Very busy but great few days

This past weekend our granddaughter fell and broke her arm in 2 places and the days before leaving for this last trip we spent worrying and trying to see her. She's a trooper and is doing as good as one can when you lose the use of your primary hand/arm.

Then Thursday we set out for Charlotte to play in the Charlotte Music Awards Americana Showcase at Puckett's Farm Equipment. It was such a great crowd and venue. My 30 minutes of fame just flew by. In fact when I finished my last song I remember thinking I must have skipped a song. I was honored to be selected and man, the bands that were there were all pros and sounded great. I don't know why I'm crazy enough to keep competing against bands, it I do. It worked great in Roanoke but usually doesn't. I keep telling folks that a single great musician can't put out as much quality music as 4 really good musicians. And the last few competitions I've entered has really proven that point. We were packed up and ready to leave by 11:30 and hit the road, literally to drive to Myrtle Beach that night. Got in and got in bed around 3:45 and slept in on Friday morning.

Then Friday night we drove to Holden Beach to play at The Provision Company for a Wedding Rehearsal Dinner/Party for Daniel and Jamie, who are now Daniel and Jamie Hurley. Many of those in attendance had seen me at other events like this as many as 6 times. This one was a PARTY! I mean a PARTY! We were out on the deck and there were so many people dancing and packed in that space that it was literally rocking and swaying. My 4-hour show turned into a 6 1/2 hour sing-along, dance-along party and I'm just now today starting to feel normal again. I was totally worn out by the time we crawled in bed early Saturday morning, again around 3:00.

So now we have a few days of R&R at the beach before heading back to play shows closer to home next weekend. Jake, our 4-legged-son is happy we're now in vacation mode. Here he is bouncing his beach ball. It's his favorite thing in the world and we are always amazed at how good he is at bouncing his ball.