Jack, I'm glad to read that you are still playing after all these years. Your band and the guest musicians used to have some good sessions after the multicultural thingamajig in Kingston, and I hope you are still having them. I remember one in particular in Sydenham Ward where early one morning we heard a loud pounding on the door, and I jokingly roared that it's only the cops. It was.

BTW, Jack, I was very sorry to read about the mass destruction of Kingston's fine old trees during the ice storm. I understand that your local JayCee chapter is starting a fund to replant them, but none of us will ever live to see them the size of your grand old trees, planted in the days of the British garrison. (For those of you from outside of Canada, the old part of Kingston is one of the prettiest cities in Canada, and certainly has the finest pubs in Ontario.)

Jon, I don't watch TV anymore but I do know what PBS is. It is available in the most remote parts of Canada. Does this Whoville band march? I'm serious about this as I would like a real Whoville band for the parade. It would be a fine Christmas thing.