrence, bass; Brian Egan, drums; and Justin Cross, guitar. The band’s unique approach to playing Louisiana Bayou music keeps dancers jumpin’ all night long as they mix old-time traditional and new zydeco with a flavor all their own.

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Mark Rust Folk Musician

Mark Rust’s performances showcase an impressive array of instruments, including fiddle, guitar, hammered dulcimer, mountain dulcimer and banjo. He writes his own songs based on personal experiences and sings about family, good feelings and home. Come enjoy a fun, interactive performance by an impressive musical talent.

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One World Puppetry & Performance Art’s magical friends will be appearing from New York’s very own garlic patch. Keep your eyes open throughout the festival grounds and at the kids tent for the Garlic Giant and his friend the Garlic Fairy. They will be wandering the festival grounds and having fun with one and all, celebrating this year’s garlic harvest.

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Morris Dancers perform an ancient dance that was traditionally used in the Spring planting time, with the bells, whistles, and pounding sticks of the dancers driving the evil spirits from the newly plowed fields. And again the dancers will be performing their celebration of the harvest, at this fall’s Hudson Valley Garlic Festival (Saturday only).

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Homegrown String Band, Photo by Gravano

The Homegrown String Band is a 22nd century incarnation of the traditional family band. The band, which was literally home grown, consists of Georgianne and Rick Jackofsky and daughters Erica and Annalee. Utilizing unique instrumentation and varied musical influences, this quartet of acoustic musicians from Rocky Point, NY has put their own stamp on traditional American music. Their repertoire consists of traditional and original music inspired by the rural string bands that recorded during the 1920s and ‘30s, as well as all the great American roots music that followed. The family that plays together has been performing atg coffeehouses and music festivals from Maine to Missouri since 1997. At a Homegrown String Band show you will be treated to the sounds of fiddle, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, clawhammer banjo, banjo ukulele, mountain dulcimer, jawharp, and old time family style singing, as well as some percussive flatfoot dancing as The Homegrown String Band takes you on a rollicking ride through the sounds of American music, from the driving rhythms of old-time dance tunes to the mournful sounds of mountain ballads and blues.

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