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The AllentownArtFestival is especially remarkable, having persevered and prospered for over 40 years largely due to the members of the Allentown Village Society, Inc., whose active number of unpaid volunteers has seldom grown beyond 30.
The art and crafts exhibited were as reflective of the times as were the long-haired men and tie-dyed, body-painted women who created them or populated the streets of Allentown.
Although the artistic quality of the Festival appears assured, its integrity as an artfestival has required continued vigilance by the Allentown Village Society and support from the City of Buffalo and County of Erie, lest it revert to the carnival that it was becoming during the 1960s.
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