I'm not a regular contributor here, but felt that I wanted to add my two pen'orth on record, even if belatedly which is the story of my life.

I first met Jacqui at age 13 (I was friends with her Son, Dominic) and unusually in such circumstances, a frienship and respect developed with her and with Richard that has been and will continue to be an important part of my life (at age 31, that's 18 years and still counting).

The four of us (Andrew George included) created the spectacle that was "Roger the Chorister" (and indeed it could be quite a spectacle at times ;-P and Jacqui, as a natural and unique freestyle player, was just great at keeping the competing ego's under control and making the music fun.

On a personal note. Jacqui was a true and dependable friend, a wise counsel, wonderfully astute at cutting through one's self delusions and a sensitive judge of when to be soothing and when to dish out some hard truths. Talents learned from a life that was varied, rich and at many points far from sraight-forward and easy.

All in all, a combination of qualities that I can't imagine ever finding in quite the same mix again. If it was ever true that somebody never really dies if they live on in the lives they touch then It's true of Jacqui.

Whenever I deal with others, perhaps in extreme situations, and I feel that I am doing some good or making some sound judgements, I can recognise, in my actions or approach, values and assumptions that I gained from knowing Jacqui. I can't imagine a better legacy and I would certainly aspire to remembered in similar terms.

I hope that as many of you as possible can join us at the wake to celebrate a really rather fabulous fellow traveller.