My highlights? There were two that come instantly to mind: Liam's brother singing "The Marble Bawn" in the "Irish Songs in America" workshop, and singing "Sleep On, Beloved" with George and Lamarca in the "Songs for a Sunday Morning" session.

Thinking about it some more, let me add "getting to know Nathan Bean, the eleven-year-old gentleman we left in charge of our booth with complete confidence in his competence to handle the responsibility while we went off to fulfill our workshop duties." Nathan took Visa and Mastercard sales information, collected money from cash sales, made change, and charmed the hell out of our customers (and our eleven-year-old grandaughter). His only shortcoming was a constant urge to push the "start" button on Caroline's infernal "Dancing Flowers" to begin another round of "In the Mood." I'm pleased to note that he went home with a new (used) hammered dulcimer that his folks got for him at Mike Kachuba's dulcimer booth. Let me tell you, Nathan restores my faith in the future.

Sandy