This is Norton - You all missed some mighty fine singing at the Pub - and then BillD, Ferrara, CarolC, and myself have been visiting and playing and singing for the last 4 hours! It has been just great!! Ferrara refuses to sell me her guitar so I'm just going to go home without it!! CarolC is an excellent Accordian player so no BS from her about "not being a good player" anymore. And she cheats! Sneaky - So now I'm going to go get my two hours of obligatory sleep prior to potty training - Next

This is CarolC - I don't know what that Norton fellow is talking about. But I sure have enjoyed spending the evening with these lovely people, making music and chatting.

Hey M. Ted! Where were you?

This is Ferrara now.... We want to do a group post! Well how do you describe a great evening without repeating what everybody else said? We had a bit of trouble identifying each other until Carol C got to the Pub, but we made up for a late start by singing and talking until an indecently late hour. Enjoyed every minute. There is something so mellow and magical about making music with other Mudcatters. With an autoharp, two guitars, a zither, a MacArthur harp and an accordion, somehow we managed to make it all fit together. Or, we just listened to one person for a while. Ask Carol to play some of her slow airs and laments, or a Finnish waltz. It can sure change your ideas about accordions to hear her. And Norton is a fine picker and we found lots of songs we all knew. If versions were a little different, we found some harmonies that worked together. Well, sigh, it would really be foolish for us to talk and make music all night so we are going to post this and say goodnight.... Sigh....

well, here's the REAL BillD/.....who has NO idea what these people just said in my name!...but it was a fine evening!...We heard music, then we MADE music!....Ieven tuned at the autoharp, and Norton could follow anything I did..so........

anyway, it was fun...but it is late..so...you all come see us ....