Derek Hoffmann and Wajid
al-Balushi of the U.S. Embassy pick us up at the airport. Bluegrass: the universal language...
Derek Hoffmann and Wajid
al-Balushi and Eddie Uglum in the background
We get picked up at the airport in two embassy vans by our drivers Muhammad al-Lawatti, Ismail al-Balushi, and Wajid al-Balushi.
Welcome to Muscat
The Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman
The Grand Mosque
Roughing it at the Grand Hyatt in Moscat where we stayed for much of the time.
The Gulf of Oman from the hotel.
Colored glass inside the hotel lobby.
View from the balcony of one of our rooms.
CSB fiddler Brian Wicklund happy to be here...
...really happy...
Early preparations at the Muscat Festival stage.
The obligatory taking a picture of a person taking a picture. Brian Wicklund and Janet Beazley.
Bud Bierhaus pointing something out to Ken Orrick of LH.
Brian Wicklund, stick figure.
Part of the Muscat Festival. Lots of amazing arabic goods to buy.
LH does a sound check for the performance that evening.
Eric Uglum & Sons...
...Christian (13) on fiddle...
...Austin (15) on bass...
...EU+S
Muscat Festival--huge festival with lots of music and performers from around the world.
Muscat Festival scene.