{"id":43,"date":"2006-06-24T16:49:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-24T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dulcimers.com\/sharonsblog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2006-06-24T17:47:10","modified_gmt":"2006-06-24T23:47:10","slug":"preparing-for-evart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Evart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You start by going to each room, and clearing it out.  (That&#8217;s how I pack for Evart.)<\/p>\n<p>My reputation of &#8220;being the person at Evart who you can go to for anything you need&#8221; means that I bring along things no one else even dreams of.  In addition to the stuff I use in my role of Workshop Chairman, like boxes of programs, felt tip markers, sound equipment, and push pins, I also drag along a commercial type copy machine, 10 reams of copy paper, and my computer with a colored printer.  But I also go around the house looking for other stuff people might need:  fans, extra outdoor coffee pot, extra chairs, office equipment (staplers, hole punch, clips).  We bring along bandaids, scissors, sewing supplies, extra batteries and light bulbs.  <\/p>\n<p>We used to bring along an extra tent (just in case) and a cot, but we ran out of space.  <\/p>\n<p>Of course, Evart is a music festival.  We&#8217;ll bring three dulcimers, an autoharp, tenor banjo, whistles, tenor guitar and harmonicas, but no upright bass this year.  (Last year ours never left it&#8217;s case and it&#8217;s a pain to deal with.)  <\/p>\n<p>Preparation\/packing is a PAIN.  We&#8217;re leaving in one week and four days.  Between now and then we have a lot to do:  Program needs to be mocked up and prepared then delivered to the printer; the copier needs to be picked up; we&#8217;re attending a family dinner, we&#8217;re performing at a wedding; we&#8217;re hosting a major concert; and most of all we&#8217;re packing for a two week time away from home.<\/p>\n<p>Does it sound like I&#8217;m complaining?    Not at all!!  I love our life.  We&#8217;re so fortunate.  We&#8217;re healthy, comfortable in every way, and we have this fun (sorta wacky) hobby\/lifestyle\/diversion\/obsession.<\/p>\n<p>Countdown to Evart is nearly complete!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You start by going to each room, and clearing it out. (That&#8217;s how I pack for Evart.) My reputation of &#8220;being the person at Evart who you can go to for anything you need&#8221; means that I bring along things no one else even dreams of. In addition to the stuff I use in my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2006-summer-happenings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sharons-blog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}