10/4/25  York Pagan Pride

 (Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
01) The Whistler +(inst) Banish Misfortune
02) Mister Tambourine Man
03) If You Could Read My Mind
04) Uncle John's Band
05) Back Home Again
06) Jamaica Farewell

 (Banjo)
07) Colours
08) Three Little Birds
09) I'll Fly Away

10) New Morning
11) Octopus' Garden
12) Tiptoe Through The Tulips
13) Daydream
14) Rainbow Connection
15) One Tin Soldier
16) This Land Is Your Land
17) Ripple
18) All You Fascists Bound To Lose

 (Acoustic 12 String Guitar)
19) Frog Kissin'
20) Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
21) Butterfly
22) Sweetheart Tree
23) I'm A Believer
24) Big Yellow Taxi
25) Door Into Summer
26) Guinnevere
27) Suzanne
28) Solsbury Hill
29) Enchanted Gypsy
30) This Wandering Day
31) House At Pooh Corner
32) Wondrous Stories
33) I Don't Want To Live On The Moon
34) Heather On The Moor
35) Love The One You're With

36) Sunshine Superman
37) Sugar Magnolia
38) Science Fiction Double Feature
39) Werewolves Of London
40) Hero Of Canton
41) Joy To The World
42) Let It Be
43) What A Wonderful World

44) Yellow Submarine
45) All Together Now
46) Wish You Were Here
47) Brokedown Palace
48) Closing Time

  This was an absolutely  delightful time!
My hosts were kind, generous, and indulgent;
letting me pick a spot where I could (mostly)
just play the whole time, with a few 
interruptions for function stuff and a couple
of other performances.  I got lots of great
compliments, and some decent tips, especially
from a merchant who ran across the square
to tell me that I had just played their
"favourite song of all time" that had
been on a mix tape gifted to them as a 
child from their Mom.
  What makes that moment stand out the most
is how I pick songs to play.  In my mind
I like to picture a "heads up display" 
that shows several columns of songs to
"Play Next or Soon":

 One column is labelled
"Songs In Or Close To This Capo/Harmonica/
Pick or Finger Pick Position"  Basically
songs I could play next with minimum 
transitions.

 One column is loaded up with songs for
the current occasion/vibe/theme/etc

 One column is "Songs I Really Want
(or Hope) To Play (today)"

 One column is labelled
"Good Response(s) to (song(s)), So Might Like
(These)

 One Column is reserved for Requests (of
course)

 And the final column just sometimes shows 
seemingly random songs with a blinking light 
saying "Play THIS Now".  

 When I can, I find songs that fit several of
these criteria simultaneously.

 "House At Pooh Corner" was partially from the
"minimal transition" column at that moment, 
but MOSTLY is was from the spontaneous
"Play THIS now" column. I've learned over many 
years, that it's a Good Idea(tm) to heed this 
prompt.  And... that was the song that had 
that vendor running over and gushing to me.

  Bardic Intuition for the win!

  A couple of other Magick Moments came from
the Historic Railroad Station that had the
lovely steam engine that was one of the site's
neighbours.  That train picked some truly
excellent moments to "WOOOOOOT!" at me, and
yes, people noticed.  Very Cool!
The final moment was when I finished 
the day cheekily playing "Closing Time" and 
the nearby church with a very nice bell tower
started clanging away at THE MOMENT of my
very last notes.

  I ended my adventure feasting mightily on
a handful of hotdogs that a food vendor was
letting go for $1 each as an "end of day 
special".

  It was a good day!!