Folkmoot and Sunday fun

We arose intending to go to the international festival in downtown Waynesville but it was raining hard. Barry called saying they were not coming to meet us, thinking it would rain all day. We to town so Evelyn could check in with Weight Watchers. She has maintained her ideal weight. We then went to the library to send several e-mails and then came home for lunch. Around 1 the rain stopped but we decided to not return. We did some outside work and then went to walk. We returned home and got ready to go back to the college to usher again. We did. I am surprised that this is the third performance that we have seen and each dance by each country has been different. We left before they were finished and came home.
Sunday was worship with the new pastor. He is a young man with a small daughter and did a nice job of presenting God’s word to us. The choir sang again. I must say that our weekly rehearsals are not in vain. We are used more than any other choir I have been in. We came home after church to get our tickets to the musical variety show we attended with Paul and Shirley. We went to Dillsboro for lunch at the Jared House. I was personally disappointed in the seasoning of the food. It was served family style but each entree could be different. Shirley had chicken and dumplings, I had rainbow trout, and Paul and Evelyn had southern fried chicken. My trout was good but the sides of mashed potatoes and green beans were somewhat tasteless. I would not return there but am glad we went. The variety show was in the new auditorium at Western Carolina University. The air conditioning had been repaired earlier in the morning and wasn’t yet running at full capacity so it was hot. The program, Gurl and Girl, was a couple who did a review of the 50’s. They really worked hard and sweat more than they usually would have. The first half of the show was mediocre but the second half was much better. They impersonated Lucille Ball, Liberace, Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. The man was a masterful pianist, playing pop and semi classical. He was great and so was she. The show began around 3:10 and lasted until at least 5:30. What a grueling day that was for them. We returned home and had popcorn. We watched a movie Anne of Green Gables because we had no television. We have dropped Dish network and will have Direct TV installed tomorrow. The movie was longer than Gone with the Wind without intermission. We began watching at 8:00 and weren’t finished until 10:45. It was really good and heart warming. We finally got to bed much later than we had planned.