Looks like another outcome will be the establishment of something we saw done rather well in a neighboring state, in a town just a tad too far for us to go to very often-- I suppese the UK folks would recongnize it as a session, but it was held in a restaurant, not a pub, though there was a beer bar in the background. People arrived early, instruments in tow, for a nice meal with one another or friends/family. Then about 7:30 the tables got pushed back a bit for a session in the corner. More people arrived just to listen and for a few hours there was no such thing as time. A basket was passed for a worthy cause and the core group of the players had it as a fun rehearsal of material they gig with. This will take the session that has sort of taken over our monthly songcircle back out of the songcircle. There is a cooperative restaurant a few miles down the road which has welcomed Hardi and I sitting and playing just for fun and a change of scenery, and I think they will let us run a bit of an open mic there too.

~Susan