Monthly Archives: September 2013

Listening in …

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I’m always humbled by the nice, unsolicited things folks say about the little niche that we carved out of the Pecan Grove.  The link below is written by Mark Foley from KMUW radio in Wichita, KS.  KMUW is the NPR affiliate in Wichita and Southcentral Kansas.  There is a really nice picture of Split Lip Rayfield in the article too.

Thank you Mark.

http://kmuw.org/post/musical-space-stage-5-makes-bold-difference-walnut-valley-festival

In other news of the day … Labor Day is always a staging day for us.  We move something to Winfield or closer to Winfield every year on Labor Day.  So this year we moved the old Chevy truck a little closer to the fair grounds (since our camper is already there) and parked it in the back forty of some friends property.  We arrived there with no problems and the new brakes worked perfectly, we are really excited for the final leg of the journey.  See everyone in a few days!!!!

Pecan Grove Memories

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Just got home from the Cowley County Fairgrounds Pecan Grove where we spent the night picking and singing with friends.  Ran into some folks from the Comfortable Shoes Camp who shared some pictures from last year with us.  In 2011 I became aware that longtime Comfortable Shoes Camp member Moose had basically lost everything in the May 22nd 2011 Joplin, Missouri tornado.  Knowing that Moose was a collector of Stage 5 picks and other memorabilia, I took the opportunity to replace his complete collection last year (2012).  It was a small gesture on my part but Moose was overwhelmed … he cried … I cried, then we shook hands and laughed about how this collection must continue to grow. Wanted to share the pictures and a link to the Comfortable Shoes Camp web page … they have a lot of fun down there.   http://www.shoescamp.com

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