Well then consider yourself encouraged, Charlie! We love (and wait for) your/Judy's photos.

I am a night owl, so 2:00 is not unusual for me to be up and about. But it does cause typos -- I meant "Hilo Come Down Below" at *halyards* in my last post.

Peter, I only wish the footage were of better quality, but I have made peace with the lower quality as a compromise so I can also move about and enjoy myself as much as possible without worrying about a piece of equipment.

The one bit that I *really* wish I could have captured was after the Whalers' second demo, when they got out of the boat and performed "Dan Dan Oh." I had the perfect vantage point -- but my battery had died. I really appreciated in that performance how Dan Lanier requested Mr. Reed to graciously sit out and give the solo part to one of the "original" whalers so that we could experience that more ~authentic~ performance.

And one of my favourite photos is one of The Whalers and Dan showing Abrahams' book to local school children who were genuinely interested. Dan, if you'd like a copy of the photo and you haven't a similar one (I think at least one other person was taking snaps, too), let me know.

Gibb