Serendipity

AOSA conferences are filled with a spirit of serendipity.  Spontaneous meetings with friends, unexpected amazing moments, new discoveries in the cities where the conferences are held, and lots and lots of hugs.

A highlight of this conference was a purely-by-chance meeting with Tom, Rosie, and Bonnie.  Tom plays Irish whistle and bohdran, and Rosie and Bonnie play fiddle.  Tom and Rosie met at the Paul Winter session and began to share tunes.

I immediately found them and borrowed a guitar from Jeffry, a workshop participant.  We moved outside into the hallway where Bonnie found us.  We sat and played for a few minutes until we had to leave for our sessions.  We all traded emails and phone numbers and promised to meet in the same hallway the next day for a longer session.

We eventually were able to have two more sessions of tunes during the rest of the conference.  It was a fun display of spontaneous music making that was appreciated by the folk passing by.  For us it was a lot of fun to have folks stop and listen.  We had a couple of folks stop by and do some Irish dancing!  Very cool.

We've named ourselves "Celtorf" and have promised each other to meet up in Pittsburgh next year.  If any one wants to join us just leave a comment on the blog or email me directly at brentholl@mac.com.