August 2021

Joe Guzzo recovered 60 of 61 Ralph Litwin DVDs. Ralph Litwin is a musician, hailed by the Star Ledger as "...one of the top troubadours in New Jersey, in demand for his prize-winning brand of country, folk, old-time jazz, ragtime, blues and other quintessentially American sounds." Joe also had a great show with Florida musician Robert Bidney. He has two more shows coming up.

Mark Schaffer felt that the Troubadour at home series was wonderful, and thanked everyone involved. The last show had a after show party that went on until 3 AM. He also had a party for Elizabeth's son Thomas, who floored everyone with his performance Of Hank Williams' "The Ride".

Pamela Zave went to the American Roots Music Festival, where she heard "The War and Treaty", a couple backed by a five piece band, that she thought were spectacular.

Paul Fisher had visits from both his children and their families and was also happy to report that he got a new roof.

Mike Agranoff reported that he did two New England concerts, an outdoor library concert in New Hampshire and a house concert in Massachusetts which was close enough to his brother that his brother came to the concert. His guitar has been sent his luthier, Mark Simon for new frets. He also got an email through his website from Ted Choate, his best friend in grammar school. He contacted him by phone and had a great conversation.

Jean Scully's son Von got engaged to a "lovely, sweet and intelligent" girl named Jenna, and have set a wedding date for 2023, but may do a civil ceremony sooner so that Jenna's 101 year old grandmother could attend. She and Dave also went to Falcon Ridge, which while smaller, was still a lot of fun with stellar music.

John Mahon will be at the Delaware Valley Bluegrass Festival on Labor Day weekend as an instructor for the Bluegrass Slow Jam. His bluegrass group, Church Street revival, will be performing at Albert Hall on September 11.

Peggy Karr is finally recovering from chronic Lyme disease, pneumonia and other aliments no one can pronounce and feels liberated in that she can finally drive a car.

Todd Dennison got to go to DC to see his children and granddaughter, and then drove to Kansas to see his daughter and her husband who are moving to Fort Leavenworth. He thought the drive was spectacular with beautiful and unusual sights. He also spent the last couple of weeks vacationing with Annie and Jake in Ocean City.

Jeff Canter was proud to report that his son Michael wrote an article ranking all 339 Olympic events which was the lead article in Slate magazine, and will be a continuing contributer. He was also proud to report that his daughter, Megan Noh, was listed as one of the top 20 art lawyers in America by Chambers and Partners, an international lawyer research and ranking firm.

Elizabeth Lachowicz and her son Thomas, who is about to deploy to Japan for two years, enjoyed visiting with her family in Chicago.