Just a quick and brief write-up of my experiences at Cecilfest. As regular readers know, my friend and band-mate Cecil hosts this large, weekend-long campout party every year. To quote Cecil's explanation on the Cecilfest Web site: " The question that I get asked the most is, 'Why do you do it?. To make a long story short, a professor of mine in college, Robert W. Smith, created a scenario in class with an ending that scared me. ‘…As we get older our circle of friends gets smaller and smaller.’ Friends are the most important part of my life and I want to make that circle grow as large as possible. " Magnolia Blue was the Saturday night headliner. I also got asked to play on Friday with a pick-up group put together by Rob Hornfeck. So, Cecilfest became a two night camput for me. The event's previous location west of Dulles has been sold (no doubt to a McMansion developer) and so there was a new location this year - a beautiful piece of land alongside the Shen...
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