Oh the wide range of subjects covered here in this thread!! First a comment on band music...Stars and Stripes Forever was mentioned. Has anyone listened to High School band music lately? They call themselves "marching bands" yet all they play (or try to play) are show tunes. Does this make sense. John Phillip Sousa is probably spinning in his grave!!! I have heard that the English have banned the Irish from playing many of their songs, the one that comes readily to mind is The Rising of the Moon. Is that ban still in effect, or has it been lifted? I have acquaintances that are British and it gives me GREAT pleasure to stick in a CD of Irish music, Tommy Makin and his group are among the favorite, whenever they are around. Seems to shorten the visit considerably :-)