Good time at Wahoo Music Show

 75 degrees with sunshine here in Clarinda, IA at 10:40 am Monday.

Had a good week at the Wahoo Music Festival. Had nearly 50 acts, singles, doubles and families, performing.  On Friday and Saturday they ran 3 stages continually, most with 1/2 hour breaks, several with hour sessions.  That was from 9 am until midnight.  We didn't stay for the late ones.

Mother Carrie & Elijah Baker

Carina & Trustin Baker

The Baker Family, from Birch Tree, MO, performed four one-hour shows and we watched all of them.  Phyllis visited with the Mom & Dad, as she has worked with them in booking shows in Kenwood in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

Closing their last set, Carina did a very fast, energetic jig.

And, below, even though Elijah is over 6' tall he is still doing his "stand on the bass" stint that he started when he was a little kid.  Did it only once during the whole weekend, though.

Linda Burton, from Bethany, MO, here with Justin Trevino, from Brady, TX.

Though Justin is blind, he is friend of everyone and sings very well and plays violin mostly, with some guitar thrown in.  He runs his own recording studio and made a CD with Sharon Kenaston in Brady, which was just released and we have a copy.

Jacob Austin can really play the mandolin, but this 33 year old "kid" has some peculiarities. 

His Dad does sound work, and both his Mom & Dad play with his band.

Jayden had boundless
energy and insisted on
dancing around the floor,
finally Momma carried her.

We became acquitted with Mary Channer-Paul many years ago when she called some square dance and rounds with John Orlowski in northeast Nebraska.

Mary still sings, both alone and with daughter Molly Magill.  Molly's two youngsters had a lot of energy and kept both Molly, her husband, Mary and her husband running after them.'

Listened to couple of her 1/2 hour sessions as well as some with Molly..

Terry Smith, from Nashville, TN, another of our favorites, had three 1-hour sessions and one 1/2 hour, all of which we attended.  Here he has Venessa Kenaston, from Springview, NE, playing the doghouse bass, Johnny Button from England, set a speed record according to the Guinness book of records for the most "picks" per minute - 260 beats per minute Click HERE  Mike Mitchel, from Nashville, TN is on drums and Roger Kenaston on rhythm guitar. 

Couple of youngsters (in their 30's) dressed like hippies, from Nashville.  Played good music, but seemed to be in their own world.

2nd day they were a little toned-down in dress.

Three-year old Barrett Magill sang one song with his mommy, Molly Magill, and grandma Mary Channer-Paul in one of their sets.

Main building - stage #

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Second indoor building - Stage #2

Only outdoor stage - #1

Lot more photos, and some 25 hours of video to go through, convert most of it to MP3 so can put on Flash Drive to listen to in pickup.

All the grilling, etc. was done outdoors,  Had a good crew that worked the kitchen.  Phyllis visited with the lady who said they all have full-time jobs, and just do this cooking for the Wahoo Music Show and the Mead Days the week before at Mead, NE.  They started with breakfast serving before 7 am and closed the window at 9:30 at night!

We enjoyed the week.  Weather was descent, though had a scare about a storm with hail coming through one night, but it did not materialize at Wahoo.

Got back to Clarinda before 2 pm Sunday after shopping at Aldi's and Sam's in Council Bluffs.  Not a lot scheduled for this week.

At 25th Wahoo Music Festival

 82º with "feel like" of 84º here in Wahoo, Nebraska at 11:40 am Thursday.

Humidity was down last couple days, but is rising today.

Got here at the Saunders County Fairgrounds in Wahoo, NE Tuesday before lunch.  Got a spot with shade from trees (until afternoon at least) with electricity and water.  Gas is high price (now using E85 which is $2.69 at Coop in Clarinda) but the "motel" cost of $18 per night more than offsets the rather poor mileage while pulling the trailer.

Will be here until Sunday morning.

Enjoyed the outdoors a bit after lunch.

Tuesday evening there

were several showed

up on Stage #2 for

jamming.

Wednesday we volunteered to help out at the "Winter Texan" gathering.  We were assigned to hand out the door prizes (there were also drawings for the $ tickets and later a $100 winner for the 50/50 drawing. 

Mary Channer Paul sat near our table with her daughter Molly Magill and Molly's two kids.  They are quite active.

Johnny Bullet, an acquaintance from many years ago of the Kenaston's, came from England and performed quite well on the banjo.

Last night, Wednesday, the Kenaston's performed with the quite talented Justin Trevino from Brady, Texas.  They also had many of the attending musicians come up.

Lots of those attending last night danced.

Roger Kenaston, who is rather rotund, wore a T-shirt proclaiming "I beat anorexia". 

More music starting at 1 pm today.

More later, Lum

Windy, humid and hot in Iowa

 90 degrees with a "feel like" of a "muggy" 97 degrees and 10 to 20 mph winds out of south at 3:00 pm Monday.

Last weekend we spent many hours ushering the crowds around at the Glenn Miller Festival here in Clarinda.  Full days and fairly decent crowds, nothing like 10 years ago, but good for not having had the festival the last two years.

Have done little more than lawn mowing, and getting travel trailer ready for us to leave in the morning for Wahoo, Nebraska.

Plan to be in Wahoo from Tuesday morning through Sunday morning.

Many of our favorite bluegrass and country bands and entertainers that we follow will be there.

Did our annual cleaning and

re-applying Thompson's Water

Seal to the deck,

For being nearly 30 years old,

our annual treatments have kekpt

it in pretty good shape.

It soaked up pretty good, and covered most of it with two coats.

Phyllis

has been

wanting her recliner

raised about four

inches, so did that

this week.

Will post some pictures of some of the flowers around the place:

Oh, yeah, Sunflowers were bought in Georgia, don't need water.

The math teacher saw that little Johnny wasn't paying attention in class. She called on him and said, "Johnny! What are 4, 2, 28 and 44?"  Little Johnny quickly replied, "NBC, CBS, HBO, and the Cartoon Network!"

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It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.

 Later, Lum