Carly's Party

It's Carly's Party !!!!!

This is Carly with the cheese pascha I've made for her party the last 5 years. For 23 years Carly, her husband Dean and a wide assortment of folk music loving friends have gathered at Prince William Forest Park in April or May to sing and play a weekend away. Friday night meal is potluck - and it tends to be very lucky indeed - and Sat thru Sunday meals are done by Debby McClatchey with the help of all the attending adults. The kids over 10 but under 16 keep the dining area picked up.

This year's pascha had a cross, quarter note, Star of David and medicine wheel on its 4 sides.

Its hard to believe that the Friends of Traditional Music have been doing this for 23 YEARS. Kids have grown up and now have kids of their own, some of FOTM have passed on, others have grayer hair and slower steps - but the music is the same, just growing as younger folks join the ranks.

This is my friend Jane at her 3rd FOTM Carly's Party.

More singers in one of the lodges - it rained a lot so we mostly sung inside.

And of course it isn't a FOTM party without the Piper. Plus George's D&D Treasure Hunt. Only a good ballad sing seemed to get pasted over this year. Maybe next year . . . Carly & Dean are retiring as organizers but some younger folks are stepping up to keep the FOTM song going.