Not a lot of news to report from District 2, I think everyone is still practicing the new tunes that they learned at Moses Lake Fiddle Camp.  But we have the Bluegrass Festival coming up soon at nearby Medical Lake, which offers top-flight talent and lots of informal playing in the parking lot.  After that, I don’t know.  We may have to meet on a street corner or in front of the Mall to play.

It was a very fun summer, despite the heat.  Among my favorite moments had to be the time that the announcer at the Fiddlers On The Peak contest in Chewelah – who has had trouble reading my handwriting before – got confused on the first-round information slip, and I had to explain that my first contest tune was “Booth Shot Lincoln,” not “13-ooth Shot Lincoln.”  It was not the first time that my wavy scribbles have left someone confused.  That might be a good subject for a seminar at next year’s Fiddle Camp – “How To Write Your Tune Choices So That The Announcer Isn’t Totally Confused.”