well everybody, we had a great weekend here in Portland for the Old Time Gathering. lots of friends in town and two of the brothers....The Band i'm in, Ebenezer, got to play for the opening dance on Thursday, which was a blast. It was the most people we'd ever had dancing for our music, and probably the most we had played for in general. People seemed to enjoy the music, and as the dancers seemed to be getting along fine, I imagine we did alright. It's become quite the ordeal, with folks from all over the country descending on our fair city. some pretty ridiculous musicians as well.

Either way it was a good last hurrah for me in town and now i prepare for my flight on wed morning to opposite land where santa wears swim trunks and the big dipper is nowhere to be seen. i have been gathering quite a body of both singing and instrumental tunes, and am looking forward to sharing our music down there and learning a bit of theirs.

so bear with me on this whole blog thing, as it is my first real foray into putting my thoughts onto the information superhighway for just about anybody to read.