Aspen Day 5

What a day we had!  It started at Aspen Chapel's Sunday worship, with music by Mack Bailey and Ellen Stapenhorst (so nice that Ellen sang Mary's favorite "Heart to Heart")!  It wasn't our usual form of worship, but we enjoyed the music.

We then hustled to the Cookhouse Event.  We were among the last to arrive and ended up at a corner table.  We had trouble hearing the music but enjoyed the couple we sat with, who were first-time attendees from Maine.  Chris Collins band, Boulder Canyon, provided the music. The lunch was excellent and the weather was beautiful.  The owner of the Cookhouse is a former ABC Producer.  He  presented a slide show of filming a John Denver movie in Alaska and had several people who helped with the filming flown in. 

The "Jam at the Chapel" event, featuring Mack Bailey, Chris Nole and Chris Banister. was wonderful, with each artist playing a song, round robin style.  But that did not stop the others from joining in on another artists number, either ad libbing a piano accompaniment or joining in on a guitar or singing the chorus.  I'm quite sure that we heard lots of "original music", that is, versions of songs that had never been performed before.  I recorded some special videos which you can access using this link, including Mack taking a turn at the piano and a short number by Mack's son, Hayden.  The musicians  sang for over 1 1/2 hours and were as appreciative of the audience as the audience was of their music.


So tomorrow is Goodbye Again followed by a drive to Golden, Co as our extended vacation is nearing its end.