I loved that Vancouver story! Couple of years ago at Florida Oldtime Music Championships (they have a contest each year) the five finalists in the banjo contest entered the string band contest (while waiting for the banjo finals) with five banjos sitting side by side.(playing in at least three different styles: VGO in old minstrel "stroke" style, me in imitation classical, and three clawhammer players. We were disqualified for not having a fiddle and a guitar. I keep contrasting old time music "contests" where everybody knows and cheers everybody else with the horse shows my daughters used to go to, which, to mix metaphors, were definitely dog eat dog and a lot of hard feelings. To answer the original question, have not met enough of my fellow Catters to have an intelligent opinion but have liked and respected everybody I have met, probably each for a different reason! I second Ferrara's high opinion of Roger in Baltimore-- the chops are there when he needs them but he uses them so unobtrusively that you don't NOTICE the skill level, just the great music! And I hope and intend to hear Rick F. play One Of These Days.