Session²

Charlottesville now features two sessions back to back each Sunday. The Shebeen hosts the first session from 3-6pm and then Louise & Kara, a female duo called 'Farewell to the Nunnery', host a session at Durty Nellie's from 7-10pm or whenever everybody quits.

I attended both sessions on Sunday and enjoyed myself, although I have to say that I probably won't play at the Durty Nellie's session too often for a couple of reasons. 1) The majority of attendees were experienced players playing tunes in sets at a pretty fast clip. I felt a bit out of place amongst such advanced players and was only able to play a few tunes. 2) The hours are later than I really want, since I need to return home and care for my animals on Sunday evenings.

I did appreciate that Kara, who plays flute, frequently named tune keys as she launched into playing them. That helped me to locate the notes more quickly in a number of cases.