Saturday

This morning we had breakfast at the café – you could have anything you wanted, as long as it was a combination of egg, sausage (sausage patti) and biscuit (scone!) and they all cost $3.00, sadly no beans for Ron (Ron’s favourite food), though there was TommyK , so Ron was moderately happy. We moved quickly into a Slow Jam (no marmalade) where we enjoyed ourselves playing with other people new to bluegrass. Here we met up with Sandy and Don, some friends we had met when we were at Arcadia in April, who had driven over form West Palm Beach that morning. After that Ron went to mandolin workshop and I went to a guitar workshop, very nice. This meant we got a quick bite to eat before the concert started ant 1.30. Some very nice music, although it was all bluegrass, each band showed a different aspect of it. One was very good at harmony, another was just very tight, and yet another band just had excellent lead instruments. (That was the people next door), so it was a fun afternoon. Carol sat outside the Trailer, which was parked all of 20 metres from the stage and read while she listened, we took our chairs and sat under the cover of the barn. Ron went right down the front, Sally and I sat in at the back, so that we could get quick access to the ice cream which was on sale. It was a lovely afternoon. Straight after that we went to a pot luck supper, with burgers and hot dogs provided by Seth and Roxanne. Then it was into another jam session, which was very relaxing. All in all, a great day. (although there was also the bit about being kept awake, which I have already mentioned and won’t mention again, although it did keep us awake until 2.00 and when Sally went to complain they just told her “That’s bluegrass Ma’am, that’s what you signed up for, that’s what we do.”).