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It's done at a couple of the "unofficial" stages at WVA on occasion. I've not heard it called a "blind date" there, but the concept's the same. It also seems to be a regular thing in a couple of the larger individual camps, along with things like "blues night," "comedy songs night," "composer's night," and a few other stranger things.

I think I recall one camp that had an evening devoted to random groups and "you each have to play an instrument you've never played before." Some of us could qualify with our normal instruments, I think.

There are some links to websites run by some of the camps in the "Winfield (WVA) Festival" thread that's been up. Some of them may have some descriptions of events they've staged if you click into Don Shorock's site and poke around. Not a small festival, with around 20,000+ people in a typical year, but many camps are "small self-contained communities" within the festival campground, and pretty much run their own programs.

John