I felt too embarrassed and guilty to go out of my popup last night. I just couldn't face everyone, still don't really feel I belong in the company of these people, but also couldn't sleep. I just lay beneath the stars, playing my Autoharp, thanking the Lord for my fingers.
This morning I woke late and still a little tearful. I can't walk a step without people coming up and congratulating me - Hey! I'm British, I don't get praise! Sat in on Harvey Reid's workshop on amplification, but he was trying to show the differences between his pickup, Lavalliere mic, his own mic, the stage mic, each played through the stage system or his amp, in combination, with or without a ground lifter, with different forms of equalisation ......sorry, he lost me at Lavalliere. Working on how I get everything home. I have bought a double Blue Heron carry on bag and will take my two new harps in that as carry on. Pete assures me he has never had a problem there. The old harps will go in my case as before. I need some form of valuation from Pete to get it through customs, he has agreed to value it at $2000, making $5000 total I will be bringing in - at 20% duty. So then the only problem is carrying them, a shoulder bag and my case through the underground and the train system. Not looking forward to that.
Today, sing with Cathy soon, lunch duty, workshop on how to make a CD with Eileen Kozloff, then I give a workshop on the dance tunes I have. Going now to try to practice those with Ian.
All is good. Cathy's singing workshop was fun. My workshop went fine - except Americans don't know that Humpty Dumpty has a tune! Concert this evening was again excellent. Really enjoyed Carey Dubbert's Jesu Joy, Tom Schroeder's Pachelbel and Hewlett combo, Katseyes Music in My Mothers House, and Harvey Reid's My heart is full of love - which for the first few times I heard as My heart is full o' flour! Had a good jam with Doofus afterwards. Bed about 12.30, listening to some jamming till nearly two.
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