Got Orange and Blue ... grass that is ?

January 11, 2013

Today was an exciting evening ... The Blue Flame Bluegrass Band Competition.  Nine Bluegrass bands competing for a $1,000 grand prize.   I was on ticket booth duty for the evening so I only got to see the competition on the hall monitor and over the hall speakers, it was an AMAZING show of talent.  On top of the 9 competing bands Slik Nickel, Nuthin' 2 Lose, Unspoken Tradition, Pinetop Revival, Destined 4 Glory, Smith Family Band, Wrecked Frets, Carolina Blue, and Appalachian Generations, we were also graced with the music of  The Blue Flame Bluegrass Band and the always impressive Most Wanted Bluegrass.  Sean had a BLAST hanging out with friends and watching the show!

As I was watching the people walk past the ticket booth ... something VERY VERY STRANGE caught my eye ..... wait ..... NO .... I am seeing things ...... wait .... are you seeing what I am seeing ??

Documented Proof !!!!

  I had to take a picture to document this as I knew not one person alive would ever believe my story.  Yes friends ... this would be the one and only Jeff Catlin wearing ORANGE !  He tried to scribble some crazy words on that ORANGE band to make up for it ..... so just ignore that.  What is important is he is wearing ORANGE!  For the record .... Reid Toth was also sporting ORANGE ... but I admit my fear of taking a picture of that !  I decided seeing Reid wear ORANGE with MY own 2 eyes was enough and I wanted to live another day to see Little Roy and Lizzy !

The evening was awesome!  Wrecked Frets won first place, with Slik Nickel in 2nd and Unspoken Tradition in 3rd.  I am really glad I was assigned the ticket booth and not the judges station!  I can't wait until next year. What an awesome show.