I think I go to find the home that I don't have where I live. I wander around the festival grounds w/ vocal & instrumental music drifting around me. I see comfortable people whose main purpose in being there is to enjoy music & dance with others. I'm not a performer. I'm not really even a singer or instrumentalist, but my love of music & folkies does make me part of the folk community. My purpose in going to festivals is, probably in equal parts, to reconnect with the music & the folks. In the past several years, Mudcat has become the heart of my experience of folk music; it's the main place I get information & meet people. One of the major delights for me at festivals is to see & catch up with the Mudcatters I know &, perhaps, meet others. Max, thanks for giving me a home.

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