Potomac Celtic Festival

[canawler]

Just got back from the festival... nice small-sized venue.
Wife got my best side LOL:


Due to thunderstorms, we left early.

For yet another festival, I saw you and didn't realize it was you. This will sound strange but there was someone else at the festival who looked more like you (head shot in your avatar) than you do.
That was some thunderstorm wasn't it? We stayed through it as we had cover under the one stage tent. The Flying Cows of Ventry handled it great as they kept playing the whole time, even when the power was killed. The next line of thunderstorms to sweep through did send us home though. We had a very hard time getting out of the parking area which was a giant muddy mess.

I missed it for the first time in 3 or 4 years (cost of gas). Have they managed to come back from last year's near extinction due to loss of funding?

The show was exactly the same size as last year with, I believe, the exact same music lineup as well (not a bad thing.) I assume the performers got paid this year as they weren't asking for tips. At an admission cost of $15 a person, I would certainly hope they could put on a successful event. If not they should study every other Celtic festival around the area, many of which charge less admission, to learn how they do it. The program this year mentions the date for next year's event and it shows two days. I also heard the one announcer mention they were going to try for a two day event next year and they wanted to add highland games.

[acstoon]

For yet another festival, I saw you and didn't realize it was you. This will sound strange but there was someone else at the festival who looked more like you (head shot in your avatar) than you do.

LOL! I'd hate to think there's another soul who's THAT fugly!
Sorry I missed you! I may get around to changing my avatar, now that I've stopped shaving my noggin.

That was some thunderstorm wasn't it? We stayed through it as we had cover under the one stage tent. The Flying Cows of Ventry handled it great as they kept playing the whole time, even when the power was killed. The next line of thunderstorms to sweep through did send us home though. We had a very hard time getting out of the parking area which was a giant muddy mess.

We decided to get out of Dodge, at the first storm... Frederick Celtic fest was enough mud for one season... LOL!
Hope to see you at PA Celtic Fling!

[TheKiltedWonder]

I missed it for the first time in 3 or 4 years (cost of gas). Have they managed to come back from last year's near extinction due to loss of funding?

I wasn't actually there last year, but I went with a friend who's performed there before and her father's been reenacting there for years and years, so that was the hot topic of the trip.
This year saw a new man in charge, I can't remember his name, but he was very nice and really seemed to be hard at work after the storms hit to be sure that the event delays stayed just that: delays rather than cancellations.
The performers I talked to seemed to be enjoying it and a decent crowd stayed through the heat, then the storms, then the cold, then the storms I wouldn't call it resurrected but from what I know it definitely seemed like a step in the right direction!