Carla and Bob Rogers wrote:
> Another GMHG story: I played with a random, assorted, and unpaid for
> group of musicians (a wee dram to the first person to identify the
> reference) on two seperate nights. The "star tallent" was the same on
> both nights. The attenence was much greater on the night the button box
> dropped in. I don't think the explanation is that everyone came to hear
> accordian. I think it's just the sound of that instrument carries better.
Are you referring to the music that takes place in the campground after
all the tourists go home?
I had heard that there was great music at the campground, so two years
ago I pitched my tent on top of the mountain. The first evening I
wandered around looking for a good music session to join. I found a
few musicians who knew old-timey tunes, and a smaller number who knew a
few Irish tunes, but I never connected with any Scottish musicians.
The second evening I went to the Scottish Country Dance at Lees-McRae
College, and returned to my tent a little past midnight. I could tell
from the noises that there was some wild partying going on, but it
sounded like African or Native American drumming with a few bagpipes
thrown in. I didn't even bother to cross the road to check it out. If
there had been any fiddles, or even accordions, they wouldn't have been
able to hear each other.
Is there something I missed?
Jerry Agin
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