It's common knowledge that football fans will tailgate in all sorts of weather and put up with almost any type of precipitation to see their heroes play, but who knew that folk-rock fans were just as crazy? It turns out James Taylor loyalists are hearty folks, and thousands of them lay claim to spots on the lawn and picnicked under umbrellas and makeshift tents on July 3, and they cheered when the sun peeked through a half hour before JT took the stage in the Tanglewood shed.
Andy and Tammy Levitt, who came from Boston.
Rich and Amanda Belding; Josh Giroux and Kelly Jefferson from Pittsfield.
The Brock Family (clockwise from bottom): Aidan, Aisling, Mairead, Paula, Mary and Fiona.
Kevin McElroy, the chef at the Morgan House in Lee, with Erin Burgess, the former pastry chef at Spice in Pittsfield, where McElory used to work, too; Kathy Kurinsky and Bob Scavuzzo, who came from Chicago.
Aimee Petrosky with Gia and Juliet Bernini.
Linda and John MacMillan eating ribs in the rain; Kevin and Joanne Wholey in their official Tanglewood ponchos.
Don and Faith Carpenter waiting for a friend whose birthday they were planning to celebrate.
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Matteline deVries-Dilling, founder of Lite Brite Neon, one of the evening's honoree of this year's Upstate Benefit adresses the gala from the Caboose's caboose.
- Karen Pearson. Courtesy Art Omi.
Olana senior vice president and landscape curatorMark Prezorski, president Sean Sawyer, The evenings honoree Kristin Gamble and New York State Assemblymember Didi Barrett.
- Oxygen House Photo
