I guess the Big Mick is not able to come to Mystic. I recall he's very busy recording and doing who knows what else. The Mystic River will be my pond this time around. I will be Mickless but, hopefull, not luckless. Took the precaution of buying some triple-X guaranteed Long Island Sound soft rubber lures that look like sardines. Thank God they don't smell the same!

Hope all of you who will be still singing at Frohsinn Hall at 9:30 AM on Saturday morning might pass by Greenmanville Church on your way to breakfast. I'm reading (and singing) a paper about a War of 1812 privateer with a particularly interesting history. The other papers are about the ballad of "Sir Patrick Spens" (very cool) and singing fishermen in Ghana (cool too). Could be a really good morning. I'm also doing the forcastle songs workshop on Saturday and "Irish influence" on Sunday.

There are a lot of people on the program I haven't heard before so I want to get to hear each of them as well as a hearty helping of Ian Robb and Jeff Davis, both of whom are great friends I rarely get to see.

All the best,
Dan