One reason I like this thread each year, is I get to live vicariously through things I missed during the weekend.In order to make it a really rich weekend, the program chairman has to make sure there is music for several different tastes, going on simultaneously, in as many time slots as possible. It works. I haven't had ANY complaints this year about time slots where there was "only boring stuff."
The problem is, we have a lot of people with wide ranging tastes in music and they are the ones who have the most problems with missing stuff they would have like to see. Me included. But it's fun to hear about them here.
Allan C, I too have CRS, and I can prove it: Even though you commented on Allan Rathbone's spelling his name the "correct" way, I forgot and listed you as "Allen C" on all the Getaway photos! Oh my. And Ouch. I think from now on I'll remember it though....
The problems of names at the Getaway.... Our minds are on the music, and specifically on whatever music interests us most at a given moment. Imagine my embarrassment in the Meet'n'Greet, when I didn't know Keith Baldwin's name even though I have been talking to him at Getaways for at least 20 years! (He was the guy in the Western style hat who sang "Now and Then There's a Fool Such As I").
SO, I have made up my mind that Next Year I will ask the name of everyone I exchange remarks with, if possible. My average number of repeats before I actually remember a name is about 12, but I find that lots of folks have the same problem and are very understanding.
Actually this is one reason that some of the Getaway pics will be labeled, for example, "Saturday Jam" with no identification of who's who -- It's too embarrassing to make it clear that there are people whose names I don't know!
I still haven't talked about the specific things that were highlights of this year's Getaway for me. I have to let it all filter out a bit, right now everything still seems like it was a highlight.
Rita