OCFF 2008 CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL OTTAWA

This was my 2nd year at OCFF, which for those of you who don't know if a folk festival conference attended by hundreds of musicians and festival promoters ... there are "official" showcases during the day and evening with panels and all sorts of stuff, but the really interesting stuff happens at the after hours showcases in the hotel.  They have 2 entire floors reserved for the conference which become a musician free-for-all with people running around playing in the hallways, jamming in the stairwell ... it's nuts.  Last year which was my 1st time, I actually found it almost physically overwhelming ... music and musicians wherever you turn people drinking and carrying on every step of the way ... music coming from every room, in every imaginable style.  I eventually went to bed around 5am, but captured some of the nuttiness on video for your viewing pleasure.  A classic moment was also captured in a photo immediately below:  it's my friend Caroline Brooks (Good Lovelies) singing along to Peter Katz's late night set while holding up some guy's head so that he would stop snoring ... the woman is a genius ...