[curiousmoonbeam]

I agree Long River - great concert and Terry was exceptional. I did get to finally meet Gord briefly thanks to formerlylavender, her husband and jbt! 30 minutes before I was to leave the house for the concert our electricity went off, making a bad hair day even worse, and then finally left the house during the thurnderstorm at 6pm. A drive that ususally takes an hour or less, even with traffic, took almost 1-1/2 hours. I barely made it before the start of the concert - but it all got better from there! I had to park a mile away and so immediately after the concert I ran to my car and pulled it around to the Keswick parking lot which had started to emply out. I ran back to the theater and luckily met formerlylavender, husband and jbt. Bill W and wife had just left but FL went back to get them to meet me! Thanks Bill for taking the time!! Without FL, et al, I would never have gotten to actually meet GL, if only for a moment. The four of us went over to the Keswick Tavern and without a bit of embarrassment FL's husband ordered me a water as I am a tea-toteler(sp?)! I can't thank them enough for taking me under their wings! We then proceeded to the back stage door area where about 15-20 people had gathered, of just about all age groups. We saw Rick Haynes and jbt introduced me to him! He was very friendly and very willing to chat - seems he's GL's driver. Later GL came out with security all around. He was very gracious, smiling and friendly and autographed my ticket. I did get one picture of GL standing with the fans. Security did not want us to stick around so I said my good-bye's to FL and jbt and started for home. The tractor trailer hauling GL's stuff blocked the street so I took what I thought was a detour and got lost! Finally got my bearings and was home at around 12:15. What a night from start to finish! Glad I took today off from work! Now about the concert! I thought GL's voice was very strong as compared to last year. He seemed genuinely into the music (as always) and although he was not real chatty he did acknowledge the weather with "Early Morning Rain" and "Rainy Day People". One of those he dedicated to the Keswick audience. I can't seem to get my act together to take a set list but the usual songs were sung -and of course the audience was particulary appreciative of IYCRMM. After the show the group came back for "Old Dan's Records" to "bounce us out of here" and then GL came out again for a final bow. Thanks to FL, her husband, jbt, Bill W and wife for adding to a really great night. I wish you all good spaces!!

CM