Dear Folks,

        Cynthia's daughter, Emily is getting married to Chris Santini this Saturday, July 2 in a festive event in State College. The mother of the bride has been doing a great job assisting in planning and getting her wedding wear down. I'll be wearing a tuxedo and serving as usher. The whole family is pretty much a Penn State dynasty so I think you can guess the colors for the wedding. You will probably be just as amazed as I was that there wasn't a Hawaiian shirt option in the tuxedo package. I'm sure all of us are having a little trouble wrapping our brain around me in a tux. We'll post pictures at some point.

       So we will be heading up to Happy Valley (what a great name for where you're getting married) on Friday and won't be back till Tuesday morning (Penn State has an awesome fireworks display on the 4th that we'll stay for.) However the shop will be OPEN pretty much as usual. Alice and Ellen and Will combine to keep the shop open pretty much regular hours on Friday and Saturday. We will be CLOSED JULY 4TH and will not open until 10 A.M. ON TUESDAY JULY 5TH.

       The other cause for celebration this week is the free concert on WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 7-9 p.m. by Jake Michael on guitar and vocals and Richard Redding on sax and other wind instruments. Not only an interesting combo of instruments but also they will be taking us on a musical tour of the rhythms of Latin America, Hawaii, New Orleans and the Caribbean featuring some original pieces as well as covers of works by Harry Belafonte, Bob Marley, and Antonio Jobim.  One of my favorites is Jakes rendition of an American patriotic staple, sung in Spanish. Appropriate for the season.

Hope to see you soon

Greg and Cynthia