A hearty thank you goes out to Al McCleese, who followed you fiddlers around the Fort on our behalf, and captured your beauty and passion.

We've posted Al's photos from the 2009 Festival of American Fiddle Tunes on Centrum's Flickr site. You can also see photos from other programs.

Don't forget, you can post on Flickr too...just be sure to tag them "fiddletunes09." We'll post a slideshow soon. And as always, we want to see your photos, hear your tunes, and learn more at our fiddle tunes community site--many of you are already busy sharing there.

Tom Braman talks to Fiddle Tunes veteran Jack Link about the early days of the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and his legacy of encouraging players to play outside their comfort zone. Recorded at the 2009 Festival in Port Townsend.

Suzy Thompson will be teaching blues fiddle at Centrum's Acoustic Blues Week (July 26 - August 2), and the thing is, she's just about the finest practitioner of blues fiddle who is active today.

Can you name another? Great teacher, loves to jam - don't take this for granted, people!

The 2009 Festival of American Fiddle Tunes had a special cajun cooking workshop track, and the public got a chance to sample the goods at the Friday night Cajun Swing Dance held outside McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend.

Jack Olmsted recorded a brief interview with Robin Miller detailing the essential ingredients of a good gumbo, and he also captured a bit of the scene from the evening. One could hear the music a mile away!

There are plenty more videos from the week over at our community site: http://centrumfiddle.ning.com. Hop on over and join the fun.

Ben just posted a entry on his blog entitled "Festival of American Fiddle Tunes – 13 reasons why this is a great event."

We're grateful to Ben for posting his thoughts. How about you? How was your experience?

Our community site over on the Ning network is very busy with attendees posting photos and videos. Don't forget to share your experience!

While not every fiddle tune is a dancing tune, there is no denying the power of fiddle music to get people out of their seats and get them dancing.

Each night during the workshop portion of the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, the halls of Fort Worden State Park here in Port Townsend begin to vibrate with the sound of people dancing in time to the music of Scotland, Quebec, Louisiana, and New England.

Here's a clip of a dance session from Monday night...(and don't forget, tickets are on sale for our Friday and Saturdat big shows--there will be dancing there too, I suspect!).

We have more videos from the week over on our community site. Check them out, and stay tuned here, or on Centrum's Twitter page @ptcentrum.

It's Monday at the 2009 Festival of American Fiddle Tunes, and here's a great jamming scene from the porch of Building 204 at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. If you're part of this fine bunch of participants, let us know in the comments!

If you like what you're hearing, then don't forget our Friday evening Cajun Dance, and Saturday afternoon and evening concerts in McCurdy Pavilion. Tickets are available 24/7 online or by calling 800-838-3006.