Much more dancing has occurred since last time I wrote. This week here in Morgantown has much more to do during it than just the 4 hours of dancing every evening. If you want you can often start dancing right after breakfast in the morning. Maybe a little waltzing, or perhaps some Dutch Crossing before the morning contra session that starts at 10:00 and go's until 12:30. Then on to some much needed sustenance to support even more dancing in the afternoon.
    Today there is some couple dancing, waltzing and such, to live music provided by 'Toss the Possum' right after lunch. Then later on will be a couple more hours of contra with the Great Bear Trio before dinner.
    After dinner, and before the evening dance, there has been an hour long concert provided by one of the bands performing here. The second night was one by the two brothers in GBT, Noah and Andrew. It is a bit humbling to sit and listen and watch as two young men play tune after tune from memory. Each song different from the next, some even written by themselves, but all containing bits of classical, country and western, bluegrass, jazz and all manner of other styles. To watch as fingers fly over the finger board of a fiddle or guitar or mandolin and then watch in amazement as they add a note between the already fast pace, and then add even another note and then yet one more. All while seeming to be so relaxed as to be nearly asleep at times. All of the talent here is like that.
    Last night we had a concert by Toss the Possum, usually comprised of Laura, the mom on piano, and one of her sons, Rob, on fiddle and vocals. But added in at times were other members of the family on various instruments and in one performance which I think will one day be historical in nature, a quartet of fiddlers with Rob, Noah, Andrew and Ed, from Perpetual e-Motion. The 4 fiddlers were so amazing, and if I can find a video of it somewhere on line I will try to post it so you can see it all for yourselves.
    In the meantime there is still dancing to do yet this afternoon, and while there is more I could write, it is time to go have some fun.


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