Yes, I'll be there of course. Sorry, been off air a bit, lead up to Easter just happens to be the nightmare work season for me.

I've got Bob's badge somewhere, now where did I ...

Shiny Bums didn't get up for the National this year, despite a great proposal, that included linking up with Victorian shiny bums Enda Kenny, Bruce Watson et al for a 'Chili Con Carnage' concert to include a re-write of 'South of the Border, on flexi-time pay', in a finale backed by the brass section of the Great Southern Band. Oh, and the creation of the Tiny Shiny Bums in the Kids Tent.

Oh well, maybe its time for a National Folk Festival Fringe to emerge. How about the Phoenix Festival, for acts to rise again (appropriate for Easter) from the ashes of the unfathomable single brain NFF selection process.

Meanwhile maybe real life is taking over where staged events leave off. This weekend was the 30th Wedding Anniversary of Shiny Bums Pat and Arminel Ryan, who returned with assembled company to the bush hut in the Brindabella hills where they had their original wedding reception. It was actually meant for last year, but plans were interrupted by the 2003 firestorm. Miraculously the hut itself survived, though everything burnt up to its walls. We had bush dancing and an impromptu concert round the campfire. The plaque ironically also survived "The pine trees that beautify this picnic spot were planted by ..."

Chris