Yes, it was indeed another wonderful festival. I always look forward to festivals to see old friends, and then when I'm leaving, I realize that I haven't seen half the people I was looking forward to seeing. Part of the problem is that the festival is continuing to grow... a nice problem. But, the more workshops there are that are going on simultaneously, the less likely it is that you're going to run into friends. The best solution is to see if you can get your friends in the same workshop with you. For the last five years, the Gospel Messengers have done a Gospel In Black And White workshop together. That's about the best of both worlds, as I did an album of white gospel music with the Beans, and The Messengers are working on a CD. It was great fun being together again. We backed the Beans when they did some of their songs, and they joined in with us on some of ours..
And we had everybody on their feet singing along and clapping when we finished with Trouble In My Way.

I can hardly wait until next year..

Jerry