Thank you for those kudos on the festival music, mudcatters. Having such a talented pool of musicians around makes my happy job alot easier. I was running around most of the time, but I did get to see a little bit of the drinking songs workshop, and it had the biggest audience of the BALCLUTHA workshops all weekend. I mean, there were alot of beer bellies out there. Oak, Ash, and Thorn, radriano, and rIGGY did a great job by all accounts - no surprise there. I know they were practicing hard for the drinking songs, and rehearsing some songs as well. The four music volunteers included three mudcatters - Melani and daughter Sarah, and new mudcatter Elise. We'll work on the 4th; Charlie Fenton. He would make a great contribution to mudcat discussions. The music volunteers and the 100 or so volunteers at the many parts of this festival all did a tremendous job. It was great to meet Joe Offer, and to have this gathering within a festival with the mudcatters was hopefully the start of an annual event. Of course, Wyo, there'll be a sofa reserved for you next year. Anything to get you to sit on my lap again, darlin.' (see events page photo - at Pam and Dave Swan's, April, 2000)