Thanks for the nice news Joe. I've been to the Bay area a few times, once in the late 60's (summer of love) then in the late 70's & again for a winter stay (I needed warm winter work for a change) during the early 80's. The folk music scene there really knocked me over. Everyone one was so very nice & friendly & the level of talent was second to none (except maybe Boston - I'm bias - sorry). Music was happening all over the place, lots of coffeehouses, clubs, sessions, mini festivals & getaways & the parties, oh the parties, it was incestuous, no matter where you'd be, at an Irish session or a bluegrass jam to Texas swing to British Isle or Sea Shanties to 60's American folk revival stuff, there'd always be a large percentage of crossovers, so you'd always feel at home, you'd always know a few, it was like a great folk music family. That was, to me, the greatest part of the music scene out there. Boston has always been my home, but here sometimes you need to get a shovel to dig people out, to get them into the open & there's not a strong sense of belonging to a music scene here, alot of the people here don't crossover. Most that play Irish, you won't see elsewhere. The same goes for other types of folk. Singer/songwriters have there own pocket & so on, no big family feeling here. Although 20 years ago it was more like what you have out there but never near as strong or as encompassing. I truly believe that here in Boston there are more folk venues & singers/musicians & happenings than anywhere else in the country but if you'd put the two places side by side I have to say that you have, out there, the largest, most active & by far the friendliest family/community of folk people that I've ever seen & that they really expose themselves (you know what they say about you Left Coasters) & others to the full spectrum of the music, no one could ever say that it's a stale music scene out there. After all this, I'm gonna have to convince my wife to visit her sisters out there, maybe for at least a month or so. Thanks again for the update Joe. Barry