March Song Circle at SINSULL's

14 Mar 06 - 09:01 AM (#1693074)
Subject: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL

Saturday, March 25, 2006
6PM Buffet
Then music until...

I suspect this will be a quiet, intimate affair for those recovering from St. Patrick's Day. The furniture has finally all been put back in some semblance of order.
So - who's in? Who needs a bed?

SINS

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14 Mar 06 - 09:06 AM (#1693081)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: kendall

Kendall and Jacqui are in. Don't need a bed, got three at home.

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14 Mar 06 - 09:27 AM (#1693100)
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From: SINSULL

She's letting you out of the basement?

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14 Mar 06 - 10:17 AM (#1693153)
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From: ranger1

I'll be there.

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14 Mar 06 - 04:00 PM (#1693577)
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From: jacqui.c

Only on a leash.

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14 Mar 06 - 04:03 PM (#1693582)
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From: kendall

WOOF!!

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14 Mar 06 - 04:04 PM (#1693584)
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From: MMario

That's not a nice thing to say about Tami!

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14 Mar 06 - 04:05 PM (#1693585)
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From: ranger1

Thanks Leo. I was just thinking the same thing.

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14 Mar 06 - 04:34 PM (#1693621)
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From: SINSULL

I wasn't.

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14 Mar 06 - 05:21 PM (#1693704)
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From: kendall

???

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14 Mar 06 - 05:34 PM (#1693729)
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From: SINSULL

Tami has been outed as the instigation for rear seat lobster throws. She's in big trouble and her birthday is March 21!

Who else?
Tom and Linn?

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14 Mar 06 - 06:43 PM (#1693783)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: Bat Goddess

Tom and Linn. Need a bed. Will bring rum cake that didn't get baked last time because of power outage. Unless, of course, Mother Nature strikes again.

Ye gods! Right now I'm too tired to type!

Later,
Linn

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15 Mar 06 - 10:39 AM (#1694028)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: ranger1

Mr. Roberts has a lot to answer for. I have been wrongly accused. This is all I have to say.

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15 Mar 06 - 12:40 PM (#1694151)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL

The lady doth protest too much!
March 21st.
And "Beware the Ides of March!"

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15 Mar 06 - 04:13 PM (#1694341)
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From: kendall

Today is the Ides of March.

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15 Mar 06 - 04:47 PM (#1694392)
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From: SINSULL

I know. I threw it in as an afterthought.

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16 Mar 06 - 09:33 AM (#1695132)
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From: SINSULL

Refresh

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16 Mar 06 - 11:55 AM (#1695283)
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From: Jeri

I'm iffy. (Don't say it!)
It's Spring. I though I had a cold, but it' snot. It's my Spring allergies. It's Sprallergies. It's gweebazoids up the nose season. It's the time of sneezing and f'ck'd up sinuses and mucoid hell. I'll try to make it, but I can't promise. If somebody gets dibs on the beds first, I understand.

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16 Mar 06 - 12:21 PM (#1695300)
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From: SINSULL

You can drain yourself in the motor home.

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21 Mar 06 - 04:34 PM (#1699597)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL

Looks like a small group - Jacqui and Kendall, Tom and Linn, Tami, ME, maybe Jeri, Tom and Deborah Coward.
Anyone else?
SINS

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24 Mar 06 - 09:56 AM (#1701751)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL

Final Notice.
Roast Chicken and a birthday cake for Tami.
Beds for Linn and Tom, Jeri, and Tami if she needs it.
SINS

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24 Mar 06 - 10:11 AM (#1701755)
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From: Jeri

I'm likely to show up, barring interference by things such as a real cold or armageddon.

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24 Mar 06 - 10:16 AM (#1701761)
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From: jacqui.c

Don't let armageddon stop you Jeri.

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25 Mar 06 - 09:37 AM (#1702522)
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From: Jeri

Mary, you need anything?

Food or drink-wise, I mean.

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25 Mar 06 - 12:02 PM (#1702593)
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From: ranger1

Yes, I think I am going to need a bed. I invited a friend, but I think he'll fink out at the last minute.

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25 Mar 06 - 01:57 PM (#1702630)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL

Doritos with Melted Cheese, Salsa, Olives and Sour Cream
Roasted Chicken Breasts
Curried Rice
Plain Rice
Roasted Veggies
Rum Cake
Ice Cream
Birthday Cake
Brie

And whatever else is in the fridge.
I have white wine, beer, and assorted hard liquor. Limonettea for those not imbibing spirits.

Bed for Tami too.

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25 Mar 06 - 02:21 PM (#1702642)
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From: Bat Goddess

It's going to be difficult getting the rum cake to South Portland. I really feel I should taste test it to make sure it's good enough for everybody . . .

(Did find something to protect it while in the car, though.)

Linn

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25 Mar 06 - 04:18 PM (#1702701)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL

Which is why I bought birthday cake, Linn. Can't have Tami blowing out candles on a half gnawed rum cake. Keep in mind, the alcohol will keep it sanitary.

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25 Mar 06 - 04:34 PM (#1702713)
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From: Brían

I hope to make an appearance.

Brían

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25 Mar 06 - 05:15 PM (#1702738)
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From: Micca

Mrs Duck made a Rum Cake for our handfasting last year, It was felt advisable to keep ALL naked lights and means of ignition AWAY from it, the Risk Assesment is a Classic of its kind relating to uncontrolled Fire Hazards and used as an examplar training document for Bomb Disposal Officers and Firemen!!!

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25 Mar 06 - 05:33 PM (#1702746)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL

Fortunately, no one smokes here. I will monitor the lightin of the birthday candles unless of course I have made a bit too merry - then Kendall is in charge.

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25 Mar 06 - 11:33 PM (#1702911)
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From: jacqui.c

We've just got back from the jollifications and can report that the merriment was stil going on when we left.

It was a very good evening with lots of lovely gifts for Tami's birthday. Mary managed to light the cake candles without accident but Linn wasn't fast enough with the camera before they were blown out.

Kendall's voice is coming along by leaps and bounds and he produced some good songs. Mary did a very maudlin song about a cat caught up in the civil war, with sound effects from members of the audience to help it along.

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26 Mar 06 - 12:06 AM (#1702916)
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From: Alba

Sounds like a great night was had and is still being had by all Jacqui.
I watched the late local news in case there a report about a call to a cake Fire but when I didn't hear anything I figured that particluar part of your evening went off or should I say went up, without any bother.
I am very glad to hear that Ken Doll's Voice:) is coming back strong and true. That is very good news. The kind I like to retire to my slumbers on:)
Thanks for letting us know how the evening's fun went.
Sleep well when sleep comes.
Love and Light
Jude

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26 Mar 06 - 08:47 AM (#1703095)
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From: SINSULL

I was in bed by 2:30 AM. But they all got up at 7:15. SIGH.

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26 Mar 06 - 03:14 PM (#1703312)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: Bat Goddess

Yeah, what Sinsull said.

My voice definitely went to bed before I did but Deborah kept urging more songs before the taxi came to whisk her away (around two a.m.)

We did a number on the Laphroaig -- good though.

The entree combination of roast chicken, curried spicy rice and Jacqui's superb roasted veggies was spectacular! But then, probably a good thing I laid down a proper food foundation (two helpings) before pouring Laphroaig (and beer) on top of it.

Lots of interesting songs. I know I did a number that I either haven't sung for quite awhile or haven't entirely learned yet. (Meaning I "bruced it" several times over the course of the evening.) One person's song always seemed to inspire another in the next singer.

Great time!

Linn

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26 Mar 06 - 05:26 PM (#1703380)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: ranger1

Yep, great time. I even survived getting gifts from Mary and Jacqui. The Bigmouth Billy Bass did bring a look of panic to Jason's face, though...

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26 Mar 06 - 05:57 PM (#1703409)
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From: Jeri

Great, fun time! Wonderful music, including a whole spate of risqué/double entendre songs. ("She showed him the bush, he gave her the bird," crustaceans in crappers, etc.) There was silliness, some of it on purpose. You dorypersons would have loved it. Mainly because there was still Screech left. I left kinda late today because it was fun just talking.

Mary, despite me bitching about being frozen, I greatly appreciate your efforts to provide a nice place for me to sleep. I had a down sleeping bag in my car that unzips completely, AND a fuzzy blanket. Brain broke. Brain wouldn't go. A big part of it was that I waited past 'tired' to hit the hay, and I was doomed to icecubeness.

I know I don't say thank you for having these gatherings enough, so THANK YOU!

I'll tell ya - I'm gonna sleep like the vitality-challenged tonight!

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26 Mar 06 - 07:12 PM (#1703442)
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From: SINSULL

I am tired! Too tired to tackle the mess in the kitchen. With any luck at all the sour cream will have wandered off on its own and saved me the trouble of dealing with it.

This Song Circle was a pleasant surprise. I expected a small crowd of ill prepared singers. Instead it was one of those magic evenings when each person seems to dredge out a gem not sung in twenty years. Wow! Jacqui and I managed "This Old House" this afternoon - a fitting end to the festivities.

It was good to have Brian back. And Deborah was in rare form, channeling all the stress of her new job into her music and everyone else's.

Funny Jeri, but when I get the Thank Yous, I can't help but think that I should be thanking all of you. You drive for hours to share yourselves and your music. This house is filled with happy memories, wonderful music, and some wicked humor. Life is very good.

The next "event" will be Ed Trickett's House Concert on May 4. But look for news of a Song Circle at another location in South Portland or Portland.

Sleep well all. I know I and mine will.
SINS

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26 Mar 06 - 07:13 PM (#1703443)
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From: SINSULL

PS Great Rum Cake, Linn!

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27 Mar 06 - 03:58 AM (#1703639)
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From: Tinker

Okay it's way too late and Brian should not put things that look like blue clickies floating across the screen... I want to catch them and see where they go and of course it goes no where, but I'm too tired to really figure that out...


And I didn't even get any rum cake

Happy birthday Tami...

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27 Mar 06 - 11:48 AM (#1703879)
Subject: RE: March Song Circle at SINSULL's
From: SINSULL

The Lost and Found bag keeps getting fuller and fuller. Tinker - are you missing a pair of blue glass earrings since last August? I have a sweater and mermaid belonging to Charley Noble. Funny - no one ever leaves a guitar.
SINS

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27 Mar 06 - 11:50 AM (#1703882)
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From: Alba

..not even a Banjo Sins?:)

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27 Mar 06 - 11:56 AM (#1703890)
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From: Tinker

Yes, they are mine, but the college fund has eaten all my travel money. I'll get there again someday....

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27 Mar 06 - 03:11 PM (#1703994)
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From: Charley Noble

Sinsull-

Glad you folks had another wonderful evening, and pleased to hear my sweater also had a good time.

Judy and I are definitely planning to be there for Ed Tricket and would be happy to bring a dish with something in it to pass.

Charley Noble

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27 Mar 06 - 10:51 PM (#1704312)
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From: Brían

I must admit there were some very good parodies. Lost Men of Munchkin Town and that scandalous version of Green Fields of France seem to come back to me like some accident you wished you looked away from.   

Brían

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28 Mar 06 - 12:17 PM (#1704753)
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From: SINSULL

Kendall's recitation of the Ruth Moore poem was wonderful - I was particularly impressed with Tom's Poseidon/Neptune bellow. And the Jacqui/Deborah "Show Your Legs To The Country Gentleman" was a treat. Those two are spending way too much time together.I have been cursing Linn since Saturday. The Cannery Shed has formed a repetitious earworm in my subconscious. I am even dreaming Cannery Shed. If Jeri doesn't record "The Wheel Of Time" soon, someone is going to beat her to it. Her songs are too good to be lost. Damn it, Jeri! When?

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28 Mar 06 - 03:17 PM (#1704907)
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From: Jeri

I'm about to write a parody. If it ever gets onto the folkie charts (somebody in BFE records it on a cheesy tape along with his version of a few show tunes, loses it, it's found by hungry wolves, one of which swallows it, and a guy doing a documentary on wolves finds it in a pile of wolf poop, cleans it off to see what it is, plays 3 seconds of it before flinging it into the trash where a homeless guy looking for leftovers finds it and trades it to a guy for his tunafish sandwich, and the guy turns out to be a folk DJ who is doing a show on "Songs From the Street," and he plays it. Once. But then some guy from Podunk NJ who taped the show records it on a cheesy tape along with his version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's greatest hits, and... ), I want to be the first to get the parody in.

Like, "Oh the wheel of cheese rolls on. You bite off bits until it's gone," or lemme see...rivers, roads, wheels...uh "Oh the helicopter"...no... "Oh the bike of time rolls on. You do just fine 'till you hit the lawn"... Dammit, I'm back to wheels again. I'll work on it.

That was Amos's Munchin song, by the way.

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28 Mar 06 - 03:35 PM (#1704924)
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From: SINSULL

Jeri,
An odd twist of fate led me to open the door to the eaves and find...YOUR GIFT!!!!! Were Tom and Linn in on this?
HARUMPH!
SINS

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28 Mar 06 - 04:29 PM (#1704949)
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From: Bat Goddess

Uh uh, can't blame it on us. Um, what was it? I mean, which tasteful gift?

(Hey, I took a lobster that sings Elvis home with me!)

Linn

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28 Mar 06 - 05:25 PM (#1705003)
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From: jacqui.c

How could you forget the fiddler statuette Linn?

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28 Mar 06 - 06:05 PM (#1705042)
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From: panurus biarmicus

is the figure 309 significant in any way ??

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28 Mar 06 - 06:33 PM (#1705065)
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From: Jeri

Only that it spells boE if you type it into a calculator and look at it upside down. What makes you ask? Are you seeing 309s?

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28 Mar 06 - 06:38 PM (#1705074)
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From: SINSULL

Wrong thread - 309 elsewhere.

Jeri, my calculator says 603 upside down.

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28 Mar 06 - 06:44 PM (#1705080)
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From: Jeri

Your calculator's dyslexic then.

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29 Mar 06 - 11:26 AM (#1705690)
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From: ranger1

I had nothing to do with Jeri's gift in the eaves. I just wanted that out in the open, as I have been (wrongfully, I might add)accused of helping others to find places to stash Elvis-impersonating lobsters. What caused you to check the eaves anyway, Mary?

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29 Mar 06 - 07:57 PM (#1706104)
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From: SINSULL

I wasn't checking. I offered a reel to reel recorder on free Cycle and went to get it.

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29 Mar 06 - 10:43 PM (#1706202)
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From: Brían

Thanks, Jeri. I already harvested Amos' Munchkin song.

Brían

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30 Mar 06 - 02:09 PM (#1706825)
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From: Bat Goddess

I'm listening to the tapes every morning before I get out of bed (transcribing for J-cards) so I'm getting to enjoy the evening all over again. What a wonderful bunch of songs and recitations! I'm most impressed that the vast majority of the selections were ones not sung at the song circle before. I know I trotted out a couple I haven't sung ANYWHERE in ages, and "bruced it" on a few others.

Jeri, what's the name of the poem you did about the guy lost in the snow outside the cabin? Where's it from?

Deborah, your taste is exquisite! Nice bunch of songs to hear again!

All of the material was nice to hear again! I finally (after the first I-don't-know-how-many song circles discovered that this is the ideal place to sing all the stuff I can't sing at The Press Room Friday session or at the sea music singaround.

Linn

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