Barry-

Sorry to hear that. We,ll all miss you this round but please come to the next shanty swap at the Press Room.

I did arrive yesterday with my crew in Mystic, with my wife Judy and our former Roll & Go member Alison. We had time for a nice dinner downtown at the Schooner Walk, formerly Trader Jack's. They advertize "Real Food for Real People" and it was quite good.

The evening concert down at the Spring Point shed was a little loosely organized but always fun. The were the usual Mystic shanty singers, Pint & Dale, Georgia Sea Island Singers, Bob Walser, and Jerry Bryant. Jerry had a newly composed Sailortown song that I lust after.

The shanty shout was in the Galley and I broke my advice for leading "Fire Maringo" by pitching it too high. No damage but embarrassing. I did better later with C. Fox Smith's "So Long (All Coil Down)." We had a nice table shared with our group, Celticaddic, her partner, Dave,and another woman. Everyone seemed in good spirits.

Today we are free to wander around the Museum groups until our 6 PM volunteer meeting. We plan to have great fun!

Off to Breakfast!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble