Years ago, I was at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. On Sunday morning, there was a concert called the "Gospel Sing." Both Sippie Wallace and Victoria Spivey showed up for it, wearing high-necked lace Sunday-mornin'-goin'-to church dresses, despite the Aug. heat. Steve Goodman played, too. It was a remarkable hour of music,as you might imagine. At the end of the show, which was held at the bottom of a small, but rather steep valley, I approached Sippie Wallace to ask if I could give her a hand getting up the hill, particurly since she walked with a cane. She smiled at me, dismissing me with a wave of her hand and said, "Child, you go run and play. This ol' woman'll make her way up the hill soon enough." It was truly like a scene from a movie! By the way, Sippie had sung "Woman Be Wise" the day before, eyes a-twinklin', strutting all over the stage (without her cane, I might add) the day before this happened. AMAZING!