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I spent the evening belatedly celebrating my sisters birthday. We did dinner and went to Acapella Fest, a local a cappella concert. Hyannis Sound was there as usual, along with The Cape Cod Surftones and a less formal group called "Men in Harmony" or some such.

I was very glad to see Hyannis Sound, if only to catch up with so many familiar faces. My sister and I have so many friends and memories from the local vocal music community, this was a wonderful way to spend some time together and jointly celebrate our close birthdays. We even saw a friend from high school, Rob who is a new member (a big congratulations to him). In getting the new CDs that I was lacking I realized that I am old school to them. (The guy who sold me the CDs didn't know the names of my favorite albums or what they looked like since he had never seen them.) All of the people I first knew from the group when I discovered them 6 years ago have moved on though. All the faces look so new and young now. They still have incredible music thoughm and many of their alumni write their current music still. I would love to hire this group to do my wedding someday.

Of the CDs they have put out I am only missing 2 ("Annual Bootleg Volume 1" because they sold out of them before I could get it, "Aged 10 Years" because it was just a remastered version of old stuff, oh and "Route 6" which comes out on the 20th so doesn't really count). My favorite song to date was released in 1999 on the "On The Beach" album: Heaven On Their Minds. I love this musical, but that version of the song is by far the best I have ever heard. It literally gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.

I picked up "Annual Bootleg Volume 2" and "Cape Standard Time" so if I can convince