Scott - I'm really sorry I missed meeting you. I understand that you and my Board Member and friend Jim Ramsay were not only the two kilties in the audience, but you were seated right near each other. What are the odds?

That bit about losing a bet to him was just a joke, and it got a much bigger laugh than the one I used on opening night in Portsmouth 3 days earlier (something about Clan By Laws requiring an annual wearin' o' the tartan).

I'm glad you liked the production. It may well have been our best ever. The first review was an unusually effusive rave from http://www.operaonline.us

I hope you'll be subscribing with us. Next Fall we start our music Hall performances on Fridays instead of Thursdays. And while that means one less day to break down, move, and set back up, it also means we can have a real blow-out of a reception after Lucia in November.

We plan a big black tie opening dinner at the Sheraton, trolleys back and forth to the Hall and, of course, I'll be in the hunting MacLeod all night. Hope to see you there and get to know you.

All the best,

John MacLeod
Executive Director
Granite State Opera
http://www.granitestateopera.org