Between a graduation & a graduation party, I only got to 5 sessions, but they were great--On Saturday--Maire Ni Chathasaigh, a harpist from Ireland, doing a session on O'Carolan tunes, followed by a Guitar Styles session with her husband, Chris Newman (an amazing guitarist!), Max Cohen, whose smooth style I love, & Stu "Stukulele" Fuchs--lots of fun! Sunday brought Sacred Harp sing, led by the next generation in the Amidon family. Peter had lost both of his folks, during this past year--his mom very recently. There's something about becoming the oldest generation that gets you thinking about who will carry one your legacy. Stefan is off to a good start! Songs of the Supernatural with Cindy Mangsen, our own Deb C (what a gorgeous voice!), Anita Best was great! I closed out with the annual Gospel Sing with Amidons, Brooks Williams from Georgia, & Lauren Sheehan. There's always a lot of singing along & spontaneous harmony in that session, that does the heart good! Brooks sang a Joseph Spence song, saying he'd done the best he could to understand the words & improvised the rest. Knowing Joseph Spence's music, that made me chuckle! During the weekend, I had one good conversation each with several mudcatters. That, also, did my heart good!

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