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Thread #18955   Message #221045
Posted By: Allan C.
01-May-00 - 05:27 PM
Thread Name: Bill, David & Allan's Great Mudcat Trip
Subject: RE: Bill, David & Allan's Great Mudcat Trip
I will post the entire revised revision of the new changes to the corrected and updated draft of the final itinerary. This is as close to being our actual schedule as we are likely to get:

May 26 The Adventure begins with leaving Charlottesville, Virginia. Later that day we will meeting Dani in Hillsboro, North Carolina and BarbaraLynn in Raleigh, North Carolina.
May 27 Meet with Mbo and Caitrin in Greenville, North Carolina. Leave for Florida by way of an overnight in Savannah, Georgia
May 28 Arrive Tallahassee, Florida where we will stay at Moonchild's place.
May 29 Possible meetings with Paddymac and Harpgirl. (We will likely miss the Florida Folk Festival and regret not seeing some of the 'Catters who might be there.)
May 30 Arrive New Orleans, Louisiana
May 31 Arrive Shreveport, Louisiana
June 1 Arrive Dallas, Texas in time to play a few songs at a nursing home along with my aunt and uncle. (My aunt and uncle are well into their eighties and this is a regular weekly gig for them!) Hope to connect with Jed before he heads to where we came from (Virginia) for a gig. Arrange to meet with Aine in Ft. Worth that same day or the following day.
June 3 Arrive Ada, Oklahoma to stay at Folk 1234's place. He has arranged for us to attend a gathering of the Oklahoma City Traditional Music Association in Oklahoma City where there will be much to do and music to hear and play.
June 4 Arrive Amarillo, Texas
June 5 Arrive Trinidad, Colorado where we will stay with BlueJay.
June 6 Arrive Evergreen, Colorado where we will meet with Lonesome EJ, Rex Rideout and WyoWoman
June 8 Arrive Torrington, Wyoming to visit Sorcha
June 9 Arrive Casper, Wyoming to visit katlaughing.
June 10 Attend the Wyoming Culture Festival
June ll Head toward Bozeman, Montana by way of the small town of Gardiner, Montana where we plan to play in a small bar there. Alice may come down to meet with us there. We currently plan to spend the night in Gardiner.
June 12 Arrive Bozeman, Montana where we will stay at Alice's place. While there we hope to travel around in the area and meet with a few non-'Catters who play music. One, Alice tells me, is John "The Yank" Harrington who has been playing the accordion for about 90 years. (Do a thread search on [Yank] to Sept. 1999.) There is also a Mudcatter named Les Benedict not very far away with whom we would like to meet.
June 13 Arrive Rapid City, South Dakota
June 14 Arrive Sioux Falls, South Dakota where we hope to meet with SD Shad.
June 15 Arrive at either Davenport, Iowa or at Madison, Wisconsin depending upon which route we decide to take.
June 16 Arrive at Kalamazoo, Michigan which is a stone's throw from Big Mick's with whom we hope to spend some time with while there. We will have traveled by way of the land of Art Thieme and will try to hook up with him. Also, Homeless lives along the route. We hope to meet him as well.
June 17 Arrive Toronto, Ontario where we hope to hook up with Tony Burns, Little Neophyte, Crowhugger, Rick Fielding, Peter T. and probably a few others with whom I have not corresponded directly. (Toronto is a treasure trove of Mudcatters!)
June 19 Arrive Albany, New York with a stop along the way to visit Don Meixner
June 20 Arrive Norwich, Connecticut where we will stay with Vixen and Tim. Vixen assures me that there are lots of 'Catters in the area to hook up with. The only one I am sure of at this moment is mjm.
June 21 Arrive Mudcatville (aka West Chester, Pennsylvania) where we hope to meet Max, Bert, MaryMac, Susan of DT, and countless others. (The Philadelphia area is another treasure trove of 'Catters.) With any luck, Max will let us play a little music on the radio show that evening.
June 21 Arrive Sea Bright, New Jersey where we will stay with Annap and Glenn
June 22 Arrive in Albany or, more accurately, at Old Songs where we hope to meet a whole lot of Mudcatters. So far I have heard that Susan A-R, Sandy and Caroline Paton, Charlie Baum and Jeri are planning to be there. I am sure there will be more of us. Can't wait!!
June 26 We head toward home with a stop at wherever we run out of energy.
June 27 We arrive back at our starting point, Charlottesville, Virginia

We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of 'Catters who have offered their homes, food, or even a good ol' cup of coffee. All of these things will help so much to make this a wonderful adventure! We thank you all!! We can hardly wait to see and hear each of you in person!