Made a case for the Spike Fiddle:
Looks like a child’s casket
The fancy decorations on the edge were made using vinyl cut scrolls and the cross was cut out of scrap lumber using a laser cutter. All of the wood used in the project came from the scrap bin at the Creator Hub.
No dead child here
Inside the top is the spike and bow. This picture does not show the extra padding around the fiddle that was made from an old bed spread that I bought for one dollar at the local GoodWill store.
At the Hilton Garden Inn Conference Center in beautiful downtown Laramie:
It’s Bloco em FoCo featuring Marcus Santos
Now with a group of newer members at this year’s Festa Brasil we played to a full house and Marcus had ’em dancing all night!
Then an encore performance with dancer Luciana De Silva
We did our thing with Marcus and then were asked to come back for a little presentation featuring native Brazilian Ms. De Silva (web site here) who easily became the top contender for best dancer with the least amount of clothing.
Mike leading the group playing maybe Lavada or perhaps Ginga
Here we are doing our best to keep up with Marcus. Oh, HAPPY EASTER BTW!
Banjo talk to the little farmers
A presentation at the Laughing Buck Farm
Here I am showing a tack-head banjo made from a wooden bucket and a broom stick. The strings are not gut strings (but maybe next time I’ll make some) but are weed whacker string.