If I may be allowed an entirely personal remark: Whenever I read here about regional gatherings of C&F people, Northeastern, Oklahoman, Whereveren–my heart is truly warmed. It makes me happy.
One day we’ll have one in the Deep South of the USA and I’ll come and not play the whistle. I have a reputation as a bad whistle player to maintain.
Fondly,
Dale
No twinge of envy?
ok, ok…my heart is warmed too. Warmth and twinges are not mutually exclusive.
on a dulcimer website I frequent, we have a member who drives charter buses. We’ve often dreamed of having CD drive around the country, picking us up, dropping us off, and just having kinda a “Greatful Dead” dulcimer tour.
We could do it for whistles, too!!! 
Get on the Magic Bus!
I’ll bet it wouldn’t take too much to get these people to offer the tour.
http://www.greentortoise.com/index.html
I see they offer “Burning Man”.
My heart is warmed as well. I wish I could go to every one of them.
Peeplj and I were discussing the possibility of having one in Arkansas. Reckon you could make it to that one?
Enjoy the feeling, Dale.
We have had great times at our Chiffy parties out here in Calaforny. It’s getting to be time for another.
Come to the Pipers’ Gathering, Dale. We’re featuring a whistle workshop this year!
We have irregular Chiffy meetings in London with friends made through the board.
The C&F world of Frienditude has definitely enriched the happiness quotient here.
It would be cool, if everyone associated with this forum could all get together for a week of fun, frivolity and tuneage somewhere. Maybe rent an island in the Carribean (not during hurricane season of course), or rent out an entire hotel in, say, St. Thomas. 
I’d say let’s do a Utah one…but the only people that would show up would be Susan, Brian Lee and myself… 
Just let’s not choose Minneapolis. Too many bodhr…I mean zombies.
There’s also Sunnywindo and Ceesi in the area, and folks from Wyoming and Colorado have been known to show up…I doubt I’d manage to come along this time though!
Oh that’s right, I forgot about them. I usually don’t see them much around the boards (but lately I’ve relegated meself to the pub/rubber room).
Well, gee, maybe we ought to get one together then. We could meet at the Republic pub for a session one of these Monday nights.
Or a cruise. Yeah, a cruise would be nice. 24 hour food, drink, and craic. And best of all, no escape!
Then some of us can dress up like pirates, and say some really smart things like: “Yarrrrrrr” or “Avast ye scurvy dogs” or “Arrrrr, I gotta go to the little cabin boy’s room”…
Man, I would practically buy the plane ticket just to meet Nani and Royce… For different reasons, of course. Baglady is there too, nestcepas?
MarkS,
Where is the piper’s gathering?
Here you go – the perfect spot for a get-together for the residents of the continental United States – Lebanon, Kansas, the Geographic Center of the Contiguous United States.
This nifty stone marker isn’t actually smack dab in the center (that’s over the hill in a nearby hog farm) but it’s still nice to look at . . .
. . . or get your picture taken at . . .
. . . or just stand on top of and act like a goofball.
There’s a motel right next to the monument –
– and we can probably get the chapel as a performance venue.
The friendly folks of Lebanon will be happy to see us.
(That’s Paul and Sue; Paul is from England.)
If you get tired of chiffing, there’s a ton of things to do in Lebanon: Lammeys’ Cafe, Betty’s Beauty Bar, and the Higby Bros. Gun Shop # 1, to name but a few.
And you could always pop on over to Osbourne, Kansas, and check out the Geodetic Center of the United States.
So let’s all head to Lebanon – it’s equally inconvenient for all of us.
(I’m pretty sure I won’t be able to make it that weekend.)
But.. it’s in Lebanon!!! There’s a war on, dontchaknow…