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Southern Ulster Times , Wednesday , October 12 , 2016
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Hudson Fest marches

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A variety of vendors lined the Hudson Valley Rail Trail near the western entrance to the Walkway Over the Hudson State Park in Highland for the 6th annual Hudson Fest .
By MARK REYNOLDS mreynolds @ tcnewspapers . com

Although the weather for this past weekend ’ s 6th annual Hudson Fest was far from ideal , people still turned out for what is becoming a Highland fall season tradition .

Eric Norberg and Scott Sasso were once again the co-chairs of the event .
“ I think just like anything else with these festivals , it ’ s getting settled on who your vendors are and on who is your following and on Columbus Day weekend . Once that settles in the rest is easy ,” Norberg said .
The initial Hudson Fest was held in the hamlet of Highland , which Norberg and Sasso found a bit restrictive in size and space and lacked easy access . Norberg said once the event was moved up to the Hudson Valley Rail Trail , near the western entrance to the Walkway Over the Hudson State Park , the attendance “ I ’ m guessing went from 1,000 to 7,000 when the weather was great . It was a dramatic difference .”
Sasso said although the set up on the morning of the event has gotten “ smoother ,” he still likens the arrival of the vendors to “ two hours of controlled chaos – cars in , cars out and they come .” He thanked his wife Geraldine and sister
Homemade donuts were a hot item at the Tantillo Farm booth .
Lauren for assisting in signing in the vendors .
Norberg made a point to thank the festival ’ s “ core ” sponsors that support the festival every year – the Hudson Valley Credit Union (“ our main and largest