CAYUGA - The train tracks that run alongside the one-time railroad station, that has since been converted into the village offices at Harris Park in Cayuga, may not be used for too much train traffic these days, but Saturday afternoon the rails were put to good use.

On the back of a car on loan from Finger Lakes Scenic Railroad, five differing acts took the stage for a day filled with music from the train car stage.

Susan Harris, a member of the village planning board, and who also manages the New York music funds at Ithaca College, was instrumental in securing funds from the New York State Council on the Arts for what has come to be known as the Celebrate Cayuga Waterfront Music and Arts series.

“The idea started last year,” Harris said. “The village had its sesquicentennial and we had a lot of music and everyone had a lot of fun and we decided that this was something we wanted to do again this year.”

Harris packed the stage with a diverse numbers of acts, ranging from traditional folk style music that complemented the train stage setting with old-time train songs by Bob Lyna and Rich Curry.

The afternoon carried on with Thousands of One, a rap/hip-hop style group that incorporated a unique style that was reminiscent of world music, incorporating sounds from various styles of traditional music from all over the world, creating their own unique take on the genre.

Also on the bill was DamDog, a blues band, Blue Sky Mission Club, a zydeco band and Stone Soul Foundation.

“We tried to put together something different,” Harris said. “We wanted to get a lot of different bands, bands that play different types of music and put them all together and give people that wouldn't normally hear all these different kinds of music a chance to hear all this in one place.”

Harris said that she was pleased with the turnout and response as people of all ages streamed in and out of the park all afternoon.

Among those watching the bands later in the afternoon were Kenny Morhiser and Amanda Wade.

“It's something fun to do,” Wade said. “I just thought it would be good to get out and come down here. It's a lot of fun.”

And the diverse number of acts on the bill was very appealing to many listeners.

“This band is really good (Thousands of One),” Morhiser said.

“They are different. I like that. I think it is really cool they did this.”

Along with the music, there was food by Mo's Cowboy Cuisine and numerous arts and crafts vendors, and the second annual Youth Fishing Derby.

Mark Harris, who, along with his wife, Kathy, and Linda Yebelman, helped put the derby on this year, said that the derby is a joint effort between the Cayuga, Aurelius and Springport recreation programs.

This year had 44 participants of all ages.

Mark Harris said there were more than 11 species, accounting for more than 200 fish that were caught.

“It went really well this year,” Mark said. “The kids all had a fantastic time and caught a lot of fish.”

Among those taking part in the derby was Tyler Ross, 11, of Cayuga, who won first place in the perch division.

“It was a lot of fun,” Ross said. “I just felt like a good day to come out and fish, it was a good time.”