Just thinking about some of those wonderful scrunchy harmonies makes my fingers and toes curl and raises my neck-hairs! (Haven't quite managed to move the plates in my skull yet)

I'm trying really hard not to be envious of Kitty, Sooz and Kaleea etc to whom it all seems to come naturally. For me it's been a huge struggle. When I first started singing at the local folk club (about 6 years ago now) I liked the sound people were making, but couldn't work out how it was done or where I might 'fit in'.

I remember my excitement a couple of years later when watching (and listening) to Grace Notes; for the first time ever I could follow what each person was singing; instead of just being a huge jumble of sound, I could pick out the separate threads. Mind you, I could only do it one at a time, cos I had to be watching their mouths move!

Then a lengthy 'do it quietly and hope no-one will hear' sort of stage until now, just occasionally 'going for it', with a little bit more confidence - and getting it right! That's such a buzz