Maybe those who want to come early can meet and feed our faces beforehand?

Tom, perhaps the Guest from Boston could take a train and someone could meet him/her in Dover or Durham or somewhere. Finding a car ride is better because I believe the train costs a pile, but it's an option.

(Tom - pssst:
It was a fine and a pleasant night
Lots of songs and stories we were sharing
We thought about the years gone by
And we lusted after bowls of herring

Oh the cream was sour, but it was s'posed to be
And it dripped, so we soon were wearing
Gobs of it all down our shirts
As we feasted from the bowls of herring

       ...sorry.)