Monday, 1 July 2013
Day five - MLAG Registration day
Really good nights sleep, quite cool and nice. Final three hours with Carey, and some excellent tunes learned. Then a salad lunch with the lovely Holly which I needed to set me up for a hard workout in the afternoon, helping to set the stage up. I read through the Autoharp Hall of Fame boards and had a real lump in my throat. I need to take some pics, will try to do that now.
OK, some snapshots taken. Pete has arrived with my new harp, but has not unpacked yet. I am trying very hard to be patient! Coleen was very taken with her print - she chose the onions, which means the Bee is in the silent auction, priced at $50. Now for the first catered meal, I have signed up to be a server.
Well that was fun! One shell or two , Sir? Pasta shells - but not as we know them! About four inches long, stuffed with cheese and herbs. With a salad and veg. Fine. Then the introduction, the Peacock Princess bringing on the peacock and enshrining her. Don't ask.
Then the concert of the Board members, compered throughout hilariously by Ivan Stiles. Such a wonderful sense of humour. Neal and Coleen, Gregg Schreiber, Maggie Dodd, Mike Herr, Rick Fitzgerald - a wonderful evenings entertainment. Now ready for jamming.
The good news is Pete thinks he has fixed both harps. Lots of tweaks on the GD but nothing major, he just got it ready for the contest - which I have signed up for. He will think about replacing the top later maybe. So I can go jamming now. I also have what I think of as my Mums last gift to me, along with this trip. My new single key E harp. D'Aigle Cascade in Bubinga and Alaskan Cedar with gorgeous mother of pearl lines. It is just beautiful and already sounds good. When it is played in, it will sound even better. But when I heard the low E and the pentatonic bar I fell in love. I can't jam with it of course, so it will sit patiently until I can spend some time with it. Walking up the hill tonight, the skies were clear and the stars were out. Almost Heaven, Pennsylvania.
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