We arrived at the Midland Dulcimer Festival on Wednesday, August 22nd. It was hot and a little rainy that day, but the evening was flawless for our Haithco Concert. About 200 showed up in our audience and over 30 musicians. We enjoyed a lovely event.

Thursday was a hot and rainy day but busy. The evening potluck turned out great. Food was plentiful and everyone went away satisfied. Music was played well into the night.

Friday more folks arrived and there was more rain. The festival aims at 100 campers and we passed that level so we should do ok. Music was still going strong at 3:30 a.m. and chatter until well after 4:00. Friday was a tough day. A friend had a health crisis, another camper died (a cancer victim who wanted to be at the festival) and John hurt himself with a muscle tear.

Saturday was really hectic. Morning rain ended. The sun came out. Temperatures dropped to a comfortable level. The workshops all weekend were well attended. I was emcee for the Saturday evening show which started with a huge crowd. (Next year it will be shorter so folks won’t leave before it’s over.) We turned in about 1:30 and most of the music quit earlier than the previous two nights.

Sunday we got up, and spent the day packing. It was time to head home but before we left six of us went out to dinner. A nice finale.

So now we’re back at home.

In a week we should be packed so we can head to Florida. We’re tired.

Humble John should be really satisfied but he’d never toot his own horn. He and Margaret Loper did a great job organizing this event. When the finances are computed we’ll know how successful it was but regardless, it was a wonderful time.