<div dir="ltr"><b style="color:rgb(80,0,80)"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Thu JUN 5</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">—We packed up and
drove N on Hwy 69 short of Westcliffe, CO (7800 ft alt). Sarah shuttled 4 of us into
Westcliffe. The whole town has
free Internet access. I checked
out the pawnshop and the thrift store for music equipment. The thrift store had nothing. The pawnshop
had a lovely acoustic 4-string bass guitar that they wanted $475 for it. I think I’ll try making a washtub or 5
gal pail bass.</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Izzy
arranged a gig for the Great March Gypsy Band. He suggested that I should come
sometime between 4 and 7 PM. Ed
invited me to be a guest on the Fallon Forum at 5 PM and I accepted. This is a phone interview for an hour that
he sends to the radio station in Des Moines. We talked about the GMCA and also the Loess Hills where I am
from. <i>[I think you can check it
out on an 800 #--you may have to Google it to get the contact info]</i>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I skipped
dinner at the camp and got a shuttle into Westcliffe with some of the other
Marchers. The Band has its own
repertoire. Ed Fallon came later
to the gig with his guitar and accordion. He invited me to sing <u>Iowa Waltz </u>with him. The crowd from CO looked
astonished. Since he had the
accordion there, I asked Ed to play <u>Don’t Fence Me In</u> as I sang it. I’m sure that some in the CO audience
were familiar with the song. I’ll
bet they thought I was singing about CO. I didn’t bother to tell them that I was singing about the
Loess Hills of Iowa! </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Ed knew it
was about the Loess Hills because I had indoctrinated him. When he was
campaigning for governor in the mid 90’s, we donated periodic stays in our
B&B to his campaign. I loved to play the tune on our player piano and sing <u>Don’t
Fence Me In</u> for our guests. I informed them that the Loess Hills were the<i>
“…ridge where the West commences…”</i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Izzy
promoted the gig as a fundraiser for the March. The café/bar gave us a 20%
discount on food and drinks and people there donated about $100. Some Marchers then went on to a
different bar. I caught a shuttle back
to camp and went to bed about 9:30.
Later Izzy said the second bar was much better because they had a
mike. He scheduled another gig for
tomorrow night, again at the first bar. The March will only progress 15 mi. tomorrow so the Gypsy
Band can do another fundraiser.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">Fri Jun 6</span></b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> The March took a little more time to
get started in the morning because so many stayed out late for the 2</span><sup><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">nd</span></sup><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"> gig. We moved our campsite by going up Hwy 69
to Westcliffe and then going through the Wet Mountains on Hwy 96. The campsite was in the National
Forest. There was a long road up the hill and few places to put a tent. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)">I was
disappointed with last night because they didn’t have a mike. I tried to project my voice but their
hall was too big to perform in without a mike. After dinner some of us went into Westcliffe again. Again, there was no mike so we did the
best we could. The Gypsy Band asked
me to sing my version of <u>Yesterday</u>. Afterwards they sang the Beatles’ version of it. Ed went back to camp early so I didn’t
get to sing while he played the accordion. There were fewer people at the bar than Thursday night, but
the Bar donated $100 to the March. I got home again at 9:30 and had to set up my mat and
sleeping bag in the dark.</span><span style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';color:rgb(26,26,26)"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(26,26,26)"></span></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div></div></div><span><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr">Peace, David</div></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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