It’s my Mother’s birthday today. Go, Mom! Happy Birthday to you, and many, many more!

What a fun Saturday at Great Lakes Folk Fest! Actually, I went in a little later than the other ladies (sisters) at Altu’s booth (2:30 or so), but I worked till about 10pm which was long enough for my aching feet! Of course, then I went and danced with Brian at the dance tent (to the Cuban band, Gumbi Ortiz & the Latino Projekt) the last 40 minutes or so of their show. It was great fun.

Somewhere mid-day, I got to dance with Altu’s sister, Rahel. That was fun, she is a woman who never loses her smile, and I really enjoy her a lot. She kidnapped me for a little break and we danced to the Senegalese/Quebecoise group (Diouf)… it was grand. Then I went back to the booth and made sure Altu got to go and dance a bit to that band.

I tell you what, my feet do not enjoy this standing up on asphalt all day! I was smart enough, though, to soak my feet in warm water with epsom salts when I got home. Then I used peppermint foot lotion, and my feet do really feel a lot better already. One more day… and I will only be working about 12:30 to 6:30 for Altu tomorrow, so that will be better than the last two days where I worked about 8 hours.

By the way, I can not recommend a foot soak enough. I should do it more often. It really brings me a new attitude when I do it. What a simple luxury!!!

Anyway… here are two photos of the Cuban Band’s set. First is the crowd watching/dancing to the band. Second are some young ladies from the audience who were asked to come up on stage and dance… and oh, my, they did! Lovely. There were 4-5 dancers up there, and here you can see two of them and one band member. Actually if you squint hard, you might be able to see one more musician and two more dancers.