Jerry! Sounds like great news. Musical notes: Brookwoods still playing a bit and doing a bit of rehearsal for upcoming gig for St PAddys. got another gig of "Standards" in a jazz style with Jayne and Bill. GOt some neat new sounds coming. I have sent for a perusal script of a do-wop musical that I may perform in August rather than writing one myself. I am STILL planning a trip up to COnnecticut to audition some basses and order something that will suit me. Enjoying life at tits fulllest. THe practice is going great, i took my entiere staff to NYC a couple months ago and they are still reveling in the memories of the big apple. Have completely recovered from surgery. Have a 22 inch incision from repairing 2 hernias and a midline diastasis tear, and have dropped form the 196 I weighed when you were here to a 163 that is a lot easier to carry around. All my clothes are at the tailors getting recut to fit the new size. Jayne is pretty stable with her mom and sister for the last frw monthes and we are hoping for the best with that situation. Well, I will go sit in the corner and have a cup of coffee and wait on others to repoprt in!   jim