Fiddle Camp 2011

Fiddle Camp 2011 is over.  We took Katlin down on Sunday and helped her get settled in her room.  She got the room mates she wanted and had a really good time but not a lot of sleep and she needs a lot of sleep.   We took the trailer and the Thornbergs and the Grimms on Friday and went to Jimmy Linseys where we were camping.  Got set up then went to get Katlin and her stuff and see what they call the showcase ( what they have learned through the week).  I have tried unsuccessfully to upload some video.  For some reason it just doesn't work anymore.  Each group played a couple of songs and then  as a total group they played a couple more.  Then they received their certificate and medal for attending.

This is Katlin getting her stuff.  Camp T-shirts were red this  year.

Here they are square dancing.  Notice how short Katlin's partner is.   They actually did a very good job dancing.  It was so hot and humid I felt sorry for them.       We went home and jammed a little at Jimmy's and then put Katlin and I and I guess Dan too to bed.  It had been a long week for all of us.                                                                



Here are Zach, Katlin and Jeanine practicing before the contest on Saturday.  Must have payed off as Katlin took first in her division and Zach second in the open class.                                                            



Zach with the group he played with.





Katlin an her 1st place trophy

It was a long afternoon and we headed back to Jimmy's for a wiener roast and to play some music.   He had more humming birds at his house than I have ever seen in one place.  There were probably 15-20 at a time flying around the feeders. This doesn't show it very good.  I tried to get pictures of the humming birds themselves but they are too darn fast!

Here is some of the jam going on.  We had some listeners too.  It was a fun evening with some good music.

Sunday morning was kind of lazy we had another community breakfast about 9:30 and then just visited or relaxed.  Katlin and Dan did some fishing.  I didn't even know Katlin or Dan for that matter liked to fish.  The fish were really biting but most were too small to keep.   But they had fun. Dan said it was too much work.  He likes  to fish when they aren't biting. Even Zach got into the spirit of things and did some fishing too.  You can see Jimmy's house in the background.      It has a nice porch for sitting and relaxing.  We left for home about noon and the others were not far             behind.