We had quite a breakfast and lunch run yesterday, as families came up to play in the snow and take in hot cider. David Thomas drove up to do a little rehearsing for Valentines and he got pressed into lunch service, as did Mary, Jeff, and Heather. I was worried about the mud coming in through the grape arbor and I said to Jeff Hammond, a little later, "you might want to get some straw down there on the walkway for the guests tonight."
"Already taken care of," he said.
That's team work. That's a New England Township.
Valentines last night was a tribute to our guests, since they braved the snow and cold to have a good time. The winners of the Romeo & Juliet contest gave a hilarious version of the "glove upon that hand" speech in a Tennessee twang, and there were at least five takers for the poetry contest--probably more.
Our music last night--with Caitlyn Chenault, Freeman House, Kathy von Arx, Susan Usher, Angela Shaddix and David Leslie Thomas--was something grand. They braved it and went completely accoustic. In a crowded public house, across a span of wood and dinner-din, it's not quite the same as that "bathed in sound" feeling you have when the players are mic'd up, but it was certainly more authentic, and the music was melt-your-heart-and-soul beautiful.
Good work, everyone!
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