Folk Festival In San Francisco On Sunday

We have been going to Shanty Sings and folk festivals since the 1970's...

What's particularly interesting about this top drawing is that some of the people in it we've known

by sight and song since those early days.

So why was I so surprised when I went to paint this to realize so many in the group now had

gray hair?

(There's Dick Holdstock, top row second from right, who sings Sea Shanties, Scottish/Irish/English music, and for whom DH was a back up singer with others on a CD he made with Dick and Alan McCloud.

Leading the group on Sunday were: Richard Adrianowicz (from Out in the Rain)  and Peter Kasin.

Sunday Dick told DH that he'd like him to be back up on another of his CDs in process)

We were pleased to also see so many young folks at the festival...glad to know the tradition will be carried on after we oldsters are long gone.

 I sat and drew these first two pages in a two hour singing workshop. And painted them after I got home. Someone asked me on an earlier post if I remember what colors everyone was wearing when I sit down to paint. Sometimes I do and sometimes I ad lib. Not hard when most wear blue work shirts, t-shirts and blue jeans!


DH went to this guitar workshop next. The age group here was recognizably younger over all.

It was a good day ... listening to music...drawing... seeing old friends ... and realizing that we are old now too. Oy Vey!  ;-)