Wow, DrWord!...That's where I was when I saw that bagpiper I started this off with! We hope to return this summer during the folk festival!.. If you live near there, perhaps we can get connected. Messages can be relayed to me in through mudcat or my email Loomis@EspressoCom.Com To return to the subject, I think it would be nice to take some of the information above and talk to our City Fathers about it & see if they would be interested in conjunction with our local summer festival (similar to Jack H's)..& Charlie, I agree with you about the noise.When I was down in the subways of Chicago listening, every couple moments a new train came screeching in, drowning out everything!