In the spring of 2022, with Covid-19 restrictions finally easing, a group of Warwick Valley High School teenagers decided to revive the tradition of live local bands performing at the Warwick Valley Community Center.
Bands of all kinds – punk to pop, all playing original music – have taken to the stage in the old Hamilton Avenue schoolhouse, once known locally as the Doc Fry building after one of the founders of the community center, a potter who saw a need for a place for people to gather and enjoy educational, social, recreational, and creative activities.
“Live music at the community center is not a new thing,” says Milo Gendelman, member of the Doc Fry Music Sessions production team, “we’re continuing a tradition that’s been carried on since the 80s.”
The newest iteration of the Doc Fry Sessions took shape last spring, when a group of high school friends began…
