Had lots of fun my first time there!

I really enjoyed meeting those Mudcatters I had not had the pleasure of meeting before and resuming my acqauntaince with others. Kendall and I camped next to Dharmbum and his terrific friends Liz and Mike (who joined me at an English country dancig workshop) in the "quiet" section and we had a lovely time with them and plan to camp near them next year perhaps.

Thanks, Peter for your kid words re: the open mike. Yes, we sure did have a Mudcat contingent there! It was by random drawing once they put aside a few applicanst to represnt a diversity of performers, I think. And I love that song about the girly show at the Tunbridge Fair; can't get enough of it. I wish you Chucks had stayed another night (enjoyed hanging at your compound and singing) but we did host a song circle at our "quiet" camp in honor of you. People went to bed early (good thing as we were up at 6 this morning!!!)

So nice to hear Barry Finn singing again!!! He wowed 'em, at the Dutch Barn more than once.

What else can I say? Took some dancing workshops and loved the Breton one with music by hot French ensemble Montcorbier.

Got to hear Karan Casey (one of my singig idols) sing loads and even took a singing workshop with her! (Yes, Allison, the second day she actually did a workshop!) She even said nice things about my voice and I was like "OH MY GOD PINCH ME, KARAN CASEY SAID I AM A GOOD SINGER!!!" wow-o-rama.

Heard a lot of artists I had not before that I liked a lot, especially Artisan! Hearing Niall Vallelly play concertina is always a pleasure. The Sevens were also great. Also enjoyed Alison McMorland and Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson and Joel Mabus.

well, I got a wee nap earlier but am still exhausted! Also must recover from eating bacon for breakfast three days in a row! My, but we had fun cooking and eating in the open air!

peg