go for it Shona!!! and let us all know when your first CD comes out - I'll buy one!! In the meanwhile take all of it in as you can. I'll be over in the UK this summer with one of my groups, The Johnson Girls -- yep, an all female shanty group! We were at the Wadebridge festival last summer and as the newspaper article said we "took the festival by storm" If this year was anything like the last, it will be amazing! This summer we'll be at the Warwick Festival July 28-29 then Bodmin on August 3 and Sidmouth August 4-5! If there's any chance you'll be at any of the fesivals, come and see us and introduce yourself. We'd love to meet you. There's about a 20 year span of ages in our group.

Good luck to all of you young folkies