News from the capital

Hi all. Just returned from the Narooma blues and rockabilly festival. Had a great time. three days of blues. We were lucky enough to jag a place across the road (we got it on a cancellation), and so could go across to the loo, change if weather changed etc. the music was great. they had three tents and with music in them all day. Heard some great music. Marty, I thought of you and how much you would have loved it being a blues man. Only problem was, everyone we loved we raced out and got their CDs bought about 10 in all, so are now broke! The music started about 6pm on Friday night, and about 12 on Saturday and Sunday which was a good thing as it didn't finish till 12pm. Very tiring for someone like me whose bedtime is about 10. 30, Marty, you would have had to have a kip during the day to last that late! The girls stayed behind in Canberra, Clare stayed with Steve's sister Clare and Lucy stayed with a friend. Clare would have loved it, as she really loves a broad range of music, Lucy would have liked it for the first hour, then would have wanted to know where the shops were! Next Monday I go back to a brand new music room at the senior campus with my staffroom being about 10 steps away from it. I have practice rooms and a recording studio. Still plugging away at my course. It's hard going to the other side of town every week for a three hour lecture. If school wasn't paying for some of it I think I would have dropped out by now, although the sound stuff has been invaluable, the midi side is very hard as I have never used apple macs before and am basically computer illiterate. Even if I fail the midi side and pass the sound part I still will have learnt lots. will try to post a few photos of the blues festival when Steve shows me how! cheers for now, Annie