Another Reason I Love Nashville (and surrounding areas)

So I'm still working on my Mexican adventure post, but, in a probably vain effort to get off of Katie's critical list AGAIN, I thought I'd do a filler piece on last weekend. Which was awesome.

Last Saturday, we went to Murfreesboro to Al's house to go play disc golf. Unfortunately, the course was closed and we didn't have time to go to a different one. We've really gotta start checking out which courses are closed and when as this is the 2nd time in a row this has happened...Anyhoo...we went back to Al's and met up with Vick. Then headed over to Uncle Dave Macon Days. If you're not familiar with UDMD, it's a big bluegrass festival. They have a main stage where they have competitions, performances, etc...They also have crafts (mostly Amanda and I looked these over to see what we could make), food (yea for fried pickles, fried green tomatoes, and fried mushrooms...hm...I'm sensing a theme), and Civil War soldiers. Yes, Civil War soldiers. And period dressed women. I felt really sorry for one who was dressed all in black-not a good choice for a hot Southern afternoon. The real fun of the festival is in the area away from the stage. People mill around with their instruments and just sit down and start playing. One little band we were watching had a girl on the washboard and 3 guys playing a steel guitar, upright bass, and acoustic guitar. For their last number, the bass player wanted to switch to banjo. So they said, "Anybody play the bass?" Sure enough, a lady my mother's age said, "If it's easy!" So she bebops over to the bass which is about 3 feet taller than she is and starts playing along. It was great. We heard a few other bands playing, but that was by far the coolest moment of the day. Where else does that happen?!