Last night I got a chance to perform at the Mermaid again. It wasn't much, just a few minutes while the Pago Bay Reefers took a break. The purpose was to advertise the canoe club. Sandy was there to talk about the club and what we are trying to do. Then she introduced me and I sang a few songs. It was well received and a lot of people came up to me to tell me how much they enjoyed it. In my first set I did Sugar In The Hold, Rolling Down To Old Maui, and ended with Old Dun Cow (Mermaid had a fire last year). In my second set I did Zombie Jamboree (Halloween song), Rio Grand, Long Time Ago, and Whaler's Tale.

It was great fun. The waitresses who usually are in regular street clothes were dressed up in some very sexy old style barmaid's outfits with high waists, very short skirts, lots of ruffles, and plenty of décolletage. The costumes looked like a cross between the dirndl and a clog dancer's outfit.

I also learned, last night, that I have forgotten a lot about performing. The first rule that I violated was DO NOT EAT BEFORE A PERFORMANCE! I seemed to have no control over my voice. The next rule was ON STAGE THE RIGHT KEY MIGHT BE TOO HIGH. Everything I did I felt like I was doing in the same key I'd rehearsed but it seemed too high. I did a few other things wrong too but people liked it so it couldn't have been all bad.

On the ride home we enjoyed a lovely full moon lighting up the sea. It wasn't low enough to throw diamonds but it did light up the water and give it an eerie ghostly look. Far out to the east was a cloud bank that was dim and half lit. Very nice.

Oh, by the way, the food and beer were great! Wakana and I had the shrimp Ceasar's Salad, the steak dinner and finished it off with a brownie al a mode for desert. No wonder my voice was uncertain.