Wyoming Friends

Our good friends Terry and Elsie Peters (They are on the far right and left in the picture above.)  from Sheridan, Wyoming stopped in on their way to Wisconsin.    Since they brought along their instruments, we invited over a couple other musicians and we all played some mighty fine music.  Jerry Anderson (fiddle) came up from Volga, SD along with his wife Nancy and Harold Tribitt (guitar and vocals) from Revillo, SD and his wife Pat filled out the group. Penny even provided some rhythm for us on the piano.
Terry has been working on his mandolin chording and also working on playing some chords to his singing. This session gave him a good chance to put his new found skills to the test in a friendly environment.  He did a great job.
Elsie has picked up the guitar again after letting it collect dust for a few years and she too did an excellent job.  However, she did have to remind Terry that she can't play the guitar and the fiddle simultaneously.
Jerry's fiddling is really coming along nicely.  The more he plays, the more confident he gets.  The more confident he gets, the more he plays.  Practice/playing will do that to you.  Now I have to get down the harmony parts to a couple of tunes he does so that we can trot them out in public this summer.
Harold just loves playing his guitar(s).  There is just no other way to put it.  He has some great old songs that he sings and plays well.  And to top it off, he's game to dive right into some of those wild fiddle tunes that we throw out where the chords just fly by.
As usual, the afternoon went by way too fast.  Since the weather was deteriorating, we ate quickly and then the Tribitts' and Andersons' headed home.  And those of us that were left played some more music.