Festive Schoharie Library Summer Reading & Arts Kickoff Party

Framed by a microphone stand and Larry Mazza’s guitar, Rubber Band percussionist Chuck Matteson lays down some Cajun rhythm on the washboard.

Mom and dad look on as June Lawyer sits on the sidewalk, drawing with chalk.

A fantastic chalk castlescape grows on the sidewalk under the hand of artist Ryan Hogan.

Officer Frank Kennedy “deputizes” Madison Persaud, putting a badge sticker on her arm, as her mom, her brother Ethan, and Alex Chase look on.

The Rubber Band plays their own brand of Catskill Cajun music to the crowd at the Schoharie Library’s Summer Reading & Arts Kickoff Party.

The Rubber Band plays their own brand of Catskill Cajun music to the crowd at the Schoharie Library’s Summer Reading & Arts Kickoff Party.

Visitors filled the lawn and tents in front of the Schoharie Library as the Rubber Band warmed up on the porch at the start of last Thursday’s Summer Reading & Arts Kickoff Party. Photos by Scott Keidong.

Schoharie Library volunteer Kate McKenney helps Emmalie Seymour sign her daughter Piper up for the library‘s Summer Reading Program.