Nonet

First chamber music class of the season. Teacher's trying out a Martinu Nonet. I think the first movement is doable. It was fun. Also sight read a little modern piece which wasn't too hard. I enjoyed playing after being off all summer.

Balkan Camp

Just spent 3 days in Rock Hill, NY with Earl, his sister and cousins at the Eastern European Folklife Center Balkan Camp Workshop. It was our first time there. We flew up to Baltimore to Earl's sister's home and then drove about 6 hours to the campsite The food was very good. Plenty of salad and many good diet choices (besides the evil stuff). Also provided late night snacks. They served baklava twice and even had a lamb roast party with grilled vegetables, hummus and baba ghanoush on the last day.

The Iroquois Spring camp had excellent facilities. The showers, etc. were actually in the back of each cabin. There were parties all night long. We were very lucky and got some cooler weather. It has been a very warm summer. I did some dancing and tried playing the Bulgarian tambura which is tuned like a guitar and played like a mandolin. Earl participated in several ensembles. He's in the videos below.