Gee, and a lot of us local musicians have been boycotting Folklife the last few years -- especially since they got rid of the Northwest Court stage as Celtic. I mean, really -- what is Celtic music without beer? And vice versa!

We've been heading up to Port Angeles to the newish Juan De Fuca Festival of the Arts (http://www.jffa.org/) which is a lot more intimate and fun and is the same weekend.