A disappointing concert

June 1, 2007

Today Robert and I joined Buck and Ruth Frye, Sarah and Dennis
Joseph, Suzanne VanScotter, Vince Wayland and Bob Chervin
for lunch at Tsing Tao in Table Mesa. This has been an
almost monthly affair that Bob organizes. The conversation
at my end of the table consisted of an interesting
description by Vince of the Safari he and Caroline are
taking. They leave on Monday and will be visiting Victoria
Falls in Zimbabwe and also spend time in Namibia and
Ghana, I think. Anyway, it sounds like it should be an
interesting trip. Their big challenge at the moment is how to
pack when allowed only 26 pounds a piece total for all their
luggage! Suzanne's daughter is returning from two years in
Thailand and Suzanne is relieved.

In the evening we went to a concert at the schoolhouse.
What a disaster that was. Two young women from Missouri
were the musicians. One sang and played the guitar. Her
voice was more of a whine than a voice and both she and the
guitar were amplified. The other played the fiddle and did
some singing, but her poor bastardized electric violin was
very harsh and too loud. She also is learning to play the
cello and gave us a sample of that, also amplified and
the amplified steel lap guitar. We left at the intermission.
I wish I had checked more carefully about who they were.
AndI wish Allison would be more careful whom she allows
to use the Salina venue. If she has any more like those two,
it'll kill the program. That would be sad, there have been
many good ones.