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NORWICH – The 26th annual Chenango County Blues Festival this weekend was pitch perfect as the rainy weather held off for a dozen nationally acclaimed blues acts and 3,000 dancing attendees at the Chenango County Fairgrounds.

Chenango Blues Association President Eric Larsen said this year's blues festival was a great success from the perspectives of the attendees, the artists, and event organizers.

Larsen said, "I think people really recognize this is a different vibe than most concerts now; big profit-making ventures. We have a little bit more of a hometown feel to it.

"I got great comments from the artists, they really love it," continued Larsen. "They kind of get the vibe of it, they love seeing all the families out there. We've got really high production values and national acts but you get to see them in a kind of environment and atmosphere that I think fans and artists – all people, really – enjoy. It's a little more intimate."