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| Too bad the weather for the first of the Rally was not as cooperative as it was for most of the setup. |  |
The "Wall of Woe" went up; one cross for each American soldier killed in Iraq. |  |
| More and more canopies went up. |  |
The tablers moved in and set up.
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| Los Traviesos Musical came a bit late; they'd had vehicle problems. |  |
As the countdown to 1 PM drew down, things came together. |  |
| Heartland Harvest/The Santa Fe Ramblers only had time for a brief sound check. The first of their performance suffered from feedback as a result. |  |
MC Les Marsden, with PF President Phil Traynor and Ken Hudson, recognized me inspite of the fact that I was hiding behind my Nikon. |  |
| Shortly after 1 PM, Phil welcomed the attendees, thanked them for braving the weather and we shared a moment of silence in honor of those who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. |  |
Mandolin virtuoso Kenny Hall, who is 85, braved the weather to dazzle the crowd with his wife Marta and his associates, the Santa Fe Ramblers. |  |
| A montage of the best shots I managed to get of the performers; Kenny and Marta Hall, The Santa Fe Ramblers and Heartland Harvest. |  |
As usual, Elfie Ballis of sunmt.org was on hand to document the occasion. |  |
| Roberto Rodriguez, author of "Justice, a Matter of Race" was the first speaker. |  |
Roberto seems, as most of us were, to be praying for the weather to improve. His talk, sadly, was more sobering than the spring rains. |  |
| Roberto expressed his pleasure to be at the Rally and to be sharing a billing with Cindy Sheehan |  |
Without a pause in his oratory, Roberto managed to give me a smile for this picture. |  |