Y'll are just getting so overexcited about this whole gathering! As a veteran of two and a half gatherings, it is all so simple ... you invite a bunch of people ... you put the food out and they'll eat it ... you put the drink out and they'll drink it ... you put the instruments out and they'll play it. No muss ... no fuss! They will play standing, sitting, lying prone, or propped up. They will play until the sun rises, the roosters crow, and the cows come home. They will play in the same clothes for three days if the guitar riffs aren't long enough. They will sing on-key, off-key, and under-key, and above-key. And ... if there is a lull in the action ... bring out the little Mary Kay trays with mirrors and little dabs of eyeshadow, lipstick, and rouge, and you can take turns "doing your faces." I understand that the "Eddie & Clyde" look is in this season ...

moonchild arden