According to my pal Tom, the contest is by 'invitation' but he hasn't told me what that means yet. Down in Asheville, we dropped in for two weeks last summer, during their Fiddlin' On the Green, they walk through the crowd and 'invite' people to play on stage.

I did see the 5,000 limit on tickets, but I wondered if that was theory or practice. Well, 5,000 or less is a good size, sort of like Mt. Airy.

Say Greg, does in usually rain at Fiddler's Grove?