Friday - The party starts

Friday - Today the party starts. People rolled in all day, until by the evening there were about 50 units on Connie and Jim's fields. After a meal the first event started. This was to be a Band Scramble. Six pots have been put out. One for each instrument in a bluegrass band - Bass, gitar, mandolin, fiddle, dobro and banjo. Put you name into whichever pot you want. Names are drawn out - this makes the band line up. OFtn you have tie to practice, but not at Connie's. Its straight onto the stage and play together. This was a nerve racking experience. Terry was in a band with onother six people. The only problem was tahat none of us had much experience of bluegrass performance!!!!!! Still we did our best. Dorothy sang tall pines, Jim sang. I can't remember what I sang, it was a crazy blur, I think it was 'Will The Circle Be Unbroken'. Then we ran from the stage. People very kindly said they enjoyed it. I think they enjoyed seeing us squirm and suffer on the stage! On reflection the scramble was a great success as many other bands sounded really good. Following this we sat on Connie and Jim's porch and played into the night. That was fun.