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I have been involved with the Oregon Bach Festival in Eugene for a while, and there was a time when many of the musicians who came from Germany would stay in people's homes here. There are still musicians who do this now, although not as many. It wasn't a swap exactly, but we made such great friends with these people, and many Bach Festival patrons from Eugene have a place to stay in Stuttgart if we go traveling.

Of course we trusted these people because we had something so wonderful in common - music, and the Festival, which is like a family.

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