Hi, Gary, and welcome to the 'Cat! It was a delight sharing songs with you (especially "Hallelujah!"). Hope you'll stick around the Mudcat Cafe and be a regular at Sunnycamp, too.
Stewart, I was gonna add your name to the list but you beat me to it. So glad you and your Mrs. could make it -- but we missed you and your fiddle at the Sat. night "talent show."
Is Hank a Mudcatter, too? I know Malcolm (yrlancerlad?) is, and he had us all rolling on the floor laughing with his music-hall songs and other randy, irreverent 'ballads."
WinnieMih didn't make it, more's the pity.
Mary, I agree the music was extraordinarily good. As for the few misunderstandings, I don't think that should be too hard to fix. A couple rules might could be mentioned at the outset, e.g., that whoever's turn it is needs to let the group know if they want harmonies, instrumental backup, etc., or not. And, yeah, at some point I think "chaos mode" is expected and encouraged. But since "chaos mode" inevitably results in some people calling/initiating 4 songs to other people's 1, I kind of think midnight is too early to ditch the circle format unless the group has dwindled to less than 8-10 people.
One thing we've done at Singtime Frolics and Rainy Camp is designated one cabin for the night-owl singers. Anyone who bunks there is prepared to stay up all night, if needed, or at least to be serenaded while they try to sleep. I think this could work as a place for the mellow, mostly a cappella, marathon unstructured songfests.
Anyway, we have a while to work on logistics like that before next Oct.
Thanks for doing such a fantastic job of organizing and running Sunnycamp!