Big finish to Folkmoot

Saturday was a big day. I started by going to the Men’s breakfast at church where I show a section from the DVD comparing the book of Mormon with the Bible. Several men were not in attendance because a council meeting had been scheduled for today--as if there was no other time that could have been scheduled. I came home to find Evelyn finishing the cleaning of the tile floors. We dressed and went downtown to meet Barry and Jackie. They were about half an hour late because they had gone in to Sylva to get our umbrellas from Tuesday evening. We walked up and down the street looking at all the crafts and listening to the performers. The day was called International Day and the street was blocked from automobile traffic. We had a gyro sandwich for lunch. Evelyn bought a decorative belt and some VHS tapes of the book of Acts to use at her Bible study. We had seen all we wanted by 2:30 and went to the grocery and to Goody’s where I bought a pair of Navy blue shorts and a shirt. Actually Evelyn wants these things for me. I rarely want new clothes although I would have bought a long sleeve T-shirt with the Folkmoot logo had they come in any other than white. We came home so Evelyn could lie down before ushering at Haywood again. I made some popcorn that we took along for our supper. The shows were good again although they don’t have the variety that was present last year. We left after 5 groups and came home to finish the evening. I transferred the movies I had taken of the performers onto the computer. We will try to view them on our TV monitor using the new cable Tom bought for us.

We arose and left for church as to be there in time for choir rehearsal at 10:10. We were on time and sang better than at any time before. One of the tenors was absent but all the basses were there. The worship was a blessing again, featuring a baptism of the pastor’s premature infant who had been baptized several months ago. We came home for a delicious lunch of almond crusted tilapia and a mango raita sauce for sweet potatoes and a salad. I hooked up the computer to the TV monitor, and we watched the dances from yesterday’s Folkmoot street festival. I used the cable Tom bought us. The pictures were pretty good, especially the movies that I took with our small Sony digital camera. I thought I was becoming a tech wizard until I put the computer back into the office and found that the pixels on the main screen were larger and blurry. I did some adjustments and things are better but not like they were before. So much for my hi-tech abilities. We left for the Folkmoot finale at Lake Junaluska where we took tickets. The dance teams will leave during the next week. The event finished with a big candlelight service similar to the one finishing the Olympics. I thought it somewhat pretentious, but I guess those kids have lived together for two weeks and may have bonded somewhat. Sam, my high school friend, called and said he might come to visit for a few days toward the end of the month. Everyone who worked on Folkmoot enjoyed the week but are delighted it is over for another year.