 Now to give away some cash and if you've entered our draw and it is easy to enter obviously go to a website click on the draw link and answer a simple question and You could be in for the chance of winning not one but a number of cash prizes and Certain David James would join me now in the studio. Is he here? You're a wee bit early for the show today It's just I had to get an early. It's so good to see you back So good to be back. I didn't know what to do myself there for a couple of weeks Yeah, so everything's everything's all right in the world again. Yeah, great. You're welcome back. Thank you. Thank you How's things that I feel like I don't really miss much, but I feel like I've missed a lot Ah, you've missed quite a bit now the jive time has been there You're the jive time has been overseas since you were here last we were in Tory Island there one day And we had an unbelievable day there We were in Dunlop for a day at the Mary from Dunlop festival and I've been gigging all around the country as well So things have been things have been great. Speaking of gigs. It has been a busy summer It has a real busy summer and you know what it's great to see Live bands in general have taken a real resurgence I'm even noticing this in the likes of the local pubs and stuff There's bands there now that might have been a DJ a couple of years ago So it's great and things are things are really busy and actually gone overseas this weekend again Going to Arranmore Island tomorrow night Taking all the boxes. Yeah, and then Sunday You have to make it out to Gola Gola's next in the world One day at a time one island at a time So we're there tomorrow Sunday We're in Tullo, which is in Carlo and then Monday the marquee in drum leash, which is in County, Longford Okay, all right. All right, but a traveling. Hmm. Yeah, lots of miles including a ferry into the park In the ferry. Yeah. Anyway, you're you're into do this draw There's this is the first one or mega cash draw. I think this is maybe the second one Okay, okay, so two and a half grand anyhow to give away today not a bad lift on a Friday Absolutely. Yeah, just you know to get you through the weekend nicely Yeah, and then there's two and a half grand today next Friday two and a half grand of my show The following Friday another two and a half grand plus the 10 grand. Oh, yeah, so yeah, all that to come. Okay Although the so the the last two cash draws are on the one day. Yep So the first two and a half grand is with Lee First thing in the morning and then the 10 grand is with Greg. Okay. Okay. Got that. Thank you for clearing that up All right, then well without further ado, you've the the draw drum were streaming as well Just in case anybody wants to do the honors. I think so. Yeah, if you could just Squeeze squeeze yourself Yeah, give it a good old shake up And then we go and the best look to everyone and don't forget that Once you're in you're in and you're in for the other draws as well in the words of father Ted It's not unusual for the people who run the raffle And The number is two seven one zero that's a twenty seven ten two seven one zero That's your number, but who remembers their number in a draw, but anyhow, we'll we'll match it up with a name and What's routine? How do we keep talking to see if we get them on the phone? I think so, John I don't know. I'm sort of new to all this really, okay We'll give it a go and see how that works anyhow twenty seven tens the number if you're in a position to check your number But but whoever is you enter the drawing to hope for the best I guess you fit. Well, I figure anyhow that if if you do win something they'll find you They will definitely find you and you'd like to think do you know what? Congratulations to whoever that is. So lovely. We'd love to go to go into the weekend. Congratulations. Twenty seven ten twenty seven ten Lovely person is twenty seven ten. Yeah. Yeah, you're the winner. Anyhow listen. I could look with all the gigs the weekend Thank you, John. How was your time away? Did you enjoy yourself? It was good as I said start of the show in a family wedding over in Wilmington, which is near where we're staying just outside Philadelphia lovely there was 18 of us in the one house class Went up to went up to the Poconos in for a night and that went up to 24 So we've all managed there's a big family get together for this wedding. So we all managed to come back Talking to each other. Oh, I think it's a real achievement John Yeah, and now Philadelphia's and I was there in 2009 in Philadelphia actually The World Irish Dancing Championships were on in Philadelphia. It was my first world's and It's a lovely place. That's where the rocky steps in all our time. That's right At the whole area city hall. Yeah, it's nice enough city some parts of it. You just need to be careful Oh, yeah, big city. Yeah, but we went to went into a Phillies game class Yeah, please against Washington follow me to Bagley plays over there. Well, there you are you go bigger bigger than you might imagine and Well, so went to Phillies game not that I know anything about baseball, but it's an experience atmosphere all that sort of thing I'm affairs great and the stadium, which is brilliant I just just don't go dipping for a hot dog or a drink because it's like you need a second mortgage John I gotta commend you actually because you know, I was half expecting to come in here today and see you Really filling out that chair after three weeks in America, but no, you've kept yourself fairly well over there well It's not that I didn't indulge it's just that when you go out for if you can go for a stroll in the heat over there It tends to be a density of the world good really humid and stuff. Yeah. Well, actually we were lucky because it wasn't that human It was hot, but it wasn't that human very good Well, John, it is good to have you back. Okay, wish you a good to be here and look over the weekend Okay, let's play and congratulations again to whoever though that winner is if we get the name will announce it before the end of The show twenty seven ten and he has a winning number. Thanks