Just back from the Green Mountains of Vermont and delighted to hear about the Elizabeth Cronin book/cd package. I look forward to getting one asap.

I stopped into a pub in her home town last year and, after breaking the ice a bit, I asked a woman of 85 or 90 years if she knew of the famous Mrs. Cronin who had sung so many old songs for the radio. "Yes," she said, "she was very old!" I'm still trying to figure that out.

Mrs. Cronin lived in an Irish speaking "island" in Co. Cork. I'd heard her singing in English for many, many years. Only much later did I hear her singing in the Irish language and, I confess, I nearly fell off my chair when I did.

Im glad money was found to get this project to the public. I'm sure its absolutely first rate.

John Moulden is always up to something very good. Last time we talked back in March, I asked him what he was doing and he told me... but that was his CURRENT PROJECT; he didn't mention anything about this.

All the best,
Dan Milner