SOMERSET DAY 3

 I really am having the time of my life.  It is so much fun to be around a bunch of people who love the harp, play the harp, and so many of them are so very confident about what they do.  The only part I'm not crazy about is schlepping the harp.  

When I arrived the loaner harp I got weighed about 25 pounds. Now, two days later it weighs about 50 pounds.  I have finally settled on a strategy of going to the classroom where my class will be, looking around to see if anyone has already unloaded a cart, and then asking to borrow the cart to go get my harp.  I wish I had thought of this two days ago.

This morning I took a wonderful class taught by Martha Gallagher. She is a pistol. She gave such a cool performance last night that she had everybody in the palm of her hand.  I took the class just hoping some of it would rub off on me.

At lunch time we had a geek session where we all discussed things we did with our iPads and harps. I think I may have gotten some good information there.   I will have to see if I can put it into practice.

I have met a couple of people here who I just know from reading their posts on the Harplist.  

One of them is named De Luna and she is very cool. She showed me how she made a harp cart out of a beach cart.  She is also extremely knowledgeable about all things Macintosh.

I took a great class this afternoon from Alfredo Ortiz and another okay class from Patrice Fisher. 

Tonight was the final concert. It was all the male harpists tonight.   Those South Americans are amazing. After the concert we had a fiesta. 

The woman in the long blue skirt is Louise Trotter who got the lifetime achievement award.  The redhead in black is Luz Ortiz who is Alfredo's wife and makes fabulous jewelry. Not to mention being a great dancer. 

We still have one set of classes in the morning, but this is the grand finale tonight. 

I hit the roommate jackpot with Rachel, by the way.