(submitted by Michelle)
Because of the awesome crew that we have, we were fortunate to enjoy some time in Colorado last month.  The first stop was the Lyons Folk Fest.  After being on the road for 18 hours, we arrived to meet our dear friends from the Springs for 3 days of awesome, close-up & personal music & tent camping. 

The first conversation was about how we had just missed Peter Himmelman's set - we were truly bummed especially the kids since he writes awesome kid music (the kind that adults like, too).   Peter was conversing next to the car so I decided to approach him & tell him how sorry we were to have missed him on-stage.  "Peter, look at my license plate...we drove all the way from Louisiana to hear you play & I can't believe we just missed you!  I think we'll just have to turn around right now.  Kids, get back in the car...."  The kids had that zombie-like glazed look that was interpreted as..."We are so sad...." but was really "I don't want to see the car for 3 days!"

Peter's reply:  "Well, let's see what we can do...."  He took us backstage to the warm-up tent.  Man, we had no idea how close-up & personal!  The kids were in shock as seen on the video.  He played for 20 minutes, and at the end of our brief visit, Mr. Himmelman, the genius song-writer, made up 2 songs on the spot.  One about eating gator meat & one about Amanda and her 5 brothers (2 were actually friends but Peter didn't know that).

What a gift!   It was the start of an awesome vacation.  Thanks, Peter!