Good Morning Lee,I see my little piece of 'Nostalgia' set you off on a bit of nostalgia too, no, I have never heard of Taud Coffman but I can relate to his reminiscings.All of my years as a professional musician were spent in England, my nearest claim to fame is that I played for a singer at various clubs who was known as Jerry Dorsey, he changed his name to Engelbert Humperdink and I have never met him since. I also worked on various shows with a singer who was referred to as the 'Screaming Welshman' because he liked to have the volume way up there. He was called Tom Jones, he had the same agent as Jerry and the rest is history. One of my favourite artistes I worked with was Lynne Perry, she was a song and dance comedienne, a wonderful lady who went on to become a film star and a member of the cast of "Coronation Street" which is the longest running soap opera ever, I also worked with the lead singers at a show in Sheffield who were with the London production of a musical called "Camelot". Yes I was lucky to work with quite a few great performers who were pretty famous in their day but only in England.The nearest I got to the "Greats" of America was when I accompanied a lady who's voice was on the sound track of the film "South Pacific" Another lovely lady and a wonderful performer. I would just love to meet Taud, like Fred we would have so much to reminisce about. Like Taud I now spend my time entertaining in the local hospitals and seniors lodges, I like to think I specialize in working with those suffering with Alzheimers, that is where I do most of my work. By the way, I did a quick search of the internet but Taud is not there.
Hi Fred, I'm glad your wife is so much better, we'll keep the prayers and thoughts going though until she is really over all her troubles. I have a new part for the Clarinet Polka which I will be posting for you because I think you will be able to fit it into your arrangement just fine...That's it for today, it seems my "Nostalgic" music created nostalgia but a little differently to the way I anticipated, I assume that you both thought it O.K.

Have a Good one.....TTYL......Derek.