It's arrival day, kind of like reunion. A few of you have snuck under the fence early and given some mild heartburn to our excellent hosts at the Folkschool, but we're going to make that up to them and more by being the most welcome guests this place ever had, and leaving behind a remarkable and handsome building.

Your leadership team (Whit and Gabel Holder, George and Stephen Morrison, Peter Bull, Jayson Wilson, Ford Hall and Kevin Lanier) arrived early for some torrential rain and primitive camping.

By 9pm Thursday the safety meeting was complete and the barn full of timber on saw horses ready for morning layout.

Kevin Lanier has been working day and night on the shop plans, and it shows. He has even gone so far as to provide a single sheet of clarifications to be stapled to front of the existing 40 page sets. Kevin also brought us a big tele-boom fork truck, kindly and generously loaned to us by Dr Joe Bell of Cabin Creek.

Jayson Wilson brought a trailer load of tools and equipment to share around, including a grill to provide food support as required.

Ford Hall has been bustling about laying out big pieces and getting up to speed.

In the meantime, the School has provided me with a registration desk in the main house. Guild members (and soon to be members) are trickling in to collect their packets and name tags, in preparation for 5:30 orientation.

After JCC orientation, it's off to dinner, and then up to the job site (at the enormous Festival Barn) for introductions and re-orientation. JCC orientation is a hoot, with a formidable amount of information ('pay phones can be found . . . newspapers in the reading room include . . .') delivered rapid fire by an accomplished team.

Stephen Morrison explains all the different ways a tape measurement can go wrong . . .

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Crew size at rollout = 38
Manhours invested at the end of this day = 152
Meals appreciated by the end of this day = 38