Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, who played for many years with a Northern California band, Fiddlesticks, appeared with Nina Gerber. Sarah, a powerful vocalist, plays songs from the heart.

Utah Phillips was the M.C. for Saturday. He warned the audience first thing that he had little "Rant Control" today.

Then he went on to tell us that he and his wife Joanna recently invested in a timeshare mausoleum. "I do not make these things up," he says, during the audience's frequent groans.

How does the saying go? "You can take a Texan out of Texas, but you can't take Texas out of a Texan." No matter where she lives, Sarah Elizabeth Campbell sounds like Texas to me.

Nina Gerber appears on many of these pages because Nina was a constant presence, lending excellent guitar work to just about everyone's performance. The term "Ninafest" was often mentioned.

Che Greenwood, who appeared at the 1996 concert, returned with stories, poetry and songs of Kate Wolf.