Right! Ron and Alisa. This is a note for those who may not know them. Ron is a true master of the autoharp and that is a conservative evaluation. Alisa excels on the hammer dulcimer. Both are also fine singers as well as the kind of folks anyone would be proud to know.

Amos, I have heard stories for years about the facination of the Japanese people for American folk music and bluegrass. Charles Whitmer, an autoharpist, and immensely skilled teacher of the autoharp, recently returned from a year in Japan where he was welcomed with open arms and treated royally by many anxious folk concerned with improving their skill. He attests to a genuine and enthusiastic interest in American folk tradtions.