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"They were harrowing..." This is what Evan Montgomery's mom had to say concerning the porta-potties at the Warren County Fair yesterday afternoon. After experiencing one for myself, I must say that her assessment was sound. How lucky are we that the flushing toilet was invented? Extremely. Thank goodness for plumbing.

What was I doing at the Warren County Fair yesterday afternoon? Well Evan Montgomery, Bobby Frasier, Jim Sele, and myself were singing of course. Evan put us together as sort of a last minute thing for the talent show portion of the fair. We sang under the nom de guerre the Lone Rangers (all of us being hopelessly single, this name sort of stuck). We performed two barbershop songs: Sweet Adeline and Coney Island Baby. We did well, minus a couple pitch/balance issues, and ended up coming in 2nd place. The prize was a neat little medal and $75.00, which promptly went right back into Evan's gas tank. All in all it was a nice outing and the Lone Rangers may ride again next year as an actual performing talent at the fair (paid and everything).

Meanwhile, a little closer to home, Malestrom (consisting of myself, Nick Naujokas, Jim Sele, and Derek Poehls) is still going strong. We're currently practicing hard to prepare for our mini-tour of some local high schools this fall. So far we only have two planned stops but, hey, I'm sure those two will be amazing. After that we will be putting our nose to the grindstone to get ready for our first official concert event: A Malestrom Family Christmas. Stay tuned for further details regarding this glorious holiday extravaganza.

At this point, I'm out of things to say for now so I'll end the post here. God bless and I'll talk to you all later!