thanks and suggestions

[wotw]

First and very much foremost, a gigantic thank you to JB,
Kimberly, Tamad, Donna, Judy, the entire concom, and the
volunteers. (I want to single out Chameleon, who seemed
to be making herself helpful every time I looked.) This
was as close to perfect as a weekend gets.

The food was superb. I wouldn't change anything about it.

I do have two (I hope) constructive suggestions:

1) At least one, and probably two, of the ice cream tables
really really need to be a little farther from the
Port-a-Potties.

2) I expect I'm in a minority here, but I really could
have done without the band. No matter how good they
were, they a) made it hard to converse and b) completely
shut down the spontaneous jam sessions that were a big
part of the atmosphere all weekend.

Finally: A word of personal thanks to all of the above
named, plus Phil, Hobbit, Mark and the others we imposed
on for help when we had a small unexpected crisis just
as you were really really ready to be rid of everyone.
Your kindness and your graciousness will be long
appreciated.

Comments

[donnad.livejournal.com]

1. guess I'm just desensitized to the port-a-potties. They were actually not bad at all this year, thanks to reasonable temperatures. Sometimes, when the weather is hot all day friday and Saturday, they are just horrible by Sunday morning.

2. I'm sort of with you about the band thing. I'm there to socialize and talk to people and although it is a good thing to support ones friends in a band, I would much rather go to a specific venue to see a performance. I much prefer the spontaneous jam sessions that crop up randomly. I think that social events are not the place for structured (for lack of a better term)performances. Jam sessions where anyone who feels the urge to join in regardless of their musical talent are more fun.