NOT A REGULAR POSTER?! Well, all right, so I'm not a regular poster. But I still peek in from time to time....
Geeta and I had a wonderful (if frigid) time this year, and were extremely honored to have been included in Kendall and Jacqui's reception. (It was good champagne, too.) Thank you, Tinker, Sinsull, and the others who put it together and who thought of the other newlyweds. Of course, Kendall and Jacqui were the main attraction, and Jacqui is as warm, gracious and lovely as any of us could hope for for the cap'n. You're lucky to have found her, Kendall, and vise-versa.
Working with El Greko on the songwriting workshop was fun - his music reminds me of no one so much as Ralph McTell. Leading "Big Fat Choruses" with Ed Trickett was also a lot of fun, with at least 50 people there and ready to sing, all in the space of an hour.
Elizabeth LaPrelle was the big highlight for me this year, as last. Her CD was one of the best buys I've made in years, and I too wish I'd picked up a dozen. It's a joy to hear a musician - any musician - who has mastered a style of singing like that. She takes Appalachian singing out of the museum and gives it life again.
Things that I missed this Getaway:
Warmth! Hearing Jeri sing (though I did catch her playing fiddle nicely) Songs from a Hat - that sounded like my kind of fun Many other workshops - there just wasn't time for everything Soup Kitchen and others who couldn't make it this year The Sunday night concert - sorry, but we had to head home.
It was a great time, and good to see friends, new, old, and lifelong.