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Well its 10 20 pm on Sunday here in Aus...so it must be about 12.20 pm Sun lunch in Ireland..I have just got a message that Sarah Jory is in full flight there at the show..I suppose she is playing her new guitar........I do believe that a well known Nashville personality is there also and should be playing his guitar..and hopefully backing one of the Irish Leading singers for a couple of tunes.
I will post as I hear more Tony

Hi Tony,
Sarah did not play her new guitar as it arrived with the wrong pickups installed. She played the hell out of her EMCI. What a performance. There was a well known Nashville player backing an Irish lady singer, and they never argued once!!!!!!!

Hi Tony,
What a Convention!!!.
Sarah was superb, so was that Irish bird who sang with that Nashville player.
Joking aside though I can't wait for the next one.

It's good to see you made it home in one piece Allan. It was great meeting you and the rest of the Scottish contingent, especially Ron Wood and his mate Ian.It was also a pleasure to meet Ole all the way from Denmark.You know Allan I dont know what you
mean by saying that an Irish lady singer and a Nashville player didn't argue.......why on earth would they want to do such a thing?????

I know I speak for just about everyone who attended and performed when I say that it was a hugely successful show. The atmosphere was friendly and everyone had a great time, hearing the extremely talented Bobbe Seymour who as well as playing beautifully has a wonderful sense of humour not to mention his talent at embarrassing some of us!!!!!!!
Sarah was as usual absolutely wonderful, what can I say that hasn't been said already about this lady. Our own steel players didn't let us down either, they all played wonderfully well. Allan Thompson's set was excellent except he tried to upstage me playing one of my songs!
Gerry Hogan and his Heroes wound up the show in great style. It's hard to talk about the highlights of the show because for me every minute was perfect.
Well I guess that's not quite right. The real highlight for me was when Bobbe invited me to join him onstage to sing, but of course that was after he told everyone how we had first made contact which had me hiding under my coat and shrinking low in my seat while he talked!!!!! Really Bobbe it was a pleasure NOT a pressure to get the opportunity to share the stage with you. Thank you.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Anne Marie O Keeffe on 20 October 2003 at 10:19 AM.]</p></FONT>

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Ole Dantoft on 26 February 2004 at 09:15 AM.]</p></FONT>

Yes indeed Ole it was a great show and I was delighted to meet you,I thoroughly enjoyed all the players.Sarah was brilliant as was Bobbe,He has a great sense of humour to back up his talent.He liked the beer and he liked the food!!It was great to meet some new Scottish friends,Allan played great so did Mark Horn.Our own players Richard Ivan Percy etc were wonderful and of course Gerry Hogan and his gang were all excellent.
All in all it was a very enjoyable w/end with new friendships forged.
Maurice and Ted can rest easy.......for another while!!

Hey Guys!..Chippy and Alan...thanks for the updates on the Irish convention...sounds like it was great...also thanks to friend Ole for posting the Pic..that is great...I already knew that Bobbe was going to invite Anne Marie up to sing...didnt know it would stretch to three songs though...so a big thanks to you Bobbe for being a man of your word and making a certain Irish Lady very happy......I withdraw my attempt at getting you to kiss the Blarney stone on the strength of this !!!!!
Thanks Guys
Tony

I would like to thank everyone who attended the Irish Steel Guitar Festival 2003. It was a wonderful week-end of music,and everyone on stage played their hearts out. And the band was world-class,"these guys are just incredible" (quotes from Bobbe Seymour and Sarah Jory) We also had a surprise guest artist, Mr Mick Flavin,(one of Irelands Top Country singers)who done a 20 minute set,with Richard Nelson on steel. Richard is the steel player in Micks band,so he was very relaxed and played superbly. I hear that Mick Flavin has approched Anne-Marie O Keefe to join the band, and they plan to do a take off of George and Tammy.....
My sincere thanks to all the players,and to The Travelling Newburys from England who do a great job every year, thanks guys,and to everyone who helps Richard Nelson, Maurice Wilson and myself put this thing to-gether.We hope to continue this great event for many more years to come,but we need the support from as many people as possible.
THANKS EVERYBODY FOR MAKING IT A WONDERFUL STEEL GUITAR FESTIVAL
Ted Nesbitt

<SMALL> Mick Flavin has approched Anne-Marie O Keefe to join the band, and they plan to do a take off of George and Tammy.....</SMALL>

Yea Ted it's so exciting and I can't wait to see Mick in a big blonde Tammy wig!