hmmm, well you can't really count the solo I did after my sister's wedding, lying flat on my back on the boardwalk in the moonlight, even though it DID get a three car "honk".... So I guess my first time was at the Georgia Ren-faire where the "innkeeper" always asked "Is there anyone here with a song to be sung, a tale to be told, or a toast to be toasted? In three day s of watching, I had never seen him choose anyone except someone with a toast. Though I had had a few cream ales, I felt safe enough when I shouted out "I've a song and a story!" Dang if he didn't turn around and say "Well stand up and do them!" With about 200 people watching ans several videpo cameras cranking, I figured performing would be less embarassing then backing out.... so I did a song I KNEW no-one else knew, with the story that went with it. That way, no one could tell if I flubbed it!

MMario