Joining the Festivities

So I was asked to form the third man in a trio that will play at the Gander Folk Festival this coming Monday. It's been a while since I've played for such an event and immediately said "Sure, b'y".

As happens so often out here, the band consists of three teachers. I'm on guitar, tin whistle, mandolin, and vocals, Dave on guitar and vocals, and the group is headed by Gary on bass, guitar and vocals.

We have a half hour set to get ready for, so that's about 8 songs, maybe 9 if we go through quickly. Our planned set list is as follows:

Botany Bay
The Wild Rover
Will You Go, Lassie, Go?
The Foggy Shores of Home
Theresa Maria
Catch the Wind
Rare People (an original of Gary's)
Dirty Old Town
Excursion Around the Bay (extra just in case)

This is by no means the correct order. I'll figure that out talking to Gary today. We timed ourselves and this seems like it will do a half hour for us. We had a shaky practice the other night. A couple of us hadn't heard a song or two and had to learn it on the spot. The harmonies are the weakest on my part. Something I'll have to get used to them and tighten it up. Last night went quite well. We've almost got everything down to a science now. Going to put in another practice Sunday night to make sure we got it all straight and hope for the best on Monday.