| We had come to Port Townsend on the recommendation of a friend
who had told us about Fiddleworks. On arrival we discovered that this
was a week-long workshop and festival and had been preceded by a week-long Voiceworks. We caught the last concert of this festival. This featured a
number of the inevitable country singers, an exceptionally talented swing
exponent, Casey MacGill, and a fine all-round jazz singer Mollie O'Brien and
her husband, Rich Moore, who played excellent jazz guitar. They are all seen
here in performance with guest Chrissie Marshall, a country-style accordian player. |  |
 | A couple of
days later we had another concert starting off the fiddle workshops. This
featured the Marc Savoy Family Band from Louisiana, who were obviously the
main attraction playing their usual Cajun style. But there were several
other fiddle virtuosi who were teaching the week. |
| Port Townsend could have been in New England, given the style and
period of the architecture. It is not a big place but obviously catered to
the tourist market with a collection of downtown shops which would not have
survived any other way. |  |
 | There were also a
number of overpriced fish restaurants. We elected to eat in an ordinary bar.
The prices were not so high but the food seemed just as good. Jan had
seafood, while I had a triple tip steak. All the cuts are different which
makes identification of what you are getting a challenge at times. |
| On our travels to the town and to Fort Worden (a state park where the
voice and fiddle festivals
were taking place) passed by this bank of wildflowers. Somehow the picture does not do
justice to the reality but this is the closest we could get. |  |
 | We also stayed
put in Port Townsend because it was the 4th July holiday weekend and most
sites were fully booked. It was also the time for celebration and there was
a fireworks display from a barge off the beach at Fort Worden so we went
along to watch. You can just see the barge from which the fireworks were
sent. Being mid summer, the show didn't start till about 10.30, as any
earlier it would have been too light to do them justice. |
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Fireworks are notoriously difficult to photograph. If you use a long
exposure you get trails and camera shake, a short one and you are more likely to
miss. I took a lot of shots but ended up with little that was really presentable.
However this was the 4th July! |
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