Saratoga Springs,
New York,
United States
Saturday, July 5, 1980
Headed east on 20 and stopped off at the Secret Caverns then on east Duanesburg, north on 50 past Scotia. arrive at Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center for Jazz Festival. When I lived in Germany there were many place to hear jazz, and none too pricey. When I got back to this country things were very different, and there was pretty much no jazz in the area I lived. So I was really looking forward to this. I spent an average days expenses to get in and get a program. Unfortuneatly in this country it's more about having a party than listening to music. I had to hang at the back of the performance building with a general admission and I was surrounded by tents, frisbee players, people talking in shouts, and kids playing-crying, etc. I did get to see Sarah Vaughan but it was dissapointing with the distractions around me as loud as the singer and music. Stayed in parking lot for night. 122.4 miles for day
