John - remember this site is not affiliated with NEFFA - and this thread is just a conversation between a bunch of people - some of whom will be attending, some performing, some just kibitzing. The Place to look for information regarding NEFFA would be the NEFFA website. This may be a starting point, but "recent messages seem like insider gossip. Maybe someone should put some effort into making them understandable to us clueless folks who make up the bulk of the paying audience is irrelevant to this thread, since this isn't a NEFFA site.