Then the music started.
For the first time in 32 years (!) my old group played in front of a
live audience! Instruments and roles have shifted a bit, but many of
us are here (we missed Ken Eaton and Chris Brown), but the rest of us
carried on.
The (New) Irish Potato Famine: Bob Showacre, Les Weller, Philip Dodds,
and Sue Dodds (helped by Seamus Kennedy and Jim Hollan).
Then, as traditional at PPF, the Four Cool Guys from Annapolis held
forth. Jim Hollan, Philip Dodds (in my new Weymss Kilt), Seamus
Kennedy, and John Masterson.
John's daughter, Joanna, does the sword dance with Greg and Peter
O'Brien's piping.
Thereafter, Neil Harpe and my nephews Cory and Yann, and my brother Nat
played away. Then Chris Hough adds accordion, and Joe Evans plays
banjo and guitar (he's also a great fiddle player). And others join
in.
More to follow!