Evart, MI

This is just a quick update to let everyone know we made it safely to the largest gathering of hammer dulcimer players in the country. We're at the Fun Fest in Evart, Michigan. It is organized and run by members of the Original Dulcimer Players Club, or ODPC. I have a booth selling Dusty Strings hammer dulcimers and taught my first workshop Thursday afternoon. I had no idea how many people would show up and when the workshop organizer told me to be have sheet music for 70, I though - "no way". WAY! There were close to a hundred people there and we successfully learned our tune in under an hour. I'm told that many of people enjoyed the class so much that they're planning on coming back to my next one - with friends.

The weather Wednesday was upper 70's and partly cloudy. We did not bring enough warm bedding for our tent and were very cold and uncomfortable camping Wednesday night. This is aggravated by our inflatable mattress losing most of its air overnight. We decided to stay in a hotel last night and had to drive 45 miles to find an available room. The trek out of camp gave me a chance to check email and do this quick update. It is now Friday morning and we're going to buy more bedding for the tent and head back to the festival in just a few minutes. We're camped near a creek and the temp will likely fall into the upper 40's tonight. The forecast for today is low humidity with highs in the 70's.

I'll have some good pictures to post when we get back home. Gotta run - Dan. ¶ 6:38 PM