Hi Mike,

I have had the pleasure of hearing you sing at the Philadelphia Folk Song Society, and those times were some of the best that PFSS had to offer.

I think that because of your respected position within the society you were unaware of the problems that lesser members had.

Personally, I left the PFSS because they did not provide ordinary members with the chance to perform. I then joined those Bucks County folks who arranged several opportunities every year for everybody to sing folk music in public.

That's not saying that I didn't enjoy the concerts put on by PFSS because I did, but I only went there in the first place because "I" wanted to sing.

Did you ever listen to (or watch) Mudcat Radio? I think it may have been before your time here, but it was certainly a show that hosted some real folksingers as well as us amateurs. But being amateurs is somewhat what folk music is all about.

When I was in PA, I used to run a monthly folk sing along and Max, Dick Greenhaus and Susan and others visited and sang Folk Songs.

We also had various get togethers at Annamill's, WYSIWIG's, in Toronto and at the Getaway. So Mudcat IS a means of communication among those of us happily strumming in the trenches.

Thanks for posting, it may spur us on to having more get togethers soon, and I look forwared to seeing you and hearing you again.

Bert.