The four of us signed on to be wallpaper three weekends straight during the California Sesquicentennial thing. We played dockside to wile away the hours for folks standing in long lines to visit the visiting sailing ships. Anyway, the last day of the six we were there there was a christening or some stupid thing that two of the group absolutely had to attend for family reasons, so it was down to a duet. In the afternoon, though, a banjo player happened along and he sat in for a very enjoyable afternoon. Fast forward about four months and I get a call from someone who saw "us" in San Diego and would we play for their association, and there's a budget, so this is cool. When we get there the contact person is very surprised that there are four of us, not three. Figured it out yet? Only call-back we get is when half the regulars are gone and someone else sits in. Lesson in humility number one.

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