Dearest Partner and I headed to downtown Lancaster on Sept. 21 for a house concert by the Canadian bluegrass band the Slocan Ramblers. Music lovers Tim and Karen Lehman host folk concerts monthly at their Chestnut Street home, with all the donations going directly to the band. There's also a potluck dinner before the show (it was excellent), and afterward you get to mingle with the musicians over dessert, in this case a special cake commemorating the fact that it was the Lehmans' 100th house concert.
We've been to a lot of small venues to hear music, but this one was really up-close-and-personal -- and great fun! One of the musicians was taking a nap upstairs until a few minutes before the show (he thought the show started at 7:30 instead of 7. Whoops!). And when the banjo player switched instruments, he realized he'd accidentally left his other banjo sitting on an air-conditioning vent. Never good for a musical instrument!
Wooden seats filled the small living room, and you had to enter the house through the side door off the alley rather than the front door. But although there were more than 30 guests and one affectionate sheepdog, Bella, somehow it seemed just cozy, not crowded.
The other guests were very welcoming to us "first-timers," and we assured them we'd be back.
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