Hey MAB. Glad everything worked out for you at the MSF. We had not talked about the festival all year, and I just totally forgot about it. If I'd had time to plan for it, I would have loved to have gone. I did have a pretty good time last year, but there just wasn't much (for me) to do during the day. Only one of the venues (that I was aware of) opened early. And that was still around 11am for lunch. And they didn't have any entertainment during the day. As I recall, nothing started until around 6-6:30pm. There didn't seem to be any "main venue" like the Flora-Bama at the FBISF.
Speaking of FBISF, OD and I will definitely see you there in November! I'm volunteering again this year, but not sure how much I'll be doing. I will be going to the first volunteer meeting sometime in October, then the last meeting is the Tuesday night before the festival begins. So, I will be there from that Tuesday through the rest of the festival. I'm not sure I want to volunteer for the night shifts at the Flora-Bama this year, and I've already contacted Maggie about the lunch service, and she implied I would only be needed a couple of days. So, I'll probably have a lot more free time this year.
phil g.