Author Mike Stampalia
Minstrelsy for Today In Saratoga Last Night
by Tom Slayton, Rutland Daily Herald, June 29, 1968
Two kinds of modern-day minstrels played a program of modern-day music to an enthusiastic crowd of modern-day kids here Friday night.
But the …
Dinah Shore Versatile At Saratoga
by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, June 28, 1968
Dinah Shore has to be listed as one of today’s finest vocalists and performers if last night’s performance at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center is any …
Ray Charles Sensational In Presentation at SPAC
by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, June 27, 1968
It may have been damp and cold at Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night when the show started but the “heat” of a fantastic …
Spa Audience ‘Understands’ Ray Charles
by Don A. Metivier, The Glens Falls Times, June 27, 1968
“Understandin’ is the greatest thing in the world,” sang the great Ray Charles, and the chilled crowd of several thousand persons in the cavernous …
Folk-Rock Festival Conducted at SPAC
by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, June 26, 1968
Once you got used to the initial impact of the noise, last night’s Folk-Rock Festival at Saratoga Performing Arts Center has to emerge as a tremendous …
Folk-Rock Festival Opens Summer Season At SPAC
by Bruce Husten, The Times Record, June 26, 1968
Versatility was the keynote of Tuesday night’s Folk-Rock Festival, officially marking the opening of Saratoga Performing Art Center’s 1968 season. On last night’s billing …
Fifth Dimension Show Grammy-Winning Skill
by Nick Marro, Rutland Daily Herald, June 27, 1968
The Fifth Dimension demonstrated why they are one of the more versatile groups in show business Tuesday night in a performance at the Saratoga Performing …
(editor’s note – no ex post facto proof for Bill and Boyd)
by Randall E. Shew, The Ithaca Journal, August 25, 1967
Tijuana Brass Shines In Concert at SPAC
by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 22, 1967
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass achieved the two-year-old dream of SPAC leaders last night, with 15,000 jamming the amphitheatre and covering every stay …
Hal Holbrook Superb In Mark Twain Show
by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 16, 1967
Wit, Acting Talent
Sharp, timeless wit and superior acting talent combined to make Hal Holbrook’s “Mark Twain Tonight” last night at the Saratoga Performing …
12,000 Hear Joan Baez at SPAC
by Marilyn Nason, The Post-Star, August 8, 1967
Tiny Girl With Very Big Voice
A lone, tiny girl on the mammoth stage of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center last night set the proper …
Joan Baez Presents Concert at Spa for Audience of 12,000
by Peg Breen, The Glens Falls Times, August 8, 1967
At various times during the past few years, the position of Joan Baez in the hierarchy of American folk singers …