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Published: June 11th 2017
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Green Spring Gardens
So I'm going to keep this one brief - follow the URL links if you so wish
First order of the day - was a short drive and a quite walk through the Green Spring Gardens in Fairfax County
Taking in the old residence at the front and the Visitors Centre and Gallery at the back
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring/
That evening we drove to
The Birchmere - Performance art theatre in Alexandria, Virginia
to have dinner and watch a performance of
The Mike Seeger Commemorative Old Time Banjo Festival featuring Tony Trischka, Kaia Kater, Michael Miles, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer
Kaia being the young player of the future I would think
I'll listen to anything at least once!
Before the performance a woman next to us struck up a conversation, and it turned out she'd been a professional potter, so something in common. The conversation followed onto politics - is both thinking about both interesting things sides of the Atlantic are at the moment.
She asked me what I thought of Trump, and I made the mistake of thinking she would really value my opinion as I replied . . .
"well I think he's in the wrong trade - he'd make really good stand up comic"
Turns out she really admired him. End of conversation!
The concert was entertaining - an interesting mix of blue-grass and West Virginia folk-blues, five different players with distinct styles and an array of at least 12 instruments including a kind of bass banjo
Videos: youtube is disabled so you'll have to make the live link yourselves