You're welcome Gibb, it was my pleasure to meet & hear you

Hi Kathy, glad it was all that & more. The bones player with Tim Riley wasn't part of the Ancient Mariners, he's far to young & handsome for those guys. It was Ken Wolin, who was during the Bush administration with the President's own Band (hopefully he's still employed there, not with Bush, won't wish that on anybody but with Obama, where he should be-part of the future) & aside from being a pretty good concertina is a percussion extraordinaire

Another highlight was at the Saturday evening after concert blast. A young kid maybe 12 or 13 yrs old singing with one leg propped up on a window sill at least 6' above floor level doing a perfect rendition of "Why Paddy's Not At Work Today", he was great. Who says that this isn't music for the young. And that's another subject, there was a good represention from the youth. From Paula Daddio's SS Chanteens who as usual were a good part of what this festival's about to the many up & coming singers that voiced their backing of this music. \


Barry