G'day Callie,

We may cross paths in Canberra ... I'll be the chunky bearded bloke under an Akubra Squatter (conservative Australian country fur-felt hat) with a Nikon in front of an assortment of bags carrying a button accordion or two, a half dozen mouthorgans, sundry whistles and few pairs of playing bones. I'll usually be seen somewhere close to the stage at some venue of other

There is a shot of me in Festival mode at the front of the collection of my folk photographs on Folk Australia, at: http://folk.mountaintracks.com.au/Bolton.Files/ (sorry everybody, I've misplaced the 'cheat sheet' with the html codes for blue clicky things). Unfortunately, I don't have a Mudcat t-shirt ... I seem to have come out of my t-shirt designing and printing phase with a lessened endency to wear the damned things.

I will definitely be at The Blue Book Marathon on Monday afternoon (in one of the dancing venues), since I published all the The Blue Book 's editions: in 1985, 1987 and 1995 for the Bush Music Club. I don't know who is the madder - the 80-odd (and I mean odd!) Canberra musicians that will play right through all the tunes in the Bush Dance (tunes) book in eight hours - or the dancers that will dance all 39 dances.

At least they have Anzac Day to recuperate! (Bus trip to the Dawn Service and on to view the Book of Kells?)

Regards,

Bob Bolton