My sweetie Ruth and I will be in the Czech Republic May 3-18. Ruth will be involved in rehearsals and a performance of the Defiant Requiem May 9-17 in Terezin, and I will have free time before and during these dates. We will be staying at the Hotel Moevenpick in Prague.

I am especially looking for places where I can meet with and perhaps jam with folks who are interested in American folk music, ethnomusicology, etc. I also wonder if there will be any events there commemorating Pete Seeger's 90th birthday (which occurs May 3). Pete and I have been a personal friends since 1955.

Joe Hickerson
Head Emeritus
Archive of Folk Song/Culture
American Folklife Center
Library of Congress
Washington, DC