Episodes

  • Stormwater Challenges

    Stormwater Challenges
    Jul 26 2024
    A year after record rainfall, Cold Spring still recovering A year ago, Cold Spring was at the center of a record-breaking storm. As much as 9 inches of rain fell on the night of Sunday, July 9 - the equivalent at a colder time of year to 9 feet of snow. Flash floods washed away roads and bridges, flooded houses, disrupted transportation and caused millions of dollars in property damage in the region. In Highland Falls, a 30-year-old woman drowned. In Cold Spring, more than 7 inches of rain fell in just a few hours, inundating the drainage system from Cedar to Fair streets. The village has responded with plans for upgrades to handle the next superstorm. Hahn Engineering has completed the design for a $1.5 million rebuild of a collapsed drain beneath Fair Street. A parking ban remains in effect at Mayor's Park. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will fund 80 percent of the work to replace the 30-inch culvert that failed with two, 42-inch pipes. Work could begin late this year or early in 2025 once permits are approved. Because Fair Street lies within the Hudson River floodplain, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and state Department of Environmental Conservation must OK the plans. The Fair Street drain flows into the tidal pool at Route 9D which, in turn, empties into the river, the endpoint for stormwater from the 160-acre Back Brook watershed that begins at Bull Hill, some 1,300 feet above Mayor's Park. "Topography is the biggest challenge we have," said Mayor Kathleen Foley, noting that during the 2023 storm, the volume of water that rushed down the mountains and slopes at high speed was simply too much for the infrastructure. That was evident at Cedar Street, which flooded when the stormwater drain was inundated by water flowing from Bull Hill through the Nelsonville Woods, a situation made worse because the village-owned 18-inch culvert under the street flows into a 10-inch pipe that runs under private property. While Fair Street is Cold Spring's first major project in response to the storm, it won't be the last. Elected officials are racing to find the ways and means to improve a system that, in some cases, dates to the mid-19th century. It's a race against global warming. According to the DEC, extreme storms are becoming a greater threat. Between 1958 and 2010, heavy precipitation in the northeastern U.S. rose by more than 70 percent, the largest increase for any region of the country. The Fair Street project underlines the high cost of upgrading infrastructure. The village has applied for a Hudson River Estuaries Climate Adaptation Study Grant that, if approved, would determine the best options for improving stormwater management throughout the Back Brook watershed. Related: Storm Repairs Ongoing Fuss and O'Neill, a firm that specializes in climate adaptability forecasting, will advise the village on proposed modifications to the system. Hahn Engineering's work delineated the Back Brook watershed and assessed the movement of stormwater within it. Foley pointed out that most residents don't realize Back Brook is a single, continuous stream. That's not surprising because it has been altered many times. It flows beneath Cedar Street and parts of Main Street but is open behind houses on the east side of Garden Street. Hahn recommended that upgrades be made first at the bottom of the watershed by installing larger culverts; dredging open portions of Back Brook; adding retention areas above Cedar Street to slow the flow from Bull Hill; restoring James Pond and creating new ponds; and expanding wetlands. Runoff which shifted into Back Brook because of more recent storms could be altered to again flow into Foundry Brook. Such initiatives would require intermunicipal agreements with Nelsonville and Philipstown, as well as input from the DEC, and Foley said the village is researching grants to apply for and prioritizing them by likelihood of success. "In theory, there's a lot of money out there from the federal infra...
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    4 mins
  • Shakespeare Fest Plan Approved

    Shakespeare Fest Plan Approved
    Jul 26 2024
    New theater scheduled to open in 2026 After several years of reviews, public meetings and modifications, the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival on July 18 received its final set of approvals from Philipstown for the first phase of development at its new home at the former Garrison Golf Course. Planning Board approval sets the stage for a groundbreaking in the fall for a 13,850-square-foot outdoor theater on the former 11th hole, which provides an expansive view of the Hudson River. Chris Davis, who owned the course, donated 98 acres to the festival, which moved to the site in 2022 after staging its productions for more than 30 years on the grounds of Boscobel on Route 9D. Once completed, the structure will be the first purpose-built theater in the nation rated LEED Platinum. Among other criteria, the international standard - which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - judges buildings on how well they reduce global warming, protect water resources, enhance biodiversity and improve a community's quality of life. Platinum is the highest of four levels. Renderings by StudioGang The site plan was initially presented to the Philipstown Town Board in 2020 and revised several times to address concerns by Planning Board members and neighbors about issues such as noise and traffic. Plans for an inn and an indoor theater were removed from the first phase, more trees will be planted along Route 9 and a parking lot positioned on a wetland was relocated. Artistic Director Davis McCallum said this week that he appreciated the time that Town Board, Planning Board and Conservation Board members dedicated to the project. He also thanked residents who offered feedback during five public hearings. "We tried to listen to the community with openness and curiosity about how we could adapt this project to serve the community best," he said. "The process has yielded a better outcome." The theater will have solar panels, a green roof, natural ventilation and rainwater capture systems and will use low-carbon building materials. McCallum said that HVSF hasn't determined how much the project will cost, but that because of "quiet fundraising" and a $10 million state grant, it will begin construction on the theater in the fall and open the facility before the 2026 season. Since 2022, the festival has been staging its plays in a tent elsewhere on the site. The site was designed by Studio Gang, whose recent projects include the Richard Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Its design there drew acclaim for its flowing and curvaceous granite interior that evokes desert canyons and beehives. "For us, they have delivered a design that is beautiful, sustainable and consonant with the landscape of the Hudson Highlands," McCallum said. Although the theater will have fewer seats than the tent, it won't include support poles that block views. In addition, McCallum said it will allow HVSF to extend its season from early September to mid-October, allowing for weekday matinees for students. The 2025 season is being envisioned as a "farewell to the tent," according to HVSF. McCallum said next year's schedule will be announced in October. He hinted that the company has known for years what show it will perform to open the theater in 2026. He wouldn't budge when pressed for a reveal but said: "It will be the fulfillment of something that we've wanted for many years, which is that moment when the actors can appear over the hillside and approach the theater. That's the thing that I'm most looking forward to on the first night."
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    3 mins
  • Internet Insecurity

    Internet Insecurity
    Jul 26 2024
    Cyberattacks pose growing threat Chris White, the Beacon city administrator, is concerned enough about a cyberattack that he would prefer the city not be mentioned in a story about the threat. For good reason, municipalities are reluctant to present themselves as a target, discuss their security measures or share how they responded to being held hostage by hackers or having data stolen. The City of Newburgh learned in June how disruptive an attack can be. A "network security incident" disabled its ability to process payments for parking tickets, property taxes and services such as sewer and water. Earlier this month, the Goshen school district in Orange County said it had been victimized by a ransomware attack, in which hackers hijack systems and demand payment to restore access. The district said the attack disabled computer, email and phone systems. Every local government and school district, especially smaller ones without the staff and resources to adequately protect themselves, faces this potential for havoc. Along with demands for ransom, hackers could steal sensitive information about residents that is collected by every county, town and village. Earlier this year, the security company Sophos released the results of a survey of 5,000 IT leaders in 14 countries for its annual report, The State of Ransomware in Critical Infrastructure. The survey included 300 school districts and 270 local or state governments; 80 percent of the schools and 69 percent of the municipalities said they had been hit by ransomware demands in the past year. Of those, 62 percent of the schools and 54 percent of the governments paid. Of those who provided numbers, schools reported paying an average of $7.5 million and governments $5.3 million to recover their data. The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center last year received nearly 27,000 complaints about cybercrimes in New York state, including online scams and data breaches, an 8 percent increase over 2022. Losses were estimated at $750 million. The most common scam reported nationally are "phishing" emails, which hackers design to resemble official correspondence in an effort to get the recipient to enter log-in information or click links or open attachments that install malicious software that can take control of a computer. These emails are the source of more than 90 percent of cyberattacks, according to the state Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES). More than 75 percent of organizations say they have been the target of phishing, and more than half of all emails are malicious, according to DHSES. "It is a threat that keeps evolving and growing," said Steve Oscarlece, the acting commissioner for the Dutchess County Office of Central and Information Services (OCIS). "There can be significant financial costs, as well as to their reputations, and the interruption of services." In June, more than 200 people representing over 100 organizations attended an annual cybersecurity summit that Dutchess and Marist College began holding in 2022. The panel discussions included representatives from the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and DHSES, which has an Office of Counter Terrorism and a Cyber Incident Response Team. Attendees also witnessed a mock cyberattack staged by the Office of Counter Terrorism to illustrate how municipalities and organizations can respond. Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have made phishing attempts harder to identify because they eliminate telltale signs of fraud such as misspellings or grammar errors. "It's made it easier for them to craft emails that look legitimate and are more likely to fool the recipient," said Jacob Morrison, the deputy commissioner for OCIS. At the same time, Morrison said, artificial intelligence is being used by organizations to bolster their defenses and by cybersecurity companies to improve the ability of software to detect attacks. Other countermeasures include educating employees on id...
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    6 mins
  • Harvesting Lives

    Harvesting Lives
    Jul 26 2024
    Graymoor farm grows produce, sobriety Bounty is everywhere on the grounds of San Damiano Farm at Graymoor, the Philipstown home of the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement. Vegetables and flowers sprout from an array of raised garden beds, the progeny of a wet winter and spring, and the sweat of Derek Fox and other men. Fox is also blooming. He first entered St. Christopher's Inn, the friar's treatment program for men, in 2007, and achieved five years of sobriety before relapsing. He returned in August 2023 and, after graduating, moved on May 1 into San Damiano House, a transitional program just a short walk from St. Christopher's. "I wasn't even sure I wanted to do this," he said of returning to St. Christopher's. "But after a couple of weeks, the thirst came back of wanting to stay sober." St. Christopher's graduates sharing the same desire have planted, weeded and harvested at San Damiano since 2017, when the Franciscan Friars rescued an itinerant farming program for homeless men that a New York City nonprofit, Project Renewal, once operated on a plot at the Garrison Golf Course. Men who choose San Damiano over returning home or entering other transitional programs are required to work the farm for three hours each morning during a three-month waiting period before they can look for jobs in the community. Bob Conboy, a Garrison resident and the farm's longtime manager, imparts lessons in planting and growing the basil, carrots, eggplant, lettuce, sunflowers, tomatoes and other herbs, vegetables and flowers sold at the San Damiano farmers market on Fridays. Three restaurants - Riverview in Cold Spring, the Valley Restaurant in Garrison and the Farm to Table Bistro in Fishkill - also buy produce, said Conboy. Other lessons come from toiling outdoors on hot days and collaborating in the arduous work of farming, challenges that inculcate traits - a willingness to learn and take direction, patience and perseverance - needed to stay sober. An added reward, said the men, is seeing the seeds they plant and nurture flourish. "We spend a lot of time in the brutal heat, getting the beds ready, and it's just a pile of dirt," said Greg Miller. "Then, a few weeks later, you have these beautiful sunflowers." On a recent Wednesday, Miller and the other men listened as Conboy prepped them before they began planting bush beans, carrots and string beans in several of the farm's 245 raised beds. He told the men they needed to space the pelleted carrot seeds between 1 and 1 inches apart in the 10-inch-deep beds. San Damiano's farm has its roots in Renewal Farm, which launched at Camp LaGuardia, a homeless shelter that New York City opened in Chester. When Camp LaGuardia closed in 2007, the farm moved to The Garrison on Route 9. Two dozen men who stayed in dormitories at St. Christopher's planted and harvested produce, selling part of their yield from a roadside stand on Route 9. Graymoor began hosting the farm in 2011, repurposing badminton, basketball, handball and tennis courts built for a once-planned seminary. Facing financial difficulties, Project Renewal pulled out in 2017 but Graymoor decided to continue the program. Conboy, a former English teacher who retired nearly 20 years ago as chief financial officer for the Edgemont School District, began his journey to farm manager by volunteering with Renewal Farm when it moved to The Garrison. His farming lessons came from Brian Bergen, who grew organic produce at The Garrison's farm for the Valley Restaurant, as well as trial and error. His students have raised herbs such as oregano, thyme and sage, which Conboy highlighted as he walked rows of beds. Conboy pointed out Badger flame beets that look like sweet potatoes, eggplants, Swiss chard and Tuscan kale, all grown without pesticides and using compost from two piles stored at a former handball court. He pulled at some plants to uproot a handful of baby potatoes and passed beds with butternut squash, white onions. coleus and dahlias, all fl...
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    5 mins
  • Good Cause, Take Two

    Good Cause, Take Two
    Jul 19 2024
    Beacon plans to opt into state legislation The Beacon City Council intends to opt into New York State's good-cause eviction law, but council members are at odds over the two exemptions to the statute that the city can control. A public hearing is scheduled for Aug. 5. The council adopted its own good-cause legislation in 2022, although city attorneys advised that the measure was superseded by state regulations and probably unconstitutional. Beacon was one of five municipalities in the state to adopt a local act; all were struck down in court or repealed. Housing advocates increased their calls for a statewide measure after a moratorium on pandemic-related evictions expired in January 2022. The state law was passed in April as part of the 2024-25 budget. The law is designed to protect tenants by regulating when landlords can evict them or decline to renew a lease. For instance, it prevents evictions unless tenants owe back rent that is not due to an "unreasonable" increase, which the state defines as 5 to 10 percent, based on the consumer price index. (For 2024, an unreasonable increase in Dutchess County is 8.82 percent or more.) According to the state law, tenants may be evicted if they violate lease conditions or cause substantial damage; commit or permit a nuisance; or if the landlord wants to convert the property to personal use. Notably, the law exempts for 30 years buildings for which a certificate of occupancy was issued on or after Jan. 1, 2009. That means nearly all apartments constructed in Beacon during its recent development boom are exempt. The law also exempts housing units for which the rent is 245 percent above a county-determined fair-market rate. For Dutchess in 2024, that's $3,031 per month for a studio, $3,477 for a one-bedroom, and so forth. The state gives municipalities the option to adjust the percentage, so if Beacon opts in, the council could set the figure as low as 101 percent. If the City Council votes to opt into the law, as expected, the state legislation will negate and replace the Beacon statute, which remains in effect but is not enforced because of a November ruling by a city judge. During its Monday (July 15) meeting, Council Member Paloma Wake said she believes all units should be subject to the law. "I'm concerned that by having the [rent] cap we're incentivizing landlords to only build luxury housing because they're slightly less regulated," she said. "I don't see that in the least," responded Mayor Lee Kyriacou. He argued that forcing luxury apartments to abide by the standards could stunt housing growth. "I would much rather see us provide that sort of limitation to get more housing at the right price point," he said. "If someone builds a few luxury apartments that are high price points in the same building, they might come back and say, 'I can afford to do 20 percent [below market rate], because I can make the numbers work.' " The state law also exempts "small landlords" who own no more than 10 units but allows municipalities to change that number. Wake said the city should not exempt any landlords who own more than one unit; Kyriacou said he preferred 10.
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    3 mins
  • Changes Ahead for Route 9 Roundabout

    Changes Ahead for Route 9 Roundabout
    Jul 19 2024
    Annsville Circle rezoned for housing and retail The Town of Cortlandt is laying the groundwork to redevelop a mostly barren stretch of Route 9 just south of Philipstown with housing, businesses and a promenade along Annsville Creek. Cortlandt last year approved zoning for the Annsville Waterfront Enhancement District, which has 38 parcels on 41 acres along Route 9 north of Annsville Circle, the roundabout that connects Route 9 (Albany Post Road) and Routes 6 and 202. The district extends along Highland Avenue to the town's border with Peekskill. On Route 9 north of the Table 9 Restaurant and Mobil gas station, the roadside is lined with empty buildings with for-sale signs. There is also an auto repair center and a maintenance facility used by the state Department of Transportation. Under the revised zoning, residences, restaurants, retail stores and hotels will be allowed in the district and, with special permits, developers will be able to build mixed-use residential projects. Cortlandt is requiring projects having more than five units of housing to designate 10 percent as "affordable" under Westchester County guidelines. Property owners will be given incentives to build a 10- to 15-foot-wide promenade for pedestrians and bicyclists along Annsville Creek, which passes under the Jan Peeck Bridge and connects to the Hudson River. "There's talk about building a hotel," said Richard Becker, the Cortlandt supervisor. "And we have three developers interested in developing significant apartment-style housing because there's such a housing shortage." Cortlandt is nearly finished with a design for a water and sewer district covering the area, where properties rely on wells and septic systems, said Becker. Westchester County has allocated $7 million to the $14 million project and Rep. Mike Lawler recently announced $1 million in federal funding, said Becker. Cortlandt has applied for a grant to cover the balance. "We've met with many of the property owners and there's tremendous interest because many of their septic fields are failing and the properties can't be redeveloped without adequate water and sewer," he said. Another problem, flooding, is supposed to be addressed by a $26 million, two-year project to raise Annsville Circle by 4 feet and a half-mile section of Route 6 by 7 feet. Gov. Kathy Hocul announced the launch of that project on Monday (July 15). Those areas, which are increasingly vulnerable as climate change drives the Hudson River higher, will be raised with fill made from recycled glass, an environmentally friendly alternative that will reduce by a year the project's completion, according to the governor's office. The plan includes a path connecting Paddlesports Park with the Jan Peeck Bridge, new crosswalks and landscaping at the center of the roundabout. Contractors are nearly finished replacing a culvert over Putnam Creek on Route 6/202. "It'll be more compact, a smaller circle, and designed in a more modern fashion so there'll be less merging of traffic," said Becker. "It's a dangerous intersection now." He called the area the "gateway" to northern Westchester and an opportunity to fulfill the state's goal of building more housing, which is facing resistance in some municipalities. Cortlandt has submitted a letter notifying the state of its intention to seek certification under its Pro-Housing Community program. Certified communities, such as Beacon, receive preference for housing grants. "You don't want to change the nature of existing residential areas, so this is a way of putting some apartments into the community without impacting other communities," Becker said.
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    3 mins
  • Patsy Cline, with a Beacon Twang

    Patsy Cline, with a Beacon Twang
    Jul 19 2024
    Bannerman Island to host tribute to country singer The production Always . . . Patsy Cline is a staple on the regional theater circuit in large part because it requires only two actors, a small band and a director. The talent marshaled to present the musical play on Bannerman Island seven times beginning Wednesday (July 24) includes its author, Ted Swindley, who moved to Beacon in February, and director Neil Caplan, who is the founder and executive director of the Bannerman Castle Trust. The stage director, Sue Regan, is from Kingston and the music director, Tom McCoy, from Fishkill. Jessica Welch, a Beacon resident who portrays Cline, has performed the role more times than anyone. She sings 27 tunes in each show, from deep cuts to all the hits. Emily Clare Zempel, who plays Cline's pen pal, Louise Seger, nails the Southern accent, although she hails from Wisconsin. Swindley followed Welch to Beacon. "Jessica is like a daughter to me, so why not move here?" he says. "I wanted to get out of Houston anyway." There are plans to take the show off-Broadway in 2025. During a recent rehearsal, Swindley sat in a padded, high-backed chair and tweaked the script. "It's not the Constitution," he quips. Unwittingly, Swindley helped create the "jukebox musical" - an easy go-to for Broadway producers. When his Stages Repertory Theatre in Houston faced financial woes in the late 1980s, Patsy saved the place. "A member of our troupe wanted to sing Patsy Cline songs and I was looking for a 'review-sical,' not a biography or straight-up song showcase," explains Swindley, who grew up in South Carolina. "This all started with a simple question: 'Did Patsy Cline ever play in Houston?' " In fact, not only had Cline performed at a local honky-tonk in 1961 as she was gaining traction on the pop and country charts, that night she met Seger, a divorced housewife who had arrived early and started a conversation. Cline came to the gig by cab. After the show, Seger offered her a ride to the hotel. Instead, they stopped at Seger's home and talked about life and love for hours. The rising star stayed the night and dropped by a radio station in the morning before heading to a show in Dallas. This relaxed encounter, where the two strangers bonded over troubled marriages and motherhood issues, makes up most of Act Two. Cline wrote many letters to fans relating her loneliness on the road and connected with Seger, who was a single mother of two. After the night in Houston, they spoke on the phone and exchanged a volley of letters until Cline's death in a 1963 plane crash. The title adapts Cline's signature ending to her correspondence: "Love always, Patsy Cline." Toward the end, the play includes a reading of the first missive Cline sent to Seger, in which the singer writes about having to iron a pile of clothes. Welch has performed the role more than 3,000 times. She also performed in South Pacific, Annie Get Your Gun and Pump Boys and Dinettes. Despite missing out on the Broadway run of Always . . . Patsy Cline, she took a long ride on the first national tour in 1995. The Arkansas native, who scrubbed her Southern accent, ticks off longstanding residencies in major markets, including a stint at the historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. She met her husband in Cleveland. Cline, the first woman inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, battled with record company executives over touring, repertoire and other issues. "She worked in a man's business back then and had to kick doors open," says Welch. "She lived hard and fought hard for what she wanted." Over the years, Welch immersed herself in Cline's world, visiting the singer's hometown (Winchester, Virginia), studying her songs and reading everything she could about the icon, who died at 30. "If I ever get kidnapped, I could just keep talking about Patsy Cline and they'd let me go," she says. "Beekeeping, too." Welch's goal is to narrow her wide vocal range to a husky alto and sing the melodies in Cline...
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  • Nancy Dolin is a Rock 'n' Grandma

    Nancy Dolin is a Rock 'n' Grandma
    Jul 19 2024
    And Beacon's champion band-camper Nancy Dolin has three grandchildren, stands 4-foot-8 and often adds streaks of blue and purple to her hair. She is also the queen of rock 'n' roll fantasy bands. "I belong in rock 'n' roll," says Dolin, 74. "It's part of me." On July 27, the Newburgh resident will play bass for the Van Halen boot camp graduation concert at the Beacon Music Factory at 333 Fishkill Ave. The free show begins at 6 p.m. Groups playing songs by The Police and The Killers will also perform. It will be Dolin's 41st rock-camp concert, the most of any performer since Beacon Music Factory launched the popular program in 2011, says Stephen Clair, who owns the school. Dolin is such a prolific performer that in April, Clair renamed one of the practice rooms from Tonic (a reference to a now-defunct avant-garde music venue on the Lower East Side) to Nancy. A rock camp pairs a band with a professional. It typically focuses on a group or theme, meets eight to 10 times over two months, costs $650 and concludes with a performance. Beacon Music Factory offers as many as 18 per year; Rocky Horror Picture Show, Warren Zevon and Dolly Parton camps begin in September. Clair says the camps started slow but "caught fire" in 2012 when he offered one focused on David Bowie's 1972 album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. Dolin was in those first groups and has since done camps based on the music of Queen, Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Aerosmith, the Beatles, Buddy Holly and Prince's Purple Rain. Her basement is a shrine to her rock career, with posters from performances and electric basses. "It gives me deep satisfaction to play the music that I've loved all these years," says Dolin, who has attended countless live concerts, including the two recent Rolling Stones shows at MetLife Stadium. Dolin took up the guitar at age 60 but switched to the bass at 63 because it was easier on her wrist. She wishes she had started sooner. "If I had started when I was 15, by the time I was 26, I would have been world-famous," she says. She is making up for lost time and tries to sing at least one song in every performance. "I pay my money, I want to sing," says Dolin, who is also a taekwondo black belt. "No one wants to hear me sing, but I get to sing. If I had a good voice, I'd be a frontman." In addition to being heard, Dolin strives to be seen. During a performance in 2016 of songs by The Cars, she stood on an amp so that she wouldn't be lost amid seven bandmates crowding the stage at Quinn's. The point, she says, is "to be a rock star. If I could be anything, that's what I would be." One of Dolin's regular bandmates is John Allison, 67, a Cold Spring resident who has participated in at least 25 camps. Allison started playing guitar as a young man and once tried playing with friends from work. But keeping a garage band together is hard, he says. The Beacon Music Factory camps are easier. "It's just plug-and-play," he says. He's been part of camps on Elvis Costello, The Strokes, Blondie and the Beatles' Abbey Road. Dave Hyatt, from Hopewell Junction, will play drums for the Van Halen performance. He has done about 30 camps, including the Sex Pistols and Black Sabbath. He played congas in the Billy Joel show. Hyatt says that, before he retired, the camps were a nice stress release from managing technological systems for Pepsico. He loves the applause, he says. "You get that adrenaline rush."
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