Secret mission to Juneau, AK...

So a few months back, Jackie and I and our friend Jen up in Juneau, started plotting a secret rip up to Juneau, Alaska for the annual folkfest...we cashed in some airline miles, got tickets and then indured the months of not being able to tell anyone we were coming...oh, but it was worth it for the untter shock and surprise on our friends faces when they saw us...and it was just as rewarding for us to see all our old friends...

So The Alaska Folk Festival is week long celebration of music, dance and fellowship, and lots of partying! Each night there are perofrmanced by musicians, each lasting 15 minutes, in any style imaginable...also on the weekends there are musician workshops and additional performances...it is an amazing event...

Here are our friends Jam and Jelly playing on the main stage...

The hub of FolkFest has to be the Alaskan Hotel...while having a bar and live acts throughout the week, it really gets hopping after closing time, as all the musicians, punks, wannabes, poets, babes and drunks head upstairs for a room and hall filling party, where anyone with an instrument can play and anyone with an ear can listen...The picture above is of our room, we decided to get a room and be right in the mix, not sure if this was a good or bad idea, but it was awesome

Up in good ol' room 330... our friend Brooke on Bass, Andrew on Mandolin, Sean Tracy on harmonica and the guy on guitar, never did catch his name, he rocks though and plays the fiddle...


yeah, room 330 again... now our bro Scott is on guitar, Gary on banjo and Joe Baxter on fiddle, Andrew and Brooke are still in the mix...

pickin' and grinnin' ...and there's that guy again, told you he plays fiddle, what is his name??

Jason Norris, he plays with Bearfoot out of Anchorage! oh and BTW, he plays mandolin too. bloody showoff!

Joe Page and Little Andy on the Mandy...

Scott whipped up some late night folkfest nachos, yeah, that's wheat thins with spray cheese, delicious!

Brookie and Jackie..ahhhhh

Reba with her rum and coke...save a cup, just mix it in your mouth

Jen, Jack and I...

Ethan, pickin some tunes before the mayhem...

Dave and Jeanette...true rock stars!

Jen and Brooke Morgan....singin'!

Myself, Caleb, Nat and Jackie...feelin no pain...

Hey, you assholes left your cans in here...actually, the owner told us the next morning that it looked like FolkFest has exploded in our room, but he's used to it, happens every year...can't wait till next year!