WOW - What a great weekend I just had...three days in Carvershire - the kingdom of Richard X and his brand new queen Isabelle of Andorra. (They eloped)

I got to hobknob with royals - got to sing at the Queen's Perogative all three mornings - twice solos, once with the Regal Royales** (more nobility!) - likewise twice got to solo and once again with the RR's at one of the minstrel's show - pinch hit when half the group was late for the village pub sing on the first day; wandered about with the RR's and did several numbers with them - sang a shanty for the boat swings; a love song for a pub wench; sang along with countless numbers at pub sings, pirate shanty sessions and various minstrels shows and music jams. (And they didn't even ask me to shut up!!)

**BTW - their CD 'pure snoods' has some incredible Lithuanian folk songs on it. I'm hoping I can get Jura to post about them or at least let me post what she has told me about them.