I sure am interested in coming... But will be driving from CA... weather and $$$ willing! My husband, a descendent of David Redden, is getting real interested. Still have to work on getting him the time off work. We don't care what the eating arraignments are, think "the simpler, the better" for a first time event... especially when we're too far away to help much! We will come with stuff to share and open hearts anxious to meet people from a way of life that was forgotten in Paul's family! He DID have black-eyed peas quite regularly as a kid though... being a "yankee", I had to learn how to cook them! And he loves cornbread! BJ