I have been losing sleep pondering if I should share this next piece of information. It comes from a letter that Walt wrote me on Feb. 1st, 1984. He was living on the beach in Tonga, and I mentioned before, he did not expect to return ... he had serious health problems. He wrote this letter to me at something of a 'low' moment.' I would like to think that the writing of this helped him to rise above it. Here he speaks to the grand times we all had in our hundreds of wonderful hoots. He speaks of those particuliar singers he would like to hear again, and even to which songs he would wish them to sing. I've decided to include this as it speaks not just to Walt and the kind of person he was, but also to the community of wonderful friends he treasured. This was written 10 years BEFORE his death. It's very personal and I will edite it as I wish ... "... songs I'd like to hear ... Bob, La Llorona (surprised?); Don (Firth), "Bonnie Dundee"; George (Austin) "Ramblin' Boy" and "Minstrel Show"; Sally (Ashford) "Who will Sing For me" if she can, if not Bob, will you do it?; Gary (Oberbillig) "Syree Peaks"; Patti (DiLudovico) "Come A Landsman"; Stan (James) "Handsome Cabin Boy"; Richard (Gibbons) "Sully's Pail", Nancy (Quense) "something French"; Larry (Hanks) "Moon Man"; Utah (Phillips) "I Have Led A Good Life" (his version"; Guy (Carawan) "Old Blue" (if guy isn't handy, you do it Bob, Don (Firth) "MacPherson's Lament; ..... let there be plenty of cheap red wine, and let there be a joyful noise. Still let the amenities and courtesies of the old hoots prevail. Honor each other and let the music honor all ..."