orca limelights OFFBEAT Megan Clendenan ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS
For Geri
One My fingers fly They buzz and dart like a swarm of bees on the neck of my fiddle I tap my toe to keep the beat but I feel like jumping Our group is rehearsing for the last time before the Blackberry Music Festival on the Olympic Peninsula one of the biggest deals for folk music in the whole region The tension is as tight as our strings Okay let’s take a break says Ms O’Krancy our music teacher who looks like a wispy-haired elf queen She puts her fiddle down and goes to check her notes Rose I feel a sharp nudge in my left shoulder Shilo is poking me with her bow We have been best friends since second grade Want to come over after school 1
