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:

Drew Siciliano, Benjamin Rose, 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, Lenny DePiano, Tony Doran, Richard Duke, Robert Eksteen, Jason Ellerbee, Mark Elliot, Mark Emanuele, Paul Erdman, Sven Eriksen, Mark Falade, David A. Faust, Kevin Feeley, Steve Feigenbaum, Peter Filatov, Kyle Fish, Douwe Fledderus, Chris Fox, Torodd Fuglesteg, Toshi Fujita, Thomas Gagliardi, Lee Gaskins, Clay Gaunce, Bill Gillham, Maarten Goossensen, Steve Gore, Jean-Claude Granjeon, Yann Grenier, Steve Hahn, Geir Hasnes, Dick Heath, Dick van der Heijde, Louis Hesselt-van-Dinter, Tom Hudon, Jill Hughes, Jez, John of "Irresponsible Radio" (WLVR 91.3 FM), Gregory Kampf, 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, Eowyn Langholf, Aymeric Leroy, Gary Levin, Ray Loboda, Gary Maiullo, Robert "Bony" Marone, Doug Maynard, Markwin Meeuws, Rick Meyer, Andrew Miller, Vincent "Vinnie the Video Guy" Mineo, Mirthrandir, Ben Morss, 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, Deb Sears, Lynnette Shelley, Yoshihisa Shimizu, Richard Sinclair, Steven Sinski, Steve Sly, Kenny Solomon, Örjan Strandberg, Peter Swart, Gordon Tanner, Mike Taylor, Fred Thaure, 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!