Lovely session!

We had a new waitress, Katherine, who kept us from dying of thirst. She recognized a couple of the group from sessions at Ri-Ra.

The rest of the crew included Tom and I (of course), Tami (Ranger1), Emery Hutchins, Jeri, the whole crew of the newly formed London Julies: Justine Donovan, Susan Young, Ramona Connelly and Carol Coronis, Marty Stock and Annie Storr, Steve Smith, Don Hale, Bill Lehrman and Carol Pierson, Barbara Benn who sang along from the periphery but disappeared when asked to sing. Chris Vaughan stopped in to say hi. We did have a gentleman at the bar who sang along and then danced back to the bar from an excursion to our side of the room.

I trotted out a couple "new" songs -- not really new but Tom's songs that I'm now singing. But it was the first time in public and I'd not had a chance to figure out my key before today. As I explained to Hutch, "learning" them is an interesting process. I actually know them from singing along with Tom for 30 years. But I have to consciously move the song from the part of the brain I use when singing along to the part of the brain I use when leading a song.

Tom, after not being able to play concertina for over four months, is back. Since he's visually impaired, we're working on ways he can easily find a home key to orient himself. Right now there's a sticky patch on one key, but I'll probably mark a couple with a dab of silicone seal or something. He and Hutch started the session with some concertina.

I'll post the play list a bit later.

Linn