Some highlights:

Phil Fox getting permission and setting up the bonfire, which was especially good for the singing on Saturday night.

Gene & Sandra throwing a great pre-Getaway party and for acknowledging belatedly the birthday I lost in the hospital during my cancer treatments.

Many old friends seen and new friends gained.

Favorable reactions shown to the song circles I helped co-host (with just the right number of attendees) and my own favorable reactions to the ones I was able to attend. Not a bad one in the bunch!

Roger Himmler & Donna Fletcher's blues singing workshop, which stood out for the imagination of the concept and the execution of the concept by the attendees.

Stumping the Guthrie experts with one they'd never heard.

Friends I had been urging to come for years coming and becoming hooked. And my memory and my pitch showed up, too!

Plenty of other good stuff as well. No bad times had and only one awkward one.

These occaisions keep getting better each year.