Thank you, Sandrolin! Very nice to know you enjoyed it!

Long ago my real identity was "outed" on Mudcat due to some of my published scholarship, so many here know that I'm Steve Winick. I was one of the four principal performers (along with Skivee who started the thread, Riki Schneyer, and Jennifer). I'm also the author of "The Sexualphabet," an alphabet song based on the "Sailor's Alphabet," but for sex terms.

We had great guest spots by Janie Meneely and Joe Hickerson, and although Myron Bretholz couldn't make it, we pressed Charlie Pilzer into service on tuba, which was a blast in all senses!

I especially appreciate you recognizing the dramatic aspect of the show, and the risk it represented for us. Jennifer's an ethnomusicologist and I'm a folklorist, so we are much more accustomed to giving factual background to our songs than to coming up with funny fictional stories for them! I think this is the case for Riki as well. But Jim hit it right on the head (as it were)--our usual approach just wouldn't work for an evening of bawdy songs, and would have been boring. ("Sex" and "dry" just don't work well together!)

It was Jennifer's idea to set the show in the fictional "South Penistone" in Cornwall (the real Penistone is in Barnesly, Yorkshire), and Skivee and Jennifer together came up with some of the scene-setting material (a fundraiser to establish the "Prostitutes, Entertainers, and Navigators Institute of Salvation," or P.E.N.I.S. for short.) Then each of us came up with our own character, costumes, jokes, limericks, and song introductions within that universe. Lots of fun, and lots of work. As you said, it was a risk...only Skivee is very accustomed to that kind of show from his work in the Pyrates Royale, so we took inspiration from him and tried to be as entertaining as he is.

Anyway, it was terrific working with such talented people, and even if we hadn't gotten much of an audience it would have been great fun. It's really gratifying that many folks turned up, and that most people seemed to enjoy it so much. (After all the innuendo we were throwing around, "gratifying" sounds kinda dirty, but it's not...!)

Sandrolin, do you mind if we quote you in the publicity for next year's show?