[Lltsworkshop] Tues weather, Bennington festival, Guthrie festival

[Bob McClure Jr]

On Wed, Apr 25, 2007 at 12:00:04PM -0500, Linda Lowe Thompson wrote:
> The hours of weather data looked like every storm that passed over 
> Denton would hit you McClure folks full force.   Guess not.

Yeah, we saw heavy stuff go through northern Hunt and Delta counties
to our north, and Rains and Van Zandt to our south.  Someone must have
crashed a tanker of water repellent around here, years ago.  Many's
the time we've seen rain at Cumby, 5 miles north, and Emory, 10 miles
south, and we don't get a drop.  Watching the radar, we can watch
stuff that looks like it's headed for us, split and go around.

> We got 4.5", more than I ever remember getting in one day in Denton, 
> in the past 41 years.

I heard some parts of Collin county got 10 inches.  Woof!

> Some portions of Denton flooded, but we live on a higher area and I 
> just stayed put.   We didn't even lose electricity for more than a few minutes.
> 
> Thanks for the report on the Winter Creek festival.  I, too, had 
> understood it was, mostly, jamming.   In fact, I'd been working with 
> a couple of students to prepare for it.   But, jamming all depends on 
> who does it, seems to me.  Someone, sorta, has to get it going and 
> keep it going.   Did they have a stage upon which people played, 
> regularly?

Yeah, they borrowed Russell's stage-on-wheels and parked it at the end
of what would otherwise be a pole barn.  Worked very well.

> Any other headliners than Cara?

Just Scott Odena.

> So, they'll have another gathering the first weekend in October, in 
> Bennington, just down the road from the site of the Sawdust festival?

Yep.

> That's the same weekend as the bluegrass festival in Guthrie 
> OK.   But, I had some complaints about that festival.    I didn't lke 
> the almost 100-degree weather, but I'm not blaming them for that.   I 
> AM blaming them for the strange situation in which they have tons of 
> local "seniors" as volunteers, which is a great idea.   You can 
> recognize them because they all have on matching tee shirts.   And, 
> they all sit down front at the stage areas, when they're not "on 
> duty," and talk the entire concert, making it REALLY difficult to 
> hear.   So much so that we agreed not to return, this year.   It's a 
> shame.    I have some trouble with this at all outside 
> festivals.   It seems pretty obvious that a LOT of people who attend 
> these gatherings don't, REALLY, have an interest in hearing the 
> music.   But, the one in Guthrie (have you ever been to Guthrie 
> OK?

Yes, but not for that.  I went one year for '89-er Days during my
college days.

> It's one of my favorite European downtowns in the whole, entire 
> world and you really shouldn't live your life this close to it and 
> not go see it, especially if you love old buildings) is more than I'm 
> willing to put up with.
> 
> Later
> Linda
> 
> 
> Linda Lowe Thompson      Harvest Time Music
> 309 Pennsylvania Drive   Denton TX 76205
> 940-387-4001     lindalowethompson.com 

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
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