Enjoy and come back soon, more photos are on the way!

Loretta in a rare moment of rest at one of her favorite places--

The Fort Restaurant in Morrison, Colorado. Built by her dear friend, Sam Arnold, in 1962.  It is an exact replica of Bent's Old Fort, a fur trading post on the Santa Fe Trail in southern Colorado.

Loretta and gang performing at Long's Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival in Estes Park, Colorado.

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Tom and Loretta sharing tunes at the South Texas Festival, Feb. 2006

Loretta plays for the Bennett Irish Stepdancers, St. Patrick's Day 2006

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Fantastic Four Fiddlers!  Fiddling Finale to the 2005 Colorado Scottish Festival in Highlands Ranch.

  L to R:  John Mullen, bodhran drum; Seamus MacConaonaigh, Irish flute; John Good, tin whistle; Marie Reilly, fiddle; Tom Broderick, guitar; Loretta Thompson, fiddle; John Taylor, fiddle; Angus Grant, fiddle; Steve Colby, bouzouki.

Loretta teaches fun Fiddling Workshops at several high schools and

middle schools in Edinburg and McAllen, Texas, Feb. 2006. Even the school instructors enjoy getting in on the fun!

Loretta teaches Kindergarden students to clap, sing, and move with Celtic rhythms at Our Lady of Sorrows School in McAllen, Texas, 2006

Lake Hamilton Middle School students have fun learning how to waulk a Tartan cloth. Loretta taught them how to sing a waulking song in Scottish Gaelic.  Spring 2006 in Pearcy, Arkansas.

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Performances at Aspen Snowmass Village Celtic Festival, Sept. 2005

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Loretta conducts the Colorado Chinese Language School Orchestra in traditional music selections from China.