Certainly, one of the best sessions I've attended in a long time. About 20 singers were there, and very well behaved. Nice to see and hear the new folks from Arundel.

Thee certainly were a lot of concertinas in evidence, some of which were fairly shy. I didn't notice any obvious coupling so I don't expect we'll be seeing any new arrivals this spring. I'd like to get together an hour early some Saturday, if other are interested, and maybe learn some more about playing my Anglo; I don't really know much about chording.

Steve has one fine voice, shaking the rafters with his delivery of Tom Lewis songs. Brett, you also would have loved his delivery of "Pump Shanty."

The launching of the new ballad "Lobster Barbie" appeared to be well received. This song, composed by myself and Mudcat's Amos, was inspired by a series of news stories from the Mount Desert Island area of Maine. It's a pity that Barry wasn't in attendence; he does enjoy a long ballad.

I wish I could remember the new old songs that Jeff Warner was trying out. I love his banjo work as well.

As I mentioned to a couple of people, Jez Lowe will be appearing in concert at the Chocolate Church in Bath on Saturday, February 14th; I'll start a new thread on that with more complete information.

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful gathering. Dull care was most certainly driven out the door by at least 6 white horses!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble