When I was in high school in Stratford, Ontario Charles Aznavour played a concert at the Stratford Festival. There were so many unsold tickets, they tried to give them away and my French teacher was offering them. She tried to explain what a great opportunity this was, but I didn't know who Charles Aznavour was and I didn't think I'd like it. Charles Aznavour is still alive, but I doubt I'll have another chance to hear him. I think he's stopped performing.

In 1987 or 1988 I was living at Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe in Ottawa. I was driving downtown to see the Clancy Brothers, when the Military Police stopped me for having a burnt out headlight.

However, I have seen a lot of great ones: Stan Rogers, Odetta, Liam Clancy, Tommy Makem, Battlefield Band, Tannahill Weavers, Ralph Stanley, Wilson Pickett, Bryn Terfel, the Leahy family (before they became a Celtopop band), Old Blind Dogs, Sean Keane.

Edmund