Victoria Vox ! Victoria Vox !

I'm not a tweeter, or a tweetee. So I don't know much about it. I think I might like it though, because my blog is a kind of diary. And I thank any readers who have looked in to see if I've posted anything. Of course I havn't! I can only write when I'm in a good mood. When I'm in a good mood well, then I'm too busy living and playing my part in the theater of life. Fortunately, when I'm not in a good mood, I'm not that bad. Maybe a bit apathetic. Non energetic. If I'm bi- polar, I've got plenty of company. Some people just have to get around other people to recharge themselves socially. At a place where everybody knows their name. I, however, need to be alone.

I'd like to throw a party here at my house maybe three times a year. This August will be my eighth annual "fly-in". But I'd like to have a music party. A "Jam Session" maybe once or twice a year. I'll call it a "Coffee House" and have an "Open Mike". In the last few years I've been to a few "house concerts". This is where you have a single, professional, musical act at your party and you pay them. I'd like to do one of those, but I'm pretty far out of town. Normally those are thrown in the suburbs. I know of several Jam Sessions in the suburbs where the event takes place as a music meeting once a week. These can be private, or in the case of a Folklore Society, or something, it could be open to the public and you just show up with your fiddle, banjo, boyfriend, etc. Every week. My hat goes off to the folks who throw these parties once a week. It says a lot about their personality as far as patience, good nature, dependability.

I had the privilege of working as a volunteer at a very successful house concert last week. Myself and my pickup truck were put to good use for a day and a half. At twilight the concert began. And I stopped working and became a "guest" and turned into an immediate, automatic, huge, fan of the featured entertainer. She was enchanting. Both as an entertainer and as a musician. She could do so much. I'm not going to try to describe how incredibly talented she is. I will say this. There was total silence while she was on stage. Most acts get smothered in crowd mumble noise. Especially outside, as this was. Okay, I'll say two more things. She plays ukulele and she makes you smile. The rest you'll have to find out on your own.

Our host was gracious. His home was beautiful. The weather cooperated for a time window during the concert, and went back to rain. I got the autograph I was promised. And I was oh so tired. That really good tired. . . . . :::::+::::: LLITTY