Actually, the ballad line that started it all was from "The Grey Cock," a ballad about a lover's ghost who returns and knocks on his lady's door. She gets dressed and comes downstairs to see who it is, where they "kissed, shook hands, and embraced each other." I had just sung the ballad (one of my all-time faves!) at the Getaway at Camp Letts, and the Wests and I were commenting on that line and just started acting it out.... The rest, as they say, is history.

Kath (the round face peeking out from behind Duane in the first standing row of the group photo)