Difficulty posting...

Hello again from Jolly Olde England...

I know I had promised full posts of the MSU Wind Ensemble's past three days in Dublin and London, but the hotel's broadband system just doesn't seem to be jiving with the laptop computer I'm using. Apparently Windows Vista users have had similar problems. I encountered a similar problem in Dublin...

Unfortunately, that means that the lengthy posts I have written for the past three days cannot be posted since I am using a public terminal at a cost of 1 pound per 20 minutes, or $2.18 per 20 minutes. So I will be posting all the remaining documentation of the trip when we return to the states Tuesday night...

I will report that our third and final concert at the Royal Military Academy of Music in Twickenham west of London went very well. We had our best audience yet in terms of numbers (about60 or 70) and enjoyed learning about British Army band history in the museum at historic Knellar Hall on the post. The cadets there were most gracious.

Most of us are planning to see shows in the West End to cap our time in London... I know several are seeking "Wicked," " Les Miserables," "Avenue Q" and "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." We've enjoyed many a good meal here in London, and I think most would agree that we would like more time here. But we depart the hotel at 5:30 a.m. tomorrow for an 8-hour flight that will put us back in Atlanta in the early afternoon because of all the time zone crossings.

So pray for us as we travel home. I apologize again for not being able to make the detailed posts I'd planned, but our hotels just haven't been very cooperative...

Good-bye from England...

Brian