Geeze..can't you guys have a festival without me? Probably not. I was there after Sunday afternoon. ..my niece got married on Saturday..
Had a great time..it was quite mellow..smaller crowds than usual..perhaps because of the shooting...I saw lots of people..went in and out of the panel discussion thinking sooner or later they would sing..didn't realize it was meant to be a discussion..just thought they were exceptionally long-winded, going on about their coffee pots etc. Good information but not as enticing as the music was. Heard this Serbian Kapla group that was fantastic..at the last minute..I was just heading out.
Missed the Saturday bar sing but went to McHugh's on Sunday (I went to college with McHugh himself) and it was quite good, especially toward the very end when the women sang more....
saw some great teenage fiddlers as usual...heard a great women's group..3-D Divas or some such thing...heard some group singing in Swedish..like Octoberfest for Swedes...never had heard them do group singing before...very pretty...I am a Swede at heart when it comes to music...you can actually make out what the tune is, which I appreciate tremendously...