End of week 2 at the Britt Festival in Jacksonville, Oregon. Our new conductor, Teddy Abrams, is inspiring and has injected the old masterpieces, much played, with new life and new ideas. He is a brilliant musician. Tonight we play a banjo concerto composed and performed by Bela Fleck. It is a lot of fun!

I have been hiking, played golf, and saw three excellent plays at the Oregon Sheakespeare Festival. My friend Carla and I even made it to the movies to see "Chef".

These are the three weeks I look forward to all year! Hope some of you will make up here for the rich offering of concerts and plays.