Jay Ungar runs summer "Fiddle and Dance Week" (actually several of them) at the Ashokan Field Station (of SUNY New Paltz?) I was there 1982,1983 and 1985; during that period he wrote the tune as a farewell tune. Field Horne "Regina W. Daly" wrote: > Speaking of the Ashokan Reservoir, does anyone know > whether the Civil War song entitled "Ashokan Farewell" > has anything to do with the Ashokan region? This song > is the one that threads its way through each of the > episodes of Ken Burn's Civil War series. > Regina Daly > --- Melinda Yates <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I also found the recent article in the New York > > Times on the Ashokan Reservoir > > interesting. > > > > Members of the list who might want to explore this > > topic should know that the Ashokan Reservoir Land > > Appropriation Records, 1907-1958 are available on > > 209 reels of microfilm in the New York State > > Archives. (A3369). > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com