The show featured many special guests and marked the only time in which the band was expanded beyond a trio.

The band was expanded to a quintet and a second self-released single followed in the summer of 1997.

Some bands are expanded to the size of a mambo big band, but they can be thought of as an enlarged conjunto.

The band was expanded to a five-piece with the addition of Richard Bailey on keyboards.

Shortly thereafter the band was expanded yet again, to include siblings Susan and Paul.

In 2002 the band was expanded to include Shelley Downing on fiddle.

The band was expanded in the 1990s by adding nine channels from 1620 to 1700 kHz.

In 2001 the band was expanded with a third member, Joni Virtanen.

The band was assembled in 2002 with six members, and expanded to eight in 2004.

In 2005, the band was expanded to include drummer Karen Pelly, the most competent musician in the group.