All I've got to say is that some of these Getaway folks sure do know an awful lot of songs. I saw a song-sheet or two in some workshops but I saw some two-hour singalongs when it seemed like the same voices were there the whole time and the guitars never stopped. Jeesh!

When we came up here last year we felt like kids in grade school compared to the level of folklore knowledge at the Getaway. Now we feel like kids when it comes to repertoire. You guys set some tough standards.

Related to that, this sure is a supportive group. Is there anything that isn't "folk"? Cause I didn't see anybody sing anything whose offering wasn't welcomed and supported. If anybody had any qualms about the "folkiness" of anybody's offering it was raised later and too quietly for me to hear it.

At one point I remarked to Rita that the thing that really distinguished this group is the generosity of the listening. There are 200 posts here about how great the other musicians at the Getaway were. When I look at the name on the post, sure enough the poster is one great musician taking time to appreciate another.

It's hard to believe, but I think affection and decency has the upper hand here and that the cut-throat competition of show-biz is left even farther out in the cold than our sleeping cabin.