Saw Players Picnic

The other great music event we went to was the Annual Saw Players Picnic and Music Festival at the Roaring Camp Railroad in Felton, California. This was one of those kill two birds with one stone sort of deals, as it appealed to Amalia's fanatical love of "choo choo's" and my love of the singing saw. We heard saw players from all over, some great, some good, some, well, enthusiastic. The food at Roaring Camp is an abomination (we would have been well served to have brought our own lunch, rather than spend $14 per each on the worst hamburger I have ever had in my life), but everything else is pleasant. We rode the choo choo, played in the stream, listened to the incomparable Robert Armstrong (of Cheap Suit Serenader's fame), and then went to Santa Cruz to visit Ann and Jaime (Ann is the one responsible for the cool look of this web page - hire her if you want a good web designer (or if you want your walls to look really good, too)). Anyway, nothing beats the singing saw, and if you are in Northern California on the third Sunday of July, it is worth a drive up Highway 9. The music is good, the trains are fun, and the setting is beautiful. Also, Felton is only a few miles from Bonny Doon Vineyard (and David Bruce and Byington, etc. etc.).