We had a lovely evening at Alison's house, with the wind and rain raging outside. A small but appreciative audience and with the evening functioning as a splendid warm-up for Roll & Go members for our concert next Saturday in deepest darkest Houlton, up in the County.

I do have this memory of Dick leading "Mingulay Boat Song" cheerfully singing "Turn her head round into the heather(instead of the weather)" which was a somewhat alarming image of how to bring one's ship safely back to port. Then there was the ship's clock on the wall which kindly chimed in between songs. Lovely goodies to eat, including the important chocolate group.

For those in the midcoast Maine area, our next "public" event will be the Last Shanty Swap at the China Sea Marine Trading Co. in Portland on Saturday, November 23rd, 4 pm on (see new thread for details).

Cheerily,
Charley Noble