Hi Lepus, sorry for the delay. I only have Internet access at work, so on the weekends I'm mute as far as the Mudcat is concerned.

Well, I go to concerts at the Cedar too, and volunteer there on occasion. And I also play CDs at my house! I'm not a professional musician either, but I sing with a women's a capella vocal ensemble called Spices. We sang at the open mike at the Cedar in April, and at the Art-A-Whirl in Northeast around the same time. We've been lying low for the summer, but we have a couple gigs already for the fall, and we'll be looking for more.

And I just started playing fiddle eighteen months ago. I take lessons from Bill Hinkley at Homestead, and I'm just starting to take lessons from Tim Reese of Pig's Eye Landing too. Lately I've been going to the old-timey sessions on Saturday morning at the Prairie Star and sitting there holding my fiddle and every once in a while getting a note or two in. You can't really call that playing, but it's kind of fun anyway. And maybe someday I'll be able to keep up with them.

And I dance at Tapestry almost every Saturday night. I guess that counts as a musical activity!