Yikes. That does sound bad. Sorry to hear about all that.

We've got a local session that's pretty friendly and very encouraging. They mostly play Irish, and I know only a few Irish tunes anyway. If I'm sitting there and haven't played anything in quite a while they egg me on to play something, "Even if it is Scottish, we'll listen anyway!" they joke. And once I start a tune they figure out how to accompany me, even through my flubs. Then I'll just sit out a while, enjoy the beer, and listen to them go on. I'd like to play more of the tunes, but it's just going to take time. I guess I'm pretty lucky with these guys.

Otherwise I play some of the dances that our local Scottish dance club puts on. I don't play solo yet - I'm always second fiddle to my instructor when I play at the dances. But it's a BLAST. I can do a jig set and a strathspey set, but I just can't manage the reels yet. Soon!

Anyone else? Any other fiddlers?