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"I think attendance was just as good as last year despite the heat," said Jimmie Lucht, the executive director of the Albany Visitors Association, which was instrumental in putting the event together.
Moving the festival to the park this year also helped encourage attendance, he said.
In prior years, the festival was held two blocks east of the park on Water Avenue at the end of Broadalbin and Ferry streets.
"We moved to the park because there was a stage and more power was available," Lucht said.
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"One team, the Burnt Ends, did a Dutch oven peach cake, and I had a taste and my gosh it was good," Lucht said.
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The Rock Band video game, in which participants play various instruments, attracted no takers despite lots of publicity, Lucht said.
"It was requested last year by younger people who worked at the festival," he said.