Back from a whirlwind few days at the Walnut Valley Fest... would have loved to meet up with those of you who were there, but I didn't get in until about 10 pm on Thursday so I missed the 5 o'clock meeting. Then I seemed to be stuck on "Walnut Valley time" and didn't get around to scouting anyone out.

Tommy Emmanuel was awesome!!!! I hope his dynamic playing shines through on his new ONLY cd. Somehow, my cd got stuck in my friends luggage -- mmmmmm a bit suspicious.... I also got one of Todd Hallowell's cd's (he played with Tommy on stage 5 Saturday nite), and am enjoying it.

Yes, I too, noticed the sound system was not up to par. One of the most noticable examples to me was during the Nickel Creek performance on stage two (the grassy knoll).

Besides that & the dust, everything was great. Hey.... did anyone notice the hoola-hoop guy during one of Tommy's performances on stage one????? Oh MY!!!!!

Next year will be an especially exciting festival, the 30th Annual!

~lor