Drat! I upgraded something from Microsoft and now it’s just all messed up.

Ya know, once in awhile, I come to my site here and read some of the old entries and it brings back memories So today, I’m gonna talk about Fiddle Camp so I can remember it later on.

Right now, the reigning World Class Championship Fiddler is Wes Westmoreland. He and a former world champion, Randy Elmore (plus about 6 other teachers) hold six classes a year. You have to sign up for one at least 2 months ahead of time. Anyway, this one it was held in Cisco, Tex July 6-12.

Cisco's about 90 miles from here. The camp is expensive, but they put the students up in the dorms of a junior college and feed them 3 meals a day, so that‘s good.. Hubby enrolled and left on Monday, the 6^th.

He had quite a bit of fun. There were students from as far away as Canada and Connecticut, California and Mexico. Thge camp also teaches guitar and vocals. Most of the teachers are/were former Texas Fiddle Champions or World Championship Fiddlers and guitarists. And they were amazing.

The age range of the students was 7 - 85.

Not all fiddling is about bluegrass, hoe downs or hillbilly music, ya know. The waltzes are beautiful. I’m not all that fond of Texas Swing, but I do like breakdowns and shuffles. “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” by The Charlie Daniels Band is a breakdown. I can’t think of any mainstream shuffle titles at the moment. An example of Texas Swing is "Miles and Miles of Texas". Bob Wills, I think, did that one. I could be wrong, though. It's happened before. George Strait's band, "Ace in the Hole" plays alot of Texas Swing. I can listen to that if he's singing. Yum.

Anyway, the camp was well worth the money.

Like I said, it was held in Cisco, Texas. Tiny little town, maybe 1500 people. The closest town was about 22 miles away. Hubby left home on Monday and I went there on Thursday. That night we went to a very small Mexican restaurant ( I think the word "shack" says it better) and we had THE BEST food. I haven’t had that kind of cheesy green enchilada goodness since we lived in Roswell, NM. I think the town had a grand total of 3 places to eat. And that includes Sonic and Dairy Queen.

I took Lola with me instead of boarding her. She was a good girl. On Sunday, after we got home, she had a "What the heck was that all about?" all over her face.

 She’s a little bit aggressive, but she handled all the people very well.

Back in April when I booked the motel room, I made sure that they accepted pets. When I checked in, there was a sign at the desk that said, “Pets under 20 pounds accepted. A daily charge of $10.00 will be applied to your bill”.

I said, “Hmmmmm… I believe we have a problem“.

He looked out at Lola sitting in the passenger seat in my car and said, “Oh, my”. I don’t know how much he charged me for her, but 3 nights came to $240.00. For a town that has 2 motels, I thought that was a little expensive.

The Princess and Annah are back home. I missed them very much. They spent the week at South Padre Island, TX. Same week Hubby was at Fiddle Camp. I was very bored. I had lunch with my daughter’s aunt-in-law and we saw The Proposal.

BTW, that Sandra Bullock girl has a KILLER body.

OK, that’s all for now. I’m going to start posting shorter posts more often. That attention span thing, ya know?

Hey, for all you bloggers out there…start writing!! I’m a voyeur and need to see what your life is all about.

I’ll be looking for you!

xoxo