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Bill's Broadsides
POSTED:Sat, June 7, 2008 @ 10:23PM
Music at the Market FairHere's a little video that I shot today (June 7, 2008) of some musicians playing at the Market Fair at Johnson Hall in Johnstown. The group is called Liaisons Plaisantes, which I think is French for "Led Zepplin." I don't know how these folks can endure weather like today's, which was near 90 degrees and jungle-muggy, dressed in scratchy wool outfits -- bonnets and breeches and waistcoats and the whole bit. I'd be too busy sweating and suffering to play music properly. Just now, as I was looking for the correct spelling of Liasons Plaisantes (it rolls off the tongue, n'cest pas?), I stumbled upon the Friends of Johnson Hall Web site. It looks as if it's still under construction, but I like the design. You can find it at www.friendsofjohnsonhall.org/ The Market Fair continues Sunday, June 8, 2008.
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Bill Ackerbauer Assistant City Editor Johnstown native Bill Ackerbauer began his journalism career in 1996 as a reporter with The Leader-Herald. He later worked as an editor at newspapers in Schenectady, Saratoga Springs and Dover, New Hampshire. He edited the book "Celebrating Johnstown," available Fall 2008 from The Leader-Herald. "Bill's Broadsides" won first place in the 2008 New York State Associated Press writing contest for newspapers in the Leader-Herald's circulation category. Bill teaches writing at Fulton-Montgomery Community College and journalism at the University at Albany. In his spare time, Bill plays folk music on guitar, banjo, fiddle and other traditional instruments. He lives in Johnstown with his wife, Jennifer, and their two sons, Liam and Carter.
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