Celtic,

As far as I know, they can pick and choose at will.... It's a GREAT festival, so I hear. I heard that they like to rotate groups, seems to me for example I heard that the Johnson Girls were on the program last year but not this year.... or was it the other way around *BG*

Oh my. Bill and I have been discussing it for the last 2 days, we already have motel reservations but it's a long hard trip from DC. I want to go!!! Dick and Susan will be there, they got us the reservations. (Months ago....)

One thing you can count on, is that there will be some extraordinarily fine singers and singing. The format is: workshops during the day, concerts during the evening, and late-night singing here and there throughout the town at night. Me, I want to be there for the late-night singing.

Here are a few of the singers/Groups I've heard mentioned in connection with this festival over the years: (Please forgive any misspelled names -- also forgive mistakes!)

John Roberts & Tony Barrand Lou Killen Bob Wolser The Next Tradition (Ken Schatz and Alison Kelley) Johnson Girls Barry Finn Tom Lewis Boarding Party David Jones Johnny Collins Jeff Warner

Here are this year's line-up (courtesy of D & D Nichols):

Martin Carthy Finest Kind (ian Robb etc) Barrouallie Whalers (Caribbean-St Vincent) Debra Cowan Ellen Cohn Lou Killen Danny & Joyce McLeod (England) Mustard's Retreat (Ann Arbor, MI) - Don says they retreated because they're yellow.... Mystic Seaport Chanteymen (Geoff Kaufman, et al) Paddy Westers (Maine) Darren Wallace & Friends (Louisiana) Bob Wolser Jeff Warner Warp Four (Cork, Ireland) Bob Webb

It is GOOD STUFF.

The late night singing would be worth the trip!

D&D are going to give me the workshop schedule, I'll submit this post and start over.... (they're on the phone with me as I type this...)