NOMAD is a fun festival for me every year since I've had the chance to lead folk dancing for the last seven or eight years.

Highlights for me this year:

Serving on the NOMAD committee and being part of getting the festival up and running. Stacy Phillips, Ellen Cohn and the Bethwood Suzuki Fiddlers playing for Ted's Triplets with Ed Potter calling. The kids ranged in age from about 8 to 13 years old and they were terrific! Ellen Cohn sang the one song collected from the years that the Farmington canal was in service. My husband and I just moved to a house around the corner from the canal and had asked her to sing it a NOMAD. The International dance workshops and especially the abundance of dance parties. Including: ZIMA who played Debka Chamor; because several dancers there were able to do it with the spirited Israeli styling we once possessed as teenagers, The 2 hour dance party featuring a Different Village and my Klezmer dance workshop which was very well attended and the music was awesome! The Shanty Blast! So many great choices! So little time!