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Thread #85514   Message #1592499
Posted By: ranger1
28-Oct-05 - 01:53 PM
Thread Name: 2005 Getaway Reflections Here...
Subject: RE: 2005 Getaway Reflections Here...
It's taken two weeks, but I'm finally coming off my Getaway Buzz and have had time to actually reflect. Where to begin?
First, the non-musical memories:
Meeting Micca and Khatt
Seeing Dani again (freed any lobsters lately?) and meeting her daughters
Hugs from Big Mick and Col K
Spending Saturday afternoon just talking with Wakana on a bench in the sun
Seeing the look on Kendall's face when Jacqui gave him those roses Hanging out with MMario
The good natured crew in our cabin (come visit us in Maine, Maria!)
Seeing Maddy go from NOT having a good time to having a great time
Helping Tinker and Dani's girls decorate Mick and Koko's boudoir
Being plied with chocolate and reading Bearded Bruce's sonnets

And for the music:
KT's mini concert
Theresa's mighty voice
The Saturday night session that morphed from Irish rebel songs to blues to gospel and then some
Larry Otway's song Richard Murray
The foreign language workshop
El Greko's beautiful songs
Geoff the Duck's Duelling Banjos
Roger from Baltimore's Armadillo song
And that's just what is immediately in the front of my brain

The most important part of the Getaway for me was the shared feeling of camaraderie that I felt, and the encouragement that gave me the courage to sing in public for the first time. I will be back next year.