Hi Mel!  This sounds like a lot of fun.  Very creative too!  I'm sure you will be a winner.  I was just at our local SPCA to drop off some old material for the cages.  I stopped to see the dogs and cats and it is heart breaking.  So many unwanted animals.

Mel, I have a funny story about scratchy records.  You know I am hearing impaired.  Did you also know that before CD's, every one of my Christmas albums started out with the sound of static from being scratched?  Well, my friend Ed, who makes me laugh all the time and I (Jack was there too) were at a Christmas party.  The hostess had one of those downhill skier Santas.  I didn't see someone turn it on, but what I did hear, was what I thought was the sounds of one of my Christmas albums... you know when you first put the needle down on the record.  So I said.. loudly, oh good...just what we needed, Christmas music.  Ed called me out of the room and told me what it was and I guess you had to be there, but we started laughing until we were crying and clutching our stomachs.  Now, every Christmas, Ed says Oh, just what we needed, Christmas music and we are off to the races, laughing again!