Friday, May 22, 2009

Another nice day in Lebanon Indiana at the Good Sam Samboree. Up early so we could open up at 9am. Not a lot going on inside the commercial building. I was out and checking on things and I found the guys cooking ham and beans for the evening meal. They had soaked 150 pounds of beans overnight and put in 80 pounds of ham in 3 large cast iron kettles. Just like the ones we used to render lard back on the farm when we butchered hogs, generally over Thanksgiving. The beans were to be ready about 4:30 but they announced at 4pm that they were ready and we could go for ham and beans. We were relatively early in the serving line and they had all the fixins, onions, catsup, hot sauce and pickles along with crackers. They were cooked without any salt and they were certainly bland. Had to add a considerable amount of salt to make them tasty. Later, at 6:30 we gathered in the auditorium for the opening ceremonies followed by a singing group. They were called the Larkins from Nashville, TN. A father, mother and 3 daughters. Hard to tell their ages, the two younger girls looked to be in their twenties, but they said that they had been performing for 18 years and their first show was at Eagle Park in Indianapolis. Mother looked about 40ish, but may have been older, who can tell with all the makup they use. Dad played the rhythm guitar. mother played the keyboard and banjo, the oldest daughter played the base guitar, the middle daughter played a mean fiddle and the youngest played the mandolin quite well. The two younger girls and dad made up the vocal portion of the group. They did a very good show with mostly non stop music for over an hour. We had a drawing for door prizes and others were going to play bingo and have pop corn. We decided to call it a night and returned to the coach about 9pm. Need to get some rest for tomorrow, a $1.00 Pancake breakfast at 7-9am.

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