Philadelphia Folk Festival (50 years) August 1, 2011

Hi Folk Festies and Youngin's and Not-so Youngin's --

Since this is the 50th year for our beloved Folk Festival, I decided to "blog" about the experiences. Yes, it is the BIG 50 !! Actually, I was planning on composing a book, but that proved to be a monumental task. That being said, sure would be nice if anyone out there would like to take on that challenge and get it off their bucket list. I interveiwed lots of festies last year, and they thought it was a good idea.  Anyway, FIFTY YEARS, that is 5 decades, 600 months, 2600 weeks or 18,250 days......

Where were you 50 years ago ?? Were you born? A teenager? Just getting married? Starting college? Starting your first job? Remember the old "transistor radios" - what a leap to an iPad, uh??  Think back, you can do it.  I was in elementary school while the music was starting to roll out at the Old Poole Farm, in the little country town of Schwenksville.  Question for all you "lifers" - was the first festival actually at The Farm? (Triva Question). Did you know that The Philadelphia Folk Festival is the LONGEST continuously running festival in North American.... anybody out there attend the very first festival in 1961? Bonus Points for that, for sure.

50th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival
August 19-21, 2011
Old Pool Farm
Upper Salford Township (near Schwenksville), PA
 http://www.pfs.org/

Oh......, who am I you might ask. Well, I am just a little local volunteer - one of many - who helps with the festival every year.  There are many committes (pre-fest, fest and post-fest) but I'll talk about that later. Many volunteers have unusual names/nicknames such as Dot-Man, Indian, Chickie, etc. -- fun names are just part of the fest atmosphere.

 Stay tuned for more info, fun stuff, trivia and pictures from "The Polish Princess".

COUNTDOWN: 17 more days til campers arrive and 16 more days for day-trippers.