Stanfest 2007 was attended by 5 members of Team Ecum--Malcie,Hector,John,Jim Power, Robert Fink and Lisa Walzak came with Jim.Robert flew to Halifax & rented a car and drove to Canso. He is going to Waterford to visit with Malcie & then they are traveling to Cheticamp on Tuesday.

The concert was good not great--best of East Coast music was there--Bruce Guthro,J.P. Cormier, Sons of Maxwell, Dave Gunning plus some Canadian performers---Nathan,Switchback, and some International performers--Strawbs(England),Johnny Reid(Scotland).

The weather was good--only rained for short time on Sunday pm but the nights were cool.The crowd was smaller than usual this year and had to be down at least 1000 people.

I have all kinds of video which I will put up in small snippets over the next few weeks.

Each persons' favorite performer:

Malcie-----Gordie Sampson
John-------Chirgilchin (Russian Throat Singers)
Hector-----Sons of Maxwell
Robert-----Quebe Sisters(Texas)
Jim---------Ron Hynes (NL)
Lisa--------Por Angus(ON)

Here is a slideshow from our visit to Canso: