Advent Acknowledgments

Special thanks to:

Arthur Hoffman for his imaginative and inspiring lyrics.

Shunji Saegusa for his professionalism, unyielding generosity, and "flank speed" musicianship.

Michael Hook for his gracious support, candid perspective, and spirited voice on "Ramblin' Sailor."

Annette Francis for her passionate dedication to the printed word and endless musical encouragement.

Many thanks to:

Ken Watson, Tatsurou Ueda, Dominic Pandiscia, Anita from Melo's Prog Bazaar, Gilles Arend, Dan Barrett, Koldo Barroso, Adam Baruch, Michael Bennett, Bruce Bentzman, Christian Berg, Marco Bernard, Floyd Bledsoe, Rich Bosisio, Brett Bottomley, John Breglia, Wim Brouwer, Mary Ann Burns, John Canonico, Mike Carroll, Marc Catera, Anna Cipollone, Barry Cleveland, John Collinge, Dee Collins, François Couture, Ernie Denov, Tony Doran, Richard Duke, Robert Eksteen, Jason Ellerbee, Mark Elliot, Mark Emanuele, Paul Erdman, Sven Eriksen, David A. Faust, Kevin Feeley, Steve Feigenbaum, Peter Filatov, Douwe Fledderus, Chris Fox, Toshi Fujita, Thomas Gagliardi, Lee Gaskins, Clay Gaunce, Maarten Goossensen, Steve Gore, Jean-Claude Granjeon, Yann Grenier, Steve Hahn, Geir Hasnes, Dick van der Heijde, Louis Hesselt-van-Dinter, Jill Hughes, Jez, Tom Karr, Bob Katz (and the entire staff at Digital Domain), Mark Keill, Barbara Keogh, Mike Klemmer, Bill Knispel, Stephan Köhr, Larry Kolota, Chris Laine, Aymeric Leroy, Ray Loboda, Gary Maiullo, Robert "Bony" Marone, Doug Maynard, Markwin Meeuws, Rick Meyer, Vincent "Vinnie the Video Guy" Mineo, Mirthrandir, Eduardo Mota, Michel Nicolas, Seikau Nolo, Pete Pardo, Brian Pate, Lenna "Harmony" Pauley, Olivier Pelletant, Michael Phipps, Dan Pluta, Jean-Luc Putaux, Allen Bruce Ray, Stephen Roberts, Jim Robinson, Anton Roolaart, Kev Rowland, Kimara Sajn, Carsten Schaefer, Brian Schenkenberger, Martha Schenkenberger, Harald Schmidt, Debbie Sears, Yoshihisa Shimizu, Richard Sinclair, Steven Sinski, Steve Sly, Kenny Solomon, Örjan Strandberg, Peter Swart, Gordon Tanner, Mike Taylor, Michael Thörne, Tolga Timuray, Steve Van Natta, Vito Vitale, Harry "JoJo" de Vries, Greg Walker, Ken Westphal, Ewan Wilson, Lyle Workman, Adam Zion, Jim Zipf, Alex Benjamin, Amy Benjamin (for the band's name and a whole lot more), Maggi Ptak, Robin Ptak, Jeanne Ptak, Walter and Genevieve Chmiel, and all our friends at On-Reflection/GORGG—as well as Fr. William Ashley, FSSP, and Fr. Gui McPartland, OCM, for their blessings.

We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved with the Giant Tracks project.

Henry and Mark would like to acknowledge their indebtedness to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary in the realization of this project, and to whom they dedicate it. Gratias Agimus Tibi, Spiritu Sancto!