September 7, 2016
Charley Coleman III, a street musician in Old Town Alexandria. Coleman has played in Alexandria for eight years. “The people here are kind and respectable; they don’t look down on other people,” said Coleman. “It’s the people here that keep me coming out and playing.”
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Busking is the act of performing in public, typically singing or playing music, in exchange for a gratuity. Anyone visiting Old Town Alexandria late at night has likely seen buskers along King Street, whether they’re playing folk songs on guitar or hymnals on a glass harp. While buskers are a staple of Old Town for many, Alexandria has a history of struggling with their presence in the developing city.
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