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course, the stand out event was an impromptu dance by

tunes. Kathy and Mike Lamb and Amanda Engstrom were

Scotty Innes (TN) and Mary Milanowski (MI) to the music

amazing! We all were treated to a wonderful lively sing a 

of a group that apparently many of the attendees of a

long. Gary Schaben is to be commended for the grand Bob 

previous daylily gathering were able to enjoy. Bobbie

Dylan esque (an aging fellow from Babbitt, Minnesota)

Brooks said that if she weren't still disabled by her injured

performance he put on with flying cue cards!   

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leg, she'd have joined them and started a conga line around

the room. We daylily people sure do have fun when we get

together!! 

The Unusual Forms

Lee Alden had a more enjoyable drive home to Michigan,

and he told AHS E mail Robins why that was:  On our

journey back home we crossed northern Ohio on 303 and

highway 20 singing, 

A weed away, a weed away, a weed 

away, Hush my darlings, don't fear my darlings... In the

garden, the peaceful garden the slugs a sleep tonight...

This could have caused a moment of terror in River City

considering the quality of my voice, but my wife Bette had

suffered a flash of satori in which she saw me out in the

garden at night armed with flashlight and ammonia spray

softly yodeling such a lullaby to quiet the fears of our

daylilies. 

A weed away, a weed away...

 Later we ex 

changed 

deer

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slugs

 and just kept singing, obviously

drawing our inspiration from the wonderful 

Unusual

From Region One:  gary  Schaben  and Mike Lamb

Forms

, a group of musicians from Region One who

serenaded us with gardening songs set to all too familiar

 Region One presents

The Unusual Forms

Kathy Lamb, Mike Lamb, and Amanda Engstrom

Crazy

( Crazy  by Willie Nelson with new lyrics by Kyle

Billadeau, Mike and Kathy Lamb)

Crazy, crazy to think you'd be hardy,

I'm crazy, crazy for ordering you.

I knew that photo of you would seduce me,

Mike Lamb, Kathy Lamb, and Amanda Engstrom assisted by

And then next spring

cue card holder   gary  Schaben.

I'd only have memories of you.

Purchase, why do I let myself purchase

Intros, though I have lost quite a few?

Crazy, for thinkin' that mulching would save you.

I'm crazy for tryin'. crazy for buyin',

and I'm crazy for wanting you.

eckstroth

Notes:

isela M

Copyright   2002. Printed here with permission.

The group intends to record and release the selection of

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songs on a CD in the near future.

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Mike Lamb, Kathy Lamb, Amanda Engstrom

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