Dear Randy - There are Dutch names in Jamestown fairly early on and people like Gates and Dale had spent many years in the Netherlands, so musically they would know and appreciate Dutch traditions. I think you can safely include Dutch music from the beginning - but I don't think there were as many Dutch as American historians often assume. BTW from 1621 there was a Sephardic Jew and some Italian glassmakers, German/polish miners and Spanish renegades and a bunch of guys who coud do the Irish jig. There was also a servant born in Persia, Africans from Angola and don't forget John Smith spent years in Transylvania - I think musically you can have as much fun as you like :) To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html