But I just have to add that I remember the day that you
came in, a rather quiet and shy fiddler whose Scottish
style invited favorable comparisons to Alasdair Fraser,
to your first chantey sing.

Geezus could you ever play; one of those guys who always
had the right part that added, not subtracted. Never obtrusive,
but given the opportunity, bloody well brilliant.

It took you a while to find your voice, and the nerve to
use it.

Even after you came in part time, in green pants and grey
shirt, with a cavalry hat, as a part-time interpreter.

But that voice got louder and stronger, and its owner surer
and surer.

And now you're one of the leading contributors to those who
find and renew lesser-known sea songs, especially in your
region.

And, of course, you're running the program that keeps them
going out there.

Peter, it's a privilege to know you.

Happy anniversary.