Another event Dick liked was the monthly chantey sing at the Royal Mile pub in Wheaton. He was there most times. We heard he'd passed away in time to do some tributes to him there last night; Mike Bosworth sang "Fiddlers Green," and I sang "The Outside Track," both supported by our bandmates in the Ship's Company Chanteymen: Don Kenefick, Don Stallone, Myron Peterson, and Paul DiBlasi. Vince Wilding also dedicated his song to Dick, as did several other regulars. We'll all miss the man (the hurdy-gurdy and smallpipes, not so much!)

One thing that should be said about Dick is that he was very kind and generous with introductions for any new folk enthusiast coming to Washington, whether you came in the 80s like my girlfriend, or in the 00s like me.