Chris was a great man whom I feel privileged to have met. I was at his Henry Lawson presentation at the National in Canberra a few years ago. In a packed-out room I was in the front row on the floor. It was I think the most moving "workshop" I've ever experienced at a festival - absolutely fantastic. He put his whole being into it. He later obtained for me a copy of his Songs of Henry Lawson which was by then out of print, for which I was hugely grateful. I always looked forward to his impish smile and saying hello at subsequent Nationals.