Last Monday was All Soul's Day. I was supposed to be on Sunday but the priests were all busy with their regular services. Apparently the Catholic Church has decreed that if November First falls on a Sunday then the celebration gets shifted to the following Monday. I guess they don't want to pay overtime to the priests.

Anyway, on Saturday and Sunday the cemetaries were full of people decorating the graves of their loved ones. Sunday night many people stayed by the graves all night. Monday was devoted to prayer and masses. Unfortunately they didn't get good weather for the celebration. One of my co-workers was supposed to go out to the cemetary at lunch time but it was pouring buckets so she stayed in the office.

Wednesday night I went out for rehearsal and noticed there are colored lights still shining all through the cemetaries. It's very pretty.

Last night was my second performance here in Guam. After the rehearsal on Wednesday a couple of the Pago Bay Reefers prevailed upon me to come to Le Tasi Bistro on Thursday to perform when the band stepped down for a break. Jay introduced me and I stepped up to the mike. I started with Henry The Eighth after explaining that we were going to be doing something a little different. The whole audience joined in. They remembered Herman's Hermits and all knew the words. It was great fun. I followed that with a chanty, South Australia, and finished with Mary Mac. Thy were very kind and we all had a lot of fun.

Oops, it's almost 6:30. Time to get ready for work.