Let me also say welcome from Fred and Patrick. We are looking forward to meeting you very much. We lived in Southern California from '80 to '88. Our first home was in Studio City, our second in Van Nuys. Fred is an attorney. He worked at Jacobs Engineering out in Pasadena. I was an administrator at CSUN. A centerpiece of our lives over the last 31 years has been our animals. At one time four dogs and four cats. Now three dogs and one cat. The dogs: a wonderful 12 year old terrier mix named Boris who has been fighting cancer successfully for nearly two years. He continues to love life. Will release him the second that changes. Also, Misha, 3, a beautiful white miniature poodle, and Katyusha, 2, a totally adorable Cairn Terrier who is the cousin of Chat Kat's (Kathy)Cairn Daisy who is about to star as Toto in the Whizard of Oz down in Thousand Oaks. Chat Kat is responsible for Katyusha coming into our lives. The cat is a white barnyard cat named Yuri now about 11. He adopted us. Long story. All of our animals have been given Russian names since Fred was a Russian linguist in the Army in ancient history. Anyway, we have lots in common and we know ROAR will be a trip of a lifetime both for the venue and our fellow travelers.

Patrick