What I didn't realize beforehand was that Rich had some interest in going. Not that we have to go together everywhere-- certainly not-- but I would've liked someone to hang out with-- and though I like hanging out with you, this was your chance to spend some time with Merav. Turns out, before he went to DC, Rich was thinking "hmm, maybe I want to try Falcon Ridge this year." But he didn't mention it to me-- and since he had so turned up his nose at NEFFA, I wasn't inclined to invite derision by bringing it up with him-- and then in the hustle and bustle of the trade show in DC, he FORGOT that Falcon Ridge was coming up.
NEFFA and FRFF are really, really different. To a reasonably close approximation, NEFFA is about dancing, and FRFF is about music. (Although there is a very active dance program at FRFF.) I'm with Rich on both counts. (And I just got a[nother] guitar, too. I hope the baseball thing isn't catching, though. Not so sure about banjos, either...)
Catch the baseball bug! It's fun! Well, rather boring to watch much of the time, unless you're just fried, but you can get a lot of work done "watching" baseball.
Don't worry, I'm sure you have to have a really rare phenotype to catch the banjo bug.
Speaking of baseball, might you and Rich be interested in spending a weekend (maybe even next weekend) in Cooperstown, NY? The family summerhouse is a nice place, there are many acres of woods to roam in, there is of course the whole Hall of Fame thang, and I think you two could cope with my parents (and vice versa). If this sounds like something you'd be interested in, let me know.
i picked up a small 2 octave accordian for $20 :> perhaps it's a harmonica in disguise. who knows, but it works, and is quite neat.
NEFFA certainly about dancing for the dancers, but it's VERY about music and performing, if you're a musician.
falcon ridge is such a hodge podge. there's a public view, of a fair, with music and incomprehensible dancing :> for the dancers (me), it's a fair with LOTs of good dancing and music, and i also enjoy some of the performers, which is basically a view only thing. for the musicians, it's a big deal too. workshops and such.
it's also just a pretty pleasant 3-5 days of tailgate camping for someone wanting to "get out" and be able to do a variety of stuff and have a base to do it. it's spiff.
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Date: 2003-07-30 02:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-30 02:56 pm (UTC)AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: 2003-07-31 03:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-07-31 09:04 pm (UTC)Catch the baseball bug! It's fun! Well, rather boring to watch much of the time, unless you're just fried, but you can get a lot of work done "watching" baseball.
Don't worry, I'm sure you have to have a really rare phenotype to catch the banjo bug.
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Date: 2003-07-31 11:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-02 03:46 am (UTC)NEFFA certainly about dancing for the dancers, but it's VERY about music and performing, if you're a musician.
falcon ridge is such a hodge podge. there's a public view, of a fair, with music and incomprehensible dancing :> for the dancers (me), it's a fair with LOTs of good dancing and music, and i also enjoy some of the performers, which is basically a view only thing. for the musicians, it's a big deal too. workshops and such.
it's also just a pretty pleasant 3-5 days of tailgate camping for someone wanting to "get out" and be able to do a variety of stuff and have a base to do it. it's spiff.
imho :)