When I arrived, the whole house had 'Gone Country', with a Saloon in the kitchen, a 'Honky Tonk' piano player in the hall, a Bull Ride set up in the garden and a huge awning dressed up with lights and festooned with those little pointy USA flags that come on a long string. I didn't really need my Flags and Bunting, but used them anyway to dress up my music table and cover some of the straw bales for extra seating.

 The guests started to arrive, they had really made an effort, there were Poncho'd Gunslingers, rope wielding Cowboys, Native American Braves and Squaws, Mexicans in huge Sombreros, Saloon Girls and Ranchers wives, one lady turned up straight from 'The Little Big Horn' with an arrow through her head.

 A Western Film was being show on a screen and a camp fire waited to be lit, the food laid on was amazing in it's variety and amount,  no 'Cowboy Chow' of tinned beans here!

I was made as welcome as any guest, 'fed and watered', the Bull Ride was well used, quite a sight to see!

After everyone had eaten, I taught some simple dances to a very enthusiastic bunch,  then played 'The Good Stuff' on till  'A Quarter after 1' am, some of the guests knew their Country and made requests for tracks.

I got home at 2 am, tired but happy!

Happy to do more of these!