Folk Life

I spent the entire day at the Smithsonian Folk Life festival, and it was wonderful. One of the themes was Mexico, and that was fascinating. They had one section where they showed how they weaved decoravive items and hats from corn husks, and that was interesting. I later bought a beautiful sunhat They had lots of cooking demonstrations. I've watched Susan Craft cook authentic Mexican food with authentic tools so often that all I really learned is that she is a better cook! The really great part was that all the demonstrators and their families were wearing really pretty authentic costumes. The had a few dancers and LOTS of wonderful music ensembles scattered around. One ensemble featured a Mexican harp. which I'd never seen before.

This isn't a picture of the real musicians who were there. It is just to show you what a Mexican harp looks like.

One of my "David" stories is from when he and Ron and Sue and I went to Cancun together. One night at dinner, a roaming Mexican guitarist came up to our table and asked for requests. None of us knew any Mexican music, of course, so David said he was teaching a Mexican song to his kids in school. It was something like, "The Fat Kitty Cat Wears a Hat". The Musicians did not know it, and quickly moved on,