We did it!  We were the first early california band to compete at the Berkeley Old time Convention and we took it by storm!  There were over 20 bands in this contest, and they were all good.  It took us by surprise-- since we knew we were the "novelty act,"  none of us expected to win but we showed up and did our best and apparently they really liked it. We won $75 in credit at the Berkeley farmer's market, but the biggest prize for us was recognition from the old time community, which is full of people we admire.  If you haven't been to this convention yet, try to make it next year! 

What now? Disneyland!--well, we might need to save for that one, but hopefully now we can get some bigger and better gigs.