2011 marked my fifth Merlefest and Cara's fourth. Last year, we swore we would not attend more than two days of the four-day festival. No matter how wonderful the music, how delightful the surroundings, and how enjoyable the company might be, spending more than 20 hours in the elements is too exhausting at our age. So, of course, we ended up buying passes for all four days of Merlefest this year. We survived three (and would have made all four had we not both spotted the first signs of colds Sunday morning). The original plan was to go only Friday and Saturday, but lineup was so strong this year that we decided to shoot for the entire weekend. Good move. The weather was ideal -- highs in the mid-70s, night temps around 50. Sunny every day. From the initial counts, the initial counters put attendance at just over 80,000 for the weekend, in the top three all time. We added Thursday when our friends the Wehrmanns got us tickets to the Wilkes Chamber Night event. For the cost ...
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BTW, what's up with Blogger? Apparently they don't allow a commenter's name to link to a website any longer. Noticed that on a few different sites.
It did start out as a slur, a regional version of white trash. It somehow got cachet over the years. Don't know why.
As for Blogger, you can thank Google for the weirdness. Since Google absorbed Blogger, it's easier to do some things (load photos, set up comments, and dink around with your template). The trade-off is, as you've found, commenters can't link to web sites.
It is free, however ...
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