[Judy Patsch]

I just received copies of the new expanded AMERICAN QUEEN brochure, and the best part of it reads: "Top Ragtime musician Steve Spracklen and other performers from the rich steamboating tradition are favorites who regularly appear onboard." Hopefully that means Steve will be on a regular rotation - the only thing better would be if he could be reunited with his Paddlewheel Lounge partner Fred Dodd!...maybe a little reunion on a UMR trip where Fred currently resides? And Bubba, that picture with the NATCHEZ in the background at the wharf is on p. 14. The AQ is docked at Bienville for their race.