Live concert - Arsan reciting Madai Kara 3/4/5 April - free entry!

I thought it rather selfish to go to all the trouble of arranging a recital without an audience so I asked Evgenia what she could do. The result is that we have booked the village social club hall for a couple of days and ordered what ever passes for tea and biscuits in Altai to nourish our audience for what could be a rather long session. It looks like we can lodge with a couple of local families which is just what I had hoped for. When we talked last night Evgenia told me her Mum had said that the weather was pretty unstable - the snow is melting and freezing again making the roads treacherous, so I did not want to be driving up an down the M52 any more than necessary.

Incidentally, if you are in the area let me give you directions to the venue. Take the M52 from Gorno-Altysk towards Mongolia. After about 160 km turn left across the river into Karoka (spelling?) and head for the hall. If you get to Ongudai you've gone about 25 km too far.