Last week, ending yesterday, was the 9th annual Catskills Irish Arts Week, and it was quite a week! (Still feeling a bit ill from all the second-hand smoke I inhaled in pubs at 2am--but there won't be any smoke next year!)

I took a singing workshop from Maggie Boyle, and noticed that she handed out one or two lyric sheets to us that had a Mudcat logo at the top. Several of the other students asked "What is this website?" which I was very happy to answer (though I neglected to warn them about some of you folks).

So, I was wondering if any of my new friends were going to show up here, and also if any current 'catters were hanging around watching great Irish musicians like Felix Dolan, Tommy Peoples, Jackie Daly, Benedict Koehler, Billy McComisky, John Skelton, and the ever-wonderful Mary Bergin.