Street Performers on Church St., Burlington, VT. Haskell Free Library and Opera House

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Springtime on Church Street - Burlington, VT

As the days get warmer, the crowds on Burlington's Church St. get larger. It seems that every year brings a new batch of street performers and a couple "veterans". The performer on the right has been a Church St. staple for a few years now and actually puts on a very entertaining show.
The performance below was quickly taken with an iPhone 4, on a windy April 2012 day. The instrument is an Australian didgeridoo, an odd sounding device that combined with the performer's equally strange "goat mask", resulted in a very curious crowd of onlookers.

The Haskell Free Library and Opera House - Derby Line, VT

Derby Line, VT. is well known for the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, which was built on the international border of the USA and Canada, and opened in 1904. The donors were a couple who ironically enough, both came from different sides of the border. Carlos F. Haskell was a local American businessman who owned a number of sawmills, while Martha Stewart Haskell was Canadian. Their dream was that people on both sides of the border would have use of the facility, which is now a designated historic site. Visit the Haskell's new website for more information.