Aspen Day 4

We took a car trip to the Grotto's this morning.  This is a pretty waterfall between Aspen and Independence Pass. We took the easy path to the base of the Grottos which gives you a great view from the bottom of the falls.   The water is hard to see in the photo, so I included a second picture of a closeup of the bottom section.  You can clearly see the ice in the falls.  The river had a considerable amount of ice on it as well.

At noon we had the 4th annual Singer-Songwriter concert where 6 singers ( Larry Guild from the UK, Billy Jacobs, Ron Matthews, Dave Stratford, Ellen Stapenhorst, and Mark Cormican) each sang songs they had written.  It was enjoyable to hear their compositions.  The songs were a combination of ballads, love songs, and tribute songs.  But the best of them, however, was Billy Jacobs' lyrics "The Sound of Sinus" to the famous Paul Simon tune "The Sound of Silence" which brought down the house.  I'll leave the details of the lyrics to your imagination, except to say that they rather vividly described the symptoms of a severe cold.

Tonight was the highlight of the week, the John Denver Tribute Concert.  It sure lived up to it's name with great JD songs performed by Mack Bailey, Molly Weaver, Chris Nole, Jim Curry and Allen Deremo. Wow!!  Mack, Molly and Jim sang beautifully on their numbers, and for the encore they sang "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and "Rocky Mountain High", before closing with "This Old Guitar" that had the entire audience standing while they played a recording of John singing it.

Tomorrow is a busy day with Aspen Chapel (with Mack and Ellen Stapenhorst) followed by the Cookhouse event , and then a Mack Bailey and Chris Nole concert.