May and June
Drum Camp in Little Switzerland was really cool! There were 5 African drum teachers who were teaching drum, dance and balaphone teachers. I learned a lot about balaphones from Abul Sila. It inspired me to build one soon. The drumming was great.
Bark Bash was as usual great! I got there later than usual because the container came into TN a week late. However, I was still among the first arrivals. Barky has remodeled his house and it looks really, really good. I worked on more drums than ever this time. I kept thinking “so many drums, so little time.” There were several people working on their own drums too. This was the first year that Sandy went with me and we drove. We were able to bring lots of drums with us. I even put her to work pulling diamonds and of course loading and unloading drums and things. It was so good to see my old freinds. Barky went out of his way to make us comfortable and served us all good food. As usual we performed at the Strawberry Festival. I ended the weeknd with my customary trip to Atlantic City and the Taj.