Truly, it's a splended two days of fun. The audience is huge, in the tens of thousands, mostly smiling and looking very relaxed. Lots of strollers and kids, lots of guitars, fiddles, always at least one hurdy-gurdy -- and that's just in the picnic area under the trees! You never know what you'll find on the stages, but there will be the Japanese Koto Society for sure. Some years there are alpine horns.

The scheduled music is mostly under tents, but spills out onto the grass so Roger is so right about the sun lotion.

Part of the Glen Echo parking lot collapsed into the creek about 10 years back, so those who get there after about noon have to park in satellite parking at the Defense mapping Agency (I forget its new name) and take the free shuttle buses. The carousel runs all day for the kids and there is a family stage and a playground.

There will be music and dance from Tibet, Ghana, Lithuania, Paraguay, Japan, and things too fierce to mention. Judy Cook, who isn't a Mudcatter but ought to be, will be singing. Bluegrass and country jams under the trees, Morris dancing wherever they can clear a space -- it's a grand good time.